A cancer diagnosis can affect not only your physical health but also your mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being. It can change how you feel about yourself and sometimes changes your relationships with family and friends. This can be challenging and normal.
Psychosocial and Rehabilitation Oncology services are available to help you and your family cope with all of the different feelings and practical challenges that can happen. From the point of diagnosis, throughout treatment and beyond, we can help.
Our Community Partners and Research Opportunities can also assist you in living well with and beyond cancer.
We are a department of professionals from psychology, social work, spiritual care, and psychiatry, specializing in cancer care. We are available to help you and your family cope with the stress that often comes with cancer. We are a part of your oncology treatment team. We offer different types of programs and services to support your wellbeing:
Availability of programs and services changes depending on the cancer centre. There is no cost for any of our programs or services. You do not need a referral – just call!
Rehabilitation Oncology (also called cancer rehabilitation or rehabilitation medicine) is a set of interventions needed when a person is experiencing limitations and changes in everyday functioning due to cancer and/ or cancer-related treatment or cancer-related surgery. Examples of limitations in functioning are difficulties in thinking, seeing, hearing, communicating, moving around, having relationships or keeping a job.
Cancer Care Alberta offers rehabilitation support and services for cancer related issues. Cancer rehabilitation is a program that helps people with cancer maintain and restore physical, functional and emotional well-being. Cancer rehabilitation is available before, during and after cancer treatment.
Links to more resources such as nutrition, activity and movement, complementary and alternative therapies.
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