Today, NCCN published its first-ever NCCN Guidelines for Patients focused specifically on how to support loved ones with cancer. The new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Caregiving for People with Cancer provides an easy-to-understand guide for what to do in difficult situations and offers some much-needed lifelines.
The new book is a how-to for anyone in a position of providing support for a loved one. That includes about a quarter of all Americans, and even higher numbers around the world. The guide provides concrete tips for handling things like:
• Emotional Support
• Finances
• Household Tasks
• Legal Concerns
• Medical Management (including help with decision-making as well as providing medication or other nursing duties)
The new patient guideline points out that at least 70% of caregivers are also balancing jobs and other responsibilities; and 60% live in a separate home from the person they are caring for. It includes “Caregiver’s Corner” features throughout, highlighting important tips for self-care, as well as a specific chapter dedicated entirely to the caregiver’s own wellbeing.
The NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Caregiving for People with Cancer is available for free on our website or via the NCCN Patient Guides for Cancer App.
Employers interested in sharing this new caregiver resource with their workforce are invited to contact NCCN Foundation through our consultation request form.