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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.
Seeking Self-Employed Canadians Touched by Cancer
Questions? Interested in participating?
To begin the Cancer and Work survey on financial, business, and professional well-being of the self-employed Canadians, click on this link: Cancer and Financial Impact Survey Link
Contact research team: Master nursing student Camilo Sierra [email protected] or Principal researcher Dr. Christine, RN, PhD, associate professor, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University [email protected]
Download our pamphlet
Cancer and Work Pamphlet (PDF)
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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