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Quality of Life Caretm
is a comprehensive support, guidance and education program for
patients, caregivers and family with serious types of cancers. Every step of the way - right after diagnoses, at the time
of treatment decision, during treatment and after treatment is
complete - we answer questions, alleviate concerns, help speak
with the doctors, track down research on clinical trials and new
treatment options as well as introduce discussions about
palliative care and hospice if needed.
Our program is a new standard-of-care for patients with cancer
and assists those within their total support system, including family, employer
and care providers, to positively impact them during this critical
time in their lives. Providers do
not have the staff or the time, and employers and payors do not have the
critically needed oncology nurses to support the patient and family. ECI has a
dedicated oncology staff to meet these needs.
PROGRAM MISSION
- Advocate for patient with cancer
- Assist in obtaining needed information so patient can make informed
decisions
- Structured conversations to define goals of how the patient and family
value quality and quantity of life
- Assist with education, teaching and understanding of disease process and
treatment choices
- Side effect management
- Catalyzing home-based-care
- Improve patient/MD relationships
- Maximize quality of life
- Obtain needed resources and social services
- Assist patients and their family in finding peace with their life and
disease
- Assist with advance care planning.
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CANCER bASICS
- Over 1.2M Americans yearly get Cancer and over 2.5M are being treated yearly
- Over 500,000 deaths per year
- Direct cost of care in 2000 was over
$60 billion
- Indirect costs to lost productivity is estimated at $15 billion a year
- Indirect costs - Lost productivity due to premature death is estimated at
$105 billion
- 47% of patients are in pain during the last days of their lives
- 83% of people want to die at home - only 15% do
JOB .OPPORTUNITIES: clinicians
with an interest or experience in cancer care
Remember why you became a nurse in the first place?
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