Changing Roles and Responsibilities for Caregivers - free telephone workshop NCI June 19th

 The  Tenth Annual Cancer Survivorship Series:
Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer 

On Tuesday, June 19th, CancerCare, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute: Office of Cancer Survivorship and Office of Communications and Education, LIVESTRONG, American Cancer Society, Intercultural Cancer Council, Living Beyond Breast Cancer and National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, will present a free, telephone workshop entitled: Changing Roles and Responsibilities for Caregivers. You can listen to this program on the telephone or via live streaming through the internet.

This workshop is the third of a four-part series.  This free series is made possible by support from the National Cancer Institute and LIVESTRONG and offers cancer survivors, their families, friends and health care professionals practical information to help them cope with concerns that arise after treatment ends.   

The faculty for this program includes:

• Suzanne Martz-Dones, RN, MA, CCRN, NE-BC, Caregiver Perspective, Administrative Nurse Manager, Mount Sinai Hospital

• Barbara A. Given, PhD, RN, FAAN, University Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Program, College of Nursing, Michigan State University

• Stewart B. Fleishman, MD, Founding Director, Cancer Supportive Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York: Beth Israel & St. Luke's-Roosevelt

The fourth and final workshop of the series - Managing Post-Treatment Neuropathy - will take place on July 17th.  

These workshops are free – no phone charges apply.  However, pre-registration is required.  To register, and for more information, simply go to the CancerCare website, www.cancercare.org/connect.
If you missed Parts I or II of the series, they are available as podcasts, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 

Part I: Using Mind/Body Techniques to Cope with the Stress of Survivorship

Part II: Recapturing Joy and Finding Meaning
We are very excited to offer this telephone workshop series to you. We hope that you will join us and that you will share this information with your patients and colleagues.