Looking after someone with cancer
Audiobook
Published:
01 Dec 2022
Next review:
01 Dec 2025
Edition:
8
This audiobook is for people affected by cancer who are looking after someone with cancer. It gives tips on how carers can look after themselves while supporting and looking after someone with cancer.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 What is a carer
- 4 Who can help - support from health and social care professionals
- 5 Planning and organising care
- 6 Help from adult social care
- 7 Help from family or friends
- 8 Caring from home - equipment and changes to the home
- 9 Managing everyday needs
- 10 Managing symptoms and side effects
- 11 Other care options
- 12 Making decisions and legal issues
- 13 Working while caring and working after caring
- 14 Benefits and financial support as a carer
- 15 The emotional effects of caring
- 16 Relationships while caring for someone with cancer
- 17 End of life and bereavement
- 18 About our information
- 19 Other ways we can help you
- 20 Other organisations
- 21 Further resources
- 22 Can you do something to help
- 23 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Dec 2022
Next review:
01 Dec 2025
Edition:
8
This audiobook is for people affected by cancer who are looking after someone with cancer. It gives tips on how carers can look after themselves while supporting and looking after someone with cancer.
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How we can help
Macmillan Support Line
The Macmillan Support Line is a free and confidential service for people living with and affected by cancer. If you need to talk, we'll listen.
Contact our money advisers
Our specialist money advisers can give you free and confidential advice and help you to find out what benefits and financial support you might be entitled to.