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Helps patients with cancer, their families and caregivers navigate the many systems encountered during cancer treatment. Assist in linking those dealing with cancer to needed programs and resources. Assistance is individualized to the patient's needs. Assistance may include transportation to appointments, assistance with rent or utilities and providing support and education.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Cancer
Disease/Disability Information
Provides assistance to women who have been treated for cancer with choosing a wig, hats, and scarves.

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Cancer
Appearance Enhancement Consultation Programs
Wigs
Provides hairpieces and wigs made from human or synthetic hair for youth with permanent or temporary medical hair loss due to a health condition such as alopecia, cancer, or burns.
Offers a cancer education center and lending library of books, CDs, and DVDs. Medical librarian provides technical assistance on gathering information about cancer via the Internet. In addition, maintains a file of cancer survivors who may be contacted for peer support (either by individuals with similar cancers or by caregivers).
TACT program matches a person who is being offered a clinical trial for cancer with someone who has participated in a clinical trial. This provides you the opportunity to ask and get answers to many of the questions only someone who's gone through the decision-making process can answer. Being matched with a TACT volunteer can help you separate fact from fiction, myth and misinformation.
Helps connect women in Ashland County without insurance to resources which cover costs of routine mammograms, such as BCCP (Breast Cervical Cancer Prevention) program. If a program is not found, then through University Samaritan Medical Center Women's Care a mammogram can be scheduled and ACCA will pay for it.
Operates a circulating library for information on cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Offers books, journals, videos, and audio-cassettes. Also provides free information pamphlets and brochures for patrons to keep.
Provides individual nutrition consultations as well as assessments for issues related to cancer provided by a registered dietitian.

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Cancer
Nutrition Education
Nutrition Assessment Services
Provides crisis telephone counseling, information, education, outreach, and referral services to caregivers, patients and families. The Coping Connection is staffed by licensed social workers and counselors who have training in oncology and family therapy.
This is a 24-hour call center to answer questions about cancer, treatment, resources, programs, support and informational literature. The Road to Recovery provides transportation to medical appointment for people with cancer.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Cancer
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Provides a wide range of weekly or monthly support groups for those with health conditions or social desparity, and their families and/or caregivers. Support groups offered include: a variety of cancers, brain injuries, obesity, heart disease, stroke (adult and older adult groups), idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and hydrocephalus. Also offers social support for those in bereavement.

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Cancer
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Offers a wide variety of classes in expressive arts as a creative outlet to manage emotions and anxiety.
Offers a Nutritionist who gives onsite nutritional consultations and teaches cooking classes.

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Cooking Classes
Cancer
Nutrition Assessment Services
Provides resource navigation for individuals living with cancer, post-treatment survivors, and caregivers affected by cancer. Provides information about treatment and local resources.
Provides a support group for older adults coping with cancer.
Provides short-term one-on-one support to help individuals cope with the impact of their own or a loved one's cancer diagnosis.
Offers a support group for adults with cancer to receive support, education, and answer questions about the disease.
Provides a wide range of weekly or monthly support groups for those with health conditions or social desparity, and their families and/or caregivers. Support groups offered include: a variety of cancers, brain injuries, obesity, heart disease, stroke (adult and older adult groups), idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and hydrocephalus. Also offers social support for those in bereavement.

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Cancer
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
One-on-one support is given through visits between the survivor and patient (either face-to-face, phone, or online visits). In order to be eligible for a visit, patients should be facing one or more of the following issues: Recent breast cancer diagnosis or facing a possible breast cancer diagnosis, considering, undergoing or having completed surgery such as lumpectomy or mastectomy, considering, undergoing or having completed treatment such as chemotherapy or radiation, considering breast reconstruction, dealing with lymphedema due to a breast cancer diagnosis, facing breast cancer recurrence or metastasis.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Cancer
Disease/Disability Information
Breast Cancer
Provides workshops for youth, individual and family support for families impacted by cancer with minor children. Offers a support program utilizing art therapy, play therapy and discussion. Provides an opportunity for families to interact with other families in similar situations.
Provides information about cancer and cancer treatment for cancer patients. Offers community presentations about various topics concerning cancer.

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Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Cancer
Disease/Disability Information
Offers free attorney consults for individuals diagnosed with cancer to help assess needs regarding living wills and estate planning.

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Trust Preparation Assistance
Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Living Wills
Will Preparation Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Cancer
Offers individual and family counseling for children, adolescents and adults who have been diagnosed with cancer and for their loved ones.

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Cancer
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Family Counseling
Provides a wide range of weekly or monthly support groups for those with health conditions or social desparity, and their families and/or caregivers. Support groups offered include: a variety of cancers, brain injuries, obesity, heart disease, stroke (adult and older adult groups), idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and hydrocephalus. Also offers social support for those in bereavement.

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Cancer
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Provides cancer-related books, CDs, and DVDs available for lending. Offers an extensive collection of free booklets and pamphlets on local and national cancer resources that are available for individuals.

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Agency Based Libraries/Resource Centers
Disease/Disability Information
Cancer