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The project aims to empower women with breast cancer through the support of their care-givers. Taking care of women with breast cancer is a highly demanding task, which enforces womens'' 24-hour monitoring, involving their family members as care-givers, who are being asked to offer nursing services as well as psychological support. As a consequence, care-givers have to deal with their physical, emotional, psychological and financial burden. This condition, combined with the lack of medical consultation to the care-givers makes their education on integrated patients’ care and support at a psychosocial level a necessity in order to respond effectively to their crucial role.
Taking into consideration the need for care-givers’ alleviation and the empowerment of women with cancer as well as the big number of women with cancer from the Region of Western Greece and Ionian Islands who receive cure services at the oncological clinics of Patras’ hospitals (General University Hospital of Patras “All Holy Theotokos” and General Hospital of Patras “Saint Andrews”) the project takes place in municipalities of Western Greece Region. The project activities focus on educational activities for care-givers in offering nursing care and psychological support, through a three month seminar and the creation of open groups for care-givers psychosocial support. Additionally, raise awareness and educational activities about breast cancer will be carried out in municipalities of Western Greece Region, addressing participants from distant areas. The project promoter works with experienced oncology doctors and nurses, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists and lawyers in order to benefit 80 care-givers by the end of the project implementation.