NMDP
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- Patient Navigator Program: Through this free telephone resource, you can speak with a navigator who is familiar with stem cell transplant and who will listen, share tips, help you deal with challenges, and support you in taking care of yourself.
- Peer Connect: This free program connects you with other patients and caregivers who have been through the transplant journey. Volunteers are available by phone or email.
- Counseling Services: Free one-to-one telephone counseling and support groups for caregivers and patients are available.
- Video: In this video by the NMDP, caregivers describe what caregiving was like for them, and hear patients share what their caregivers meant to them.
NBMT Link (National Bone Marrow Transplant Link)
- Peer Support on Call: This free service offers one-on-one conversations with trained peer support volunteers who are stem cell transplant survivors, caregivers, and marrow donors. 800-546-5268.
- Webinars, Webcasts, and Podcasts: Find many video resources to help caregivers. Topics include:
- Understanding and Managing the Challenges of Caregiving
- Common Caregiving Concerns Throughout Transplant
- For Better and For Worse: Impact of Cancer/BMT on Spouse/Caregivers
BMT InfoNet
- Caring Connection Program: This free program pairs you with a patient or caregiver who has been through the stem cell transplant experience. This volunteer can provide non-medical information, emotional support, and tips for coping with household and job responsibilities, the needs of other family members, and more.
- Video Resources: Find many video resources to help caregivers at bmtinfonet.org. Video topics include:
- Caregiver challenges
- Facing challenges and forging resilience
- What to expect when caring for a recovering transplant patient
- The challenges of caregiving and the importance of self-care
The Bone Marrow Foundation
- Ask the Expert: Ask the Expert is an online service that enables confidential communications with health care professionals, so patients and caregivers can ask questions and get the answers they need.
- CancerBuddy: Recognized as the first social support network for people facing cancer, CancerBuddy is a free smartphone app that fosters interactions and provides resources for patients, survivors, and caregivers.
- Clinical Care Counseling: Clinical care counseling provides confidential individual and family supportive counseling, financial guidance, and resource referrals. 800-365-1336; patientservices@bonemarrow.org