Caregivers
Research has shown that caregivers actually have higher depression and anxiety than patients with cancer, according to Vicki Mackie, founder and executive director of Sites and Insights, an international nonprofit dedicated to using color, art, and mindful healing programs to transform the lives of those impacted by cancer.
Informal caregivers play a critical role in the emotional,
functional, and medical support of adult cancer
survivors, and a burgeoning area of research shows
that the well-being of informal cancer caregivers is associated
with the mental health and quality of life of the
cancer survivors in their care, according to Kristin Litzelman,
PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of
Wisconsin–Madison.
Real-life experience translated into a research interest for Fedricker Barber, RN, ANP, AOCNP, of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
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