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Cancer

Index: Cancer Articles & Resources

Building a community support network and resources.

Feb 10 • Victoria

A Caregiver's Poem: "The 'We' of Cancer"

Feb 7 • Victoria

iCARE: The Cancer Anthology

This anthology was launched on World Cancer Day for and by those with cancer and their caregivers (aka everyone around them).

Feb 4 • Victoria

World Cancer Day, February 4th: "Care to share your story?"

More Than A Disease #UNITEDBYUNIQUE #WORLDCANCERDAY

Feb 4 • Victoria

iCARE: The Cancer Care Journey

For & By People who CARE about Cancer. A Reference Index of Insights.

May 13, 2025 • Victoria

Support Resources

Carer Mentor's 2026 Top Ten 'Annual Re-Reads'

and the current twenty-five books competing for a top-ten spot.

Jan 26 • Victoria

Cancer Information and Support Organisations

UK, US and Canada

Apr 23, 2025 • Victoria

Useful links for advice, info and ideas

Carers organisation, discussion forums, news, everyday support

Feb 4, 2025 • Victoria

Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration

Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration

Heartfelt empathy for Caregivers. A hub of practical tools, resources, and insights. A community support network—Human-ing hard. A portal of hope. ❤️

Giving/Receiving Care

Caregiving Hacks & Tips

A Rolling List of Ideas

Dec 28, 2025 • Victoria

Giving and Receiving Care Anthology

Learning from each other's Personal Experiences.

Oct 13, 2025 • Victoria

Wearable Safety Devices: 'What will you do if you/your loved one has a fall?'

Considerations, features and my experience.

Aug 4, 2025 • Victoria

Tools: Go-Bags for Hospital Emergencies

What to Include in a Patient's and Caregiver's Go-Bags.

Jul 4, 2025 • Victoria

Dementia

The Dementia Anthology

Articles By Dementia Caregivers and those Diagnosed with Dementia.

Oct 15, 2025 • Victoria

World Alzheimer's Month

Ask about dementia. Ask about Alzheimer’s #WorldAlzMonth

Sep 1, 2025 • Victoria

'Contented dementia?' Not for all, not all the time.

A book suggesting ‘A Revolutionary New Way of Treating Dementia: 24-hour Wraparound Care for Lifelong Well-being.'

Aug 18, 2025 • Victoria

Dementia Caregivers: 'How to connect and communicate more effectively.' Connection over correction.

Amplifying the work of Dementia Action Alliance, Pat Snyder and Lynette Wilson.

Aug 7, 2025 • Victoria

Emotional Agility

Dr. Susan David's TedTalk: 'The Gift and Power of Emotional Agility.'

The One Video and Book that I consistently recommend to everyone.

Nov 18, 2024 • Victoria

Resources: 'Managing the Mental Load'

Understanding and enabling yourself.

Nov 18, 2024 • Victoria

Embracing The power of 'Not yet'

Professor Carol Dweck: 'Developing A Growth Mindset'.

Oct 31, 2024 • Victoria

'The language of being human' by Poet Ali.

Do you speak Caregiving?

May 5, 2024 • Victoria

Bereavement Grief

Bereavement & Grief Anthology

Early Grief/Recent Bereavement/Living with Grief.

Dec 7, 2025 • Victoria

Megan Devine 'How to handle the Advice you didn't ask for while grieving'

...and for many situations where unsolicited advice is given.

Nov 11, 2024 • Victoria

'Here's what we get wrong about the 5 Stages of Grief.'

and my personal plea 'Don't grief-splain me'

Oct 23, 2024 • Victoria

'Grief is messy. It's not a tidy five-stage path.'

Shankar Vedantam interviews Lucy Hone (Public Health Resilience Researcher).

Mar 13, 2024 • Victoria

Personal Reflection & Resources: 'Life grows around grief'

BBC Video. Thoughts and personal experience.

Feb 24, 2024 • Victoria

Poem: 'Echoes in the Walls'

reconciling with grief over the festive period.

Dec 12, 2023 • Victoria

Personal Reflection: 'Grief, Love persevering'

The painful threads within us.

Nov 2, 2023 • Victoria

Resource: Megan Devine's 'How do you help a grieving friend?'

Refuge in Grief Website & Book

Oct 26, 2023 • Victoria

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