For Caregivers: Coping with the Stresses of Caregiving When Your Loved One Has Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• The Important Role of the Caregiver in Communicating with the Health Care Team
• Your Important Role in Decision Making
• Taking on the Role of Caregiving
• What Research Tells Us about Caregivers
• Caregiving for Your Loved One with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• Challenges in Communicating with the Health Care Team
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointment about Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns, Discussion of OpenNotes & Follow-Up Appointments
• Coping with Each Day, On Special Occasions, Holidays & Birthdays
• Managing Family and Friends
• Long Distance Caregiving
• Self-Care & Stress Management Recommendations to Manage the Stress of Caregiving
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Marcela Mazo Canola, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology – Oncology, Breast Medical Oncology, UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center

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 Caregiving, Health Care Disparities & Survivorship

Neena Kapoor-Hintzen, MSN, ANP-C

Supportive Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice Provider Manager, Supportive Care, Geriatric Oncology, and Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD

Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, now part of the Mt. Sinai Health System, Author, Researcher in Oncology

Hayley Dinerman, JD

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation®

Cassie Spector, MSW

Breast and Gynecological Cancers Program Coordinator, CancerCare

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

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