Topics
Topics
Topics may be mixed and matched without pre-requisites
All may be tailored to specific audiences. All topics are great for a series of 50-minute Munch and Learns Onsite.
Call us to customize a package to fit your needs, calendar and budget.
| Topic | Learning Objective |
|---|---|
| Caregiver Burden | Understand and deal with challenges throughout various phases of the cancer experience and how they may significantly impact how you function daily and your quality of life |
| Communication Skills | Provides tips for effective communication skills to keep relationships cooperative and less stressful |
| Tools To Enhance Communicating Needs | Provides discussion and demonstration of communication skills that will improve ability to listen, reflect, and summarize which can reduce distressful emotions |
| Reduce Distress | Explains cancer caregivers distress, how to identify signs and symptoms and identifies at least one new strategy to reduce distress |
| Limited Thinking | Assess limited thinking patterns that are important in identifying major causes of depression and anxiety |
| Problem Solving | Discusses effective problem solving to assist in reducing distress including identifying underlying issues |
| Relationship Types | Defines different types of relationships: Competitive Relationships, Independent Relationships, Cooperative Relationships |
| Self-Care | Addresses the caregivers needs from the following perspectives: Physical, Emotional, Social, and Spiritually |
| Survivorship | Assists attendees in understanding the impact cancer caregiving has on physical, social, emotional, and spiritual functioning |
| Navigate the Healthcare System | Provides the Cancer Caregiver with understanding of how to navigate the healthcare system to find information |
| How to help your loved one deal with Side Effects | Provides insights as to drug side effects and what to do to minimize discomfort. Understand why the patient’s behavior changed, why they aren’t hungry or always tired. |
| Breakthrough Cancer Pain | Provides an understanding of what Breakthrough pain is, how to understand what the patient is feeling and what to do to minimize discomfort |
| When Cancer Enters the Home | Cancer happens to the immediate and extended family. How to get everyone to share the care. |
| When Cancer Enters the Workplace | Learn your rights, how to approach your employer and more |
| For Men ONLY! | Men give care and accept care differently and that's a good thing |
| Cancer Caregiver Survivorship | What happens when the Caregiving ends? |
| Recognizing Youth as the cancer caregiver | An individual doesn’t get cancer, a Family does. Helping young cancer caregiver cope and adapt to the challenges. |
