A day for Accompanying Persons will be organized on Tuesday April 18 from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. at the Institut de Cancérologie du Gard.
The Polyclinic KenVal (site of theGard Cancer Institute) brings together seven doctors specializing in oncology and radiotherapy, three general practitioners, and a healthcare team of 28 people. It is made up of 24 hospital beds, 12 outpatient chemotherapy places, a technical platform and state-of-the-art equipment.
Too little visible and yet numerous, caregivers play an important role in the therapeutic course of patients. They are five million in France to accompany them daily, despite their physical and mental health.
The Gard Cancer Institute (Photo Anthony Maurin).
Faced with this finding, theSpace Meetings Information (ERI) of the Institut de Cancérologie du Gard honors these everyday angels by offering a Day of Accompanying Persons, Tuesday April 18 from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. within the establishment.
The purpose of this day is to establish exchanges between health professionals, medico-social actors and caregivers in order to inform them about their place in the life of the patient suffering from cancer, but also to give them all the necessary information on existing aid (legal recognition, financial aid, obtaining leave, etc.). Caregivers will be able to share their experience and benefit from valuable advice.
The cancer institute has just been extended to the left of the existing building (Photo CHU de Nîmes)
At the same time, associations such as the league against cancer et Hello Group Presence 30 will hold information stands in the reception hall. ICG dietitians will be available to participants to advise them on a balanced diet, and collective individual sophrology workshops will allow them to discover stress management practices. In addition, they will be able to benefit from individual sessions of plantar reflexology and relaxation massages to experience a moment of relaxation and pleasure.
Anthony Maurin