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• National Institute of Nursing Research - Palliative Care Brochure PDF icon
Palliative care provides relief from distressing symptoms including pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, problems with sleep and many other symptoms. This informative brochure can help you decide if palliative care is right for you, or your loved one.

• Lotsa Helping Hands
Lotsa Helping Hands is a private, web-based caregiving coordination service that allows family, friends, neighbors and colleagues to create a community and assist with the daily tasks that become a challenge when caring for an aging loved one or during long-term caregiving.

• Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a nationwide network of people dedicated to working together to advance research, support patients and create hope for those affected by pancreatic cancer.

• Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation inspires and empowers people affected by cancer. This site provides the practical information and tools people with cancer need to live life on their own terms.

• National Cancer Institute
The U.S. National Institutes of Health provides a variety of useful information about coping with cancer and its side effects, such as anxiety, pain, nutritional concerns, etc.

• GetPalliativeCare.org
GetPalliativeCare.org provides clear, comprehensive palliative care information for people coping with serious, complex illness. Key components of the site include a Palliative Care Directory of Hospitals, a definition of palliative care, and a detailed description of what palliative care is and how it is different from hospice. It also provides an interactive questionnaire to assist people in determining whether palliative care is appropriate for them or their loved-ones. The site is provided by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

• CaringInfo.org
Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer and community engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• Living and Dying Well with Cancer PDF icon
Living and Dying Well with Cancer, Successfully Integrating Pallative Care and Cancer Treatment, a publication of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• IASP Declares Global Year Against Cancer Pain
"Raising Awareness, Improving Treatment, Growing Support" Campaign Highlights Pain in People with Cancer Worldwide

• American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
ACS CAN is the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.







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