The decision to provide care at home for a relative who is seriously ill with cancer is not one to be taken lightly.
Although caring for someone can be very rewarding, it can also affect your home and family life, your work and your free time.
To be able to fulfil your role you need to maintain your own physical and emotional health. To do this, you need to ask for help and take time off when you can. Asking for and accepting help will aid your relationship with the person you are caring for.
Such help can come from your own friends and relatives or from professionals, such as District Nurses, social services, counsellors and Marie Curie Cancer Care.
To find out more about our home nursing service, please call 08707 585 868.
We have also produced a booklet called Partners In Caring. This booklet gives practical information and advice to people who are seriously ill and their carers who are caring for them at home.
The booklet also points readers towards other organisations which may be able to provide further advice, information and practical assistance. Although the information in this booklet has an emphasis on people with cancer, most of the information is relevant to people with other life threatening conditions.
Download our booklet Partners In Caring (pdf 1.2MB)
Download the update to pages 43-44 of Partners in Caring (pdf, 34KB)
If you would like a printed copy of the booklet, please email us by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. Please make sure you include your name, address and full postcode. If you prefer, you can call us on 0800 716 146, or write to:
Supporter Services,
Marie Curie Cancer Care,
89 Albert Embankment,
London
SE1 7TP.
When you contact us, please tell us that you saw the booklet on our website.
