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COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO for Cancer Caregivers – August 2020 Series

August 2020

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September 2020

What providing cancer care entails and how it impacts the family

Topics included:

  • What providing cancer care entails and how it impacts the family
  • How caregiving affects mental and physical health
  • Coping with stress while providing care to a loved one with cancer

Didactic Presenters

Rachel Cannady

J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, PhD, APRN, ACHPN, FPCN

Distilling information about diagnosis and treatment

Topics included:

  • Distilling information about diagnosis and treatment
  • Communication within the patient-caregiver dyad
  • Advocating for patients within the health-care team
  • Finding strength as a caregiver during a pandemic

Didactic Presenters

Rachel Cannady

Matthew Loscalzo, LCSW, APOS Fellow

Advanced symptom management

Topics included:

  • Advanced symptom management
  • Hard conversations about advanced disease

Didactic Presenters

J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, PhD, APRN, ACHPN, FPCN

Matthew Loscalzo, LCSW, APOS Fellow

Our Experts

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Durado Brooks, MD, MPH

Former Vice President, Prevention and Early Detection

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Rachel Cannady

Strategic Director, Cancer Caregiver Support

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J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, PhD, APRN, ACHPN, FPCN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Erin Kent, PhD, MS

Associate Professor

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Matthew Loscalzo, LCSW, APOS Fellow

Liliane Elkins Professor in Supportive Care Programs

City of Hope

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Laura Makaroff, DO

Senior Vice President, Prevention and Early Detection

Collected Program Resources

COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO for Cancer Caregivers – 8-19-2020 – Recording

Didactic: "What providing cancer care entails and how it impacts the family"

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COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO for Cancer Caregivers – 9-2-2020 – Recording

Didactic: "Distilling information about diagnosis and treatment"

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COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO for Cancer Caregivers – 9-16-2020 – Recording

Didactic: "What providing cancer care entails and how it impacts the family"

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