Family Support
Since 50 percent of those who develop lung cancer are over the age of 70, younger family members and friends are often called upon to be the "researchers" and caregivers. We offer tips for helping your loved one through this time, while taking care of yourself as well.
Coping with holiday stress as a cancer caregiver can seem overwhelming. Check out these tips for coping with holiday stress as a caregiver for a loved one with cancer.
Teens with a parent with cancer have special needs. What tips do you have for helping teens cope when a parent has cancer?
As a smoker, how can you be sensitive to your family member with lung cancer? Acknowledging their concern
As a lung cancer survivor, how do you cope with family members that still smoke? Smoking relatives can cause significant distress to those living with lung cancer. How can you express that concern without causing conflict?
How does it feel as a teen when your parent is diagnosed with cancer? Pro-skateboarder, Tony Hawk, shares his feelings after his father was diagnosed with lung cancer when he was only 17.
When a parent has cancer, what can they do to help their teenage child cope? Open communication, honesty, maintaining limits, and letting children live their own lives, can help the teenage child cope with having a parent with cancer.
The support of family and friends is critical to someone diagnosed with lung cancer. What things can we do to offer the best support to our loved one with cancer?
The support of family and friends is critical to someone diagnosed with lung cancer. What things can we do to offer the best support to our loved one with cancer?
Caring for someone with cancer can be at once the most rewarding and most difficult time in our lives. Following a few tips such as pampering yourself, maintaining a sense of humor, and finding a support group, can help you minimize the stress and leave you feeling fulfilled in your efforts rather than resentful.
About.com's Stress Management Guide, Elizabeth Scott, MS, outlines steps to minimize your stress as you perform the role of caregiver.
Hopes and dreams can guide caregivers in the difficult decisions they face. About.com's Senior Care Guide Sharon O'Brien offers an excellent article by Vicki Rackner, MD, on keeping hope alive.
From the A.D.A.M Illustrated Health Encyclopedia.
The National Cancer Institute has published the Caregiver's Bill of Rights.
