For Care Givers

• Cancer.net

  How to give proper care to people with cancer

• Caregivers 4 Cancer

  Get help through your caregiving journey

• Caregiving.com

  Connect with other caregivers

• Caregiving.org

  Improves caregiving through research

• Caring Bridge

  Make a website for your loved one

• Family Caregiver Alliance

  Addresses caregivers’ needs

• Live Strong Lance Armstrong Foundation –

  Get answers and resources for cancer

• National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)

  Works to improve quality of life for caregivers

• Well Spouse Association

  Share stories and connect with other spouses like you

Financial

• Applying for Disability

  Get disability benefits

• Cancer Advocacy

  What you need to know about health insurance

• Cancer and Careers

  (34 page booklet) – Empowers people of cancer to thrive in their workplace

• Cancer Guide – Disability

  (Registration required) – Be aware of disability income resources

• Disability – US Department of Labor

  Find additional disability resources

• Disability Rights Legal Center

  Helps champion the civil rights of people with cancer and other disabilities

• Health Insurance Information

  Get info about health insurance

• National Partnership

  Advocates for women and family rights

• Patient Advocate

  Helps patients with resources to help relieve their stress and other problems

• The Disability Expert

  Free Info about Social Security disability benefits

Other Helpful sites

• An Elderly Wish Foundation

  Grants wishes to seniors over 50 with cancer

• Best Life After Breast Cancer

  Wellness Coaching

• Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

  Adult and Pediatric palliative care

• Cleaning For A Reason

  Get a gift of free house cleaning

• Culinary Angels

  Delivered meals and nutrition education for Tri-Valley cancer patients

• George Mark Children's Hospital

  Pediatric palliative care center

• Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies

  Managing mental health after a cancer diagnosis

• Girls Love Mail

  Writing inspiring letters to cancer patients

• Hope Hospice

  Providing Comfort, Support and Guidance for chronic patients

• Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation

  Create memories with the family

• Latinas Contra Cancer

  Cancer Prevention efforts in the Latino Community

• Lazarex

  Cancer clinical trials

• Mesothelioma Cancer Resource

  Help for families affected by mesothelioma

• Mesothelioma Guide

  Treatments for Mesothelioma

• Nancy’s List

  Cancer resources for Patients 

• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)

  Free resources on advance care planning and support for cancer patients 

• Neuropathy Association

  Resources for Peripheral Neuropathy

• Niroga Institute

  Mindful Yoga for wellbeing

• OKIZU

  Peer Support, Mentoring and Recreational programs for families affected by childhood cancer

• Pathfinders Medical Advocacy

  Health care Advocacy for Patients and Healthcare

• Sunshine Behavioral Health

  Mental health resources for newly diagnosed patients with cancer

• Thoughtful Human

  Greeting cards with unique messages and printed on biodegradable seed paper

• Whole Living

  Food, Fitness and Health

Suggestions on how to find a local Complementary Healing Therapies Practitioner:

• Ask your physician for referrals.
• Ask those you trust – family and friends – for referrals.
• Most yellow pages include listings of complementary health practitioners, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and meditation instructors.
• Call your local health club – for classes or referrals.
• Call your local community college – for classes or referrals.

Complementary/Integrative

• Academy for Guided Imagery

  Guided Imagery courses and certification

• Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

  Integrative medicine and public health

• American Holistic Medical Association

  Integrative Health & Medicine

• Arizona Center of Integrative Medicine

  Education and Training Clinicians in integrative health and medicine

• Atlantic Complementary Medical Solutions LLC

  Hypnotherapy products and Services

• Block Center – Integrative Cancer Treatment

  Conventional cancer treatments with scientifically based integrative therapies 

• Breath Experience

  Institute for Breath Experience bringing balance, healing and a sense of wellbeing

• California Cancer Care Integrative Oncology Program

  Patient education & Research

• Callanish Healing Retreats Society

  Cancer retreat program

• Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic

  Complimentary integrative cancer care services to under-served women with cancer

• Commonweal

  Offering cancer patients health and healing, art and education, and environment and justice programs

• Dr. Joel Evans – NY Physician

  Teaching Functional medicine

• Gilda’s Club

  Cancer resources

• Harmony Hill Retreats

  Nonprofit retreat facility focusing on wellness

• Healing Journeys

  Resources to move from surviving cancer to thriving

• Healing Opportunities

  Healing Opportunities by supporting and promoting integrative medicine

• Healing Touch Program

  Education in Healing Touch

• Health Journeys

  Guided Meditation to fight cancer

• Integrative Cancer Therapies – SAGE Journals Online

  Alternative medicine and traditional medicine therapies with conventional health care

• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

  Mindfulness programs for stress reduction

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

  Complementary and integrative health interventions 

• Pine Street Clinic

  Traditional Chinese medical health care

• Pine Street Foundation

  Community-based medical service programs

• The Center for Mind Body Medicine

  Tips and techniques to improve mental and physical well-being

• The Healing Mind

  Mind/Body Healing

• The Wellness Community -

  Cancer Support Community

• UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine -

  Conventional and alternative approaches to health and illness 

• University of Minnesota – Academic Health Center -

  Integrative medicine and health