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- Survivors
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- Returning to work / staying at work
- iCanWork : 10 Steps to return to work
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- Communicate about return to work
- 1. Understand factors that can impact work
- 2. Assess functions
- 3. Understand job demands
- 4. Identify and ask for support
- 5. Take control
- 6. Identify and foster workplace supports
- 7. Contribute to the development of your return to work plan
- 8. Prepare for a return to work
- 9. Manage work expectations
- 10. Monitor the work situation
- Cancer's impact on work & strategies
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- Physical symptoms
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- Fatigue
- Sleep disturbances
- Pain
- Nerve damage
- Lymphedema
- Hot flashes
- Breathing problems
- Nausea and vomiting
- Other challenges to nutrition and feeding
- Infections
- Bleeding problems
- Changes in skin and nails
- Changes in bowel and bladder function
- Visual impairment
- Hearing impairment
- Impaired communication abilities
- Mobility impairment
- Changes in physical appearance
- Seizures
- Cognitive challenges
- Emotional and psychological impact
- Return to work is communication and teamwork
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- Communicating with your healthcare team
- Communicating with your workplace
- Communicating with your insurance provider
- Roles of professionals
- Assessment of your work abilities
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- When am I ready to go back to work?
- Assessment of your physical abilities
- Assessing your cognitive abilities
- Psychological self-assessment tools
- Test your readiness to return to work
- Professional assessments
- Assessing job demands
- Understand your job characteristics
- Complete a task analysis worksheet
- Using information from the national occupation classification System
- Pulling it all together: Create your Job assessment
- Finances and disability
- Workplace accommodations
- Workplace wellbeing
- Changing jobs and looking for work
- Caregivers
- Law, policy, and practice information
- Links to services and resources
- Tell us what you think
- Events and Announcements
- Research
- References
- Healthcare providers
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- Supporting Cancer Survivors’ Return to Work NEW online module!
- Returning to work/staying at work
- iCanWork : 10 Steps to return to work
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- 1. Understand factors that can impact work
- 2. Assess function
- 3. Understand job demands
- 4. Identify, treat, and refer to support
- 5. Encourage survivors to take control
- 6. Identify and foster workplace support
- 7. Contribute to the development of a return to work plan
- 8. Prepare survivors for imminent return to work
- 9. Manage work expectations
- 10. Monitor the work situation
- Cancer’s impact on work and strategies
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- Physical symptoms
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- Fatigue
- Sleep disturbances
- Pain
- Nerve damage
- Lymphedema
- Hot flashes
- Breathing problems
- Nausea and vomiting
- Other challenges to eating and nutrition
- Infections
- Bleeding problems
- Changes in skin and nails
- Changes in bowel and bladder function
- Visual impairment
- Hearing impairment
- Impaired communication abilities
- Mobility impairments
- Changes in physical appearance and body image
- Seizures
- Cognitive challenges
- Emotional and psychological impact
- Returning to work is communication and teamwork
- Assessment of work abilities
- Workplace accommodations
- Workplace wellbeing
- Finances and disability
- Assisting patients in changing work and looking for work
- Caregivers
- Law, policy, and practice information
- Links to services and resources
- Tell us what you think
- Events and Announcements
- Research
- References
- Employers
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- Returning to work/staying at work
- Cancer's impact on work
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- Physical symptoms
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- Fatigue
- Sleep disturbances
- Pain
- Nerve damage
- Lymphedema
- Hot flashes
- Breathing problems
- Nausea and vomiting
- Other challenges to eating and nutrition
- Infections
- Bleeding problems
- Changes in skin and nails
- Changes in bowel and bladder function
- Visual impairment
- Hearing impairment
- Impaired communication abilities
- Mobility impairments
- Changes in physical appearance and body image
- Seizures
- Cognitive challenges
- Emotional and psychological impact
- Return to work is communication and teamwork
- Assessment of work abilities
- Workplace accommodations
- Caregivers
- Law, policy, and practice information
- Tell us what you think
- Events and Announcements
- Research
- References
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The Cancer and Work website was designed to address the unique needs of cancer survivors with returning, remaining, changing work or looking for work after a diagnosis of cancer. The website provides newly created information, resources, and interactive tools for cancer survivors, healthcare providers, employers, and highlights helpful information from across the globe.
How to reference Cancer and Work
Maheu, C., Parkinson, M., Oldfield, M., Kita-Stergiou, M., Bernstein, L., Esplen, M. J., on behalf of the Cancer and Work core team members. (2016, October 16). Cancer and Work. Retrieved August 6, 2021, from Cancer and Work website: https://www.cancerandwork.ca/
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Seeking employers willing to share their experience :
Employers’ best practices for returning to work after cancer
Questions? Interested in participating?
To begin the Cancer and Work survey on ‘Employers’ best practices for returning to work after cancer’, click on this link to the survey
Contact research team: Principal researcher Dr. Christine, RN, PhD, associate professor, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University [email protected]
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