For Caregivers: Coping with a Loved One’s Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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Topics Covered

• The Important Role of the Caregiver with the Health Care Team
• Caring for Your Loved One with Metastatic Prostate Cancer, in the Context of COVID & Omicron
• Tips on Working with the Health Care Team to Manage Your Loved One’s Pain, Neuropathy & Discomfort
• Deciding to Become a Caregiver: The Unique Stresses & Rewards of Caregiving
• Long-Distance Caregiving: Managing Family, Friends, Partners & Traditions
• Coping with Holidays, Birthdays, Anniversaries & Special Occasions
• The Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine
• Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Self-Care & Stress Management Tips to Promote Caregiver Resilience
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Susan Slovin, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill College of Cornell University

Guadalupe R. Palos, DrPH, MSW, RN

Former Clinical Protocol Administration Manager, Office of Cancer Survivorship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Author and Researcher in Health Care Disparities, Caregiving & Survivorship

Andrew J. Roth, MD, FAPOS

Emeritus, Attending Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College

Dina Smith, MSW

Caregiver Program Coordinator, CancerCare

Brochure

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on May 23, 2023.