Supportive Care
Caregiver Information & Support
Counseling, Education and Support Groups
Nutrition
Oncology Social Work Services
Post-Treatment Cancer Survivorship and Cancer Survivorship Care Planning
Caregiver Information & Support
Empowerline
Phone: (404) 463-3333
Information on senior services, including respite care for caregivers
CancerCare, Inc.
Online and telephone based educational topics, counseling and caregiver support groups.
Cancer Hope Network
Peer support for cancer survivors and caregivers.
Cancer Support Community
Online educational information and support.
Cancer Support Community-Atlanta
Phone: (404) 843-1880
Face-to-face educational programs and caregiver support groups.
Family Caregiver Alliance
Caregiver information and teleconferences.
Imerman Angels
One-on-one peer support for people living with cancer and caregivers.
Lotsa Helping Hands
Lotsa Helping Hands is a private, web-based caregiving coordination service that allows family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to create a community to assist a family caregiver with the daily tasks that become a challenge during times of medical crisis, caregiver exhaustion, or when caring for an elderly parent.
National Family Caregiver Association
Information and support for caregivers.
Well Spouse Association
Education, support and advocacy for spousal caregivers.
Counseling, Education and Support Groups
Georgia Crisis & Access Line
www.mygcal.com
Phone: (800) 715-4225
Twenty-four hour crisis and suicide hotline, also serves as a Statewide single point of contact for accessing mental health, addiction, developmental and behavioral health crisis services throughout the State of Georgia.
Northside Hospital Behavioral Health Services
Phone: (404) 851-8960
E-mail: BehavioralHealthServices@northside.com
Staffed by specially trained psychiatrists, licensed clinicians and nurses, Northside provides an array of services for behavioral and emotional conditions and substance use challenges.
Psychology Today
An online directory of counselors, clinical social workers, marriage & family therapists and psychologists by geographic location. You can search for providers by their clinical specialty—i.e. treating anxiety, depression. You can verify what insurance plans they accept and read their professional profile.
Your Insurance Plan
Most insurance plans have a mental/behavioral health provider line listed on the back of the card—in addition to an online directory of in-network providers—that you can call for assistance in locating a provider.
Online and Telephone Education and Support Groups
CancerCare, Inc.
Phone: (800) 813-4673
Cancer Hope Network
Peer support for cancer survivors and caregivers.
Imerman Angels
One-on-one peer support for people living with cancer and caregivers.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Phone: (800) 399-7312
What Next.com
Peer support and resource information.
Face-to-Face Education, Mind-Body Wellness and Cancer Support Groups
Cancer Support Community-Atlanta
Phone: (404) 843-1880
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
US Too (prostate cancer)
Nutrition
Sometimes patients feel challenged to maintain optimal nutrition and food intake when facing cancer and its treatment. Other times, patients simply want to know which foods are or are not a good idea while going through cancer treatment. After cancer treatment some patients want or need to adjust their diet to regain or maintain good health.
Eating Hints: Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment
Cancer Support Community-Atlanta
Phone: (404) 843-1880 “Nutrition Consultations”
Northside Hospital – Nutrition
Oncology Social Work Services
At our Atlanta Cancer Care locations, our licensed clinical social workers provide counseling and other services, including education, advocacy, health-system navigation, information and access to community resources. These master’s-prepared professionals are here to help our patients and their caregivers in managing the emotional, social, financial, and lifestyle changes associated with cancer and its treatment through all phases of the cancer journey.
To contact the oncology social worker who is assigned to your office, please call:
Alpharetta
770.740.9664
Canton
770.721.3800
Conyers
770.761.7260
Cumming
770.205.5292
Decatur
404.321.1950
Lake Spivey
770.507.0070
Perimeter/Tower
404.851.2300
For information on a variety of local/national educational, financial, insurance, legal, lodging, pharmaceutical and transportation resources, as well as county senior services and entitlement programs (SSI/SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare), please visit our Patient Resource section and click on Resource Links.
Post-Treatment Cancer Survivorship and Cancer Survivorship Care Planning
American Society of Clinical Oncology
www.cancer.net/patient/Survivorship
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
www.canceradvocacy.org/living-with-cancer/planning-your-care/
National Cancer Institute: Office of Cancer Survivorship
http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/ocs
OncoLink: LIVESTRONG Care Plan
www.oncolink.org/oncolife
DISCLAIMER: No endorsement or affiliation is intended or made of any hypertext link, product, service or information either by its inclusion or exclusion from this page or website. The organizations listed on this page are not inclusive of all available cancer and non-cancer related organizations. If you have questions regarding resources or would like more information, please contact the Oncology Social Worker who covers the office where you see your Atlanta Cancer Care healthcare provider.