Organizations

American Cancer Society: Caregivers [2]

CancerCare: Caregiver Support Services [3]

Family Caregiver Alliance [4]

Family Caregiving 101 [5]

National Alliance for Caregiving [6]

National Association for Home Care Hospice [7]

National Family Caregivers Association [8]

Web-Based Communications Tools

Find websites [9] that can connect you with other caregivers, enable you to host group calendars to coordinate volunteer activities, and help you keep friends and family updated.

CancerCare provides a special website for caregivers called My Cancer Circle [10] to help caregivers organize the family and friends who want to help the patient or the primary caregiver.

More Options

In addition to social networking sites, many patient advocate organizations offer online support services for caregivers, such as discussion forums and chat rooms. Get a list of cancer-specific patient information resources [11] to find out what online and in-person support services they offer.