Actual services will vary somewhat from centre to centre. Listed below are general programs that may be available. Call your local society for details in your geographic area. Volunteers offer support to patients and their families in cancer clinics and lodges. One to one patient visits by volunteers whose lives have been touched by cancer.
Volunteers offer friendship and support to cancer patients and their families.
Provided from home to cancer treatment centre and back. For further information regarding these services, look in your telephone book for your local Cancer Society listing. This is a nationwide organization which can provide beneficial supportive services once discharged home from hospital. Services across Canada can vary on a regional basis. It is therefore important to contact the local regional branch.