Cancer Support & Resources

Our Patient Support Team is here to provide emotional support for you and your family. We work with your cancer providers to make sure you are as comfortable as possible at any stage of your cancer diagnosis by providing pain and symptom management services. We can also help you work through everyday stressors and burdens so you can focus on what is truly important to you.

We have a number of support groups and educational classes available for patients and family members. For more information, call (605) 755-2300.

Coping with Cancer Support Group

The Coping with Cancer Support Group is a chance for cancer patients and those affected by cancer to talk with others who have had similar experiences. It’s meant to be a supportive and confidential environment for people to talk about their experiences and bounce ideas off one another. This support group is facilitated by one of the Patient Support Team social workers or a nurse practitioner.

Coping Skills

This class will introduce a variety of coping skills such as deep breathing and distraction techniques that will assist in managing anxiety due to a cancer diagnosis, cancer treatment or everyday stressors.

Fighting Fatigue

A major symptom of cancer and cancer treatment is fatigue. This class will go over techniques that can help lessen fatigue and gain/conserve energy. You will learn tactics to get better sleep, practical ways to schedule activities and other methods for fighting fatigue.

Children and Cancer: Navigating the Conversation

Explaining cancer to children can be one of the most difficult issues that arise during your cancer journey. If you or loved one are struggling to talk about cancer with children, please join Cancer Care Institute social workers for an educational class on talking to children about cancer. Social workers will discuss tips and ideas on how to help navigate this discussion for children of all ages.

Guided Imagery

Guided Imagery is the practice of using your imagination to focus on the positive and to relax your mind and body. Guided Imagery can come in many forms, such as someone reading a script, listening to a CD or watching a YouTube video. It can also include things such as deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation.

Home Health Services promotes healing in the comfort of the patient’s home while providing a comprehensive range of high-quality services and professional care.

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Monument Health Registered Dietitians can develop and guide you through a care plan specific to your health concerns by helping you incorporate nutritious foods into your diet. Our dietitians offer individual consultations, education and support for inpatients and outpatients of all ages with conditions such as allergies, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, digestive disorders, HIV/AIDS, cancer and osteoporosis.

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With expertise in pain medicine, physical therapy, psychology, occupational therapy and nursing, our pain management team employs a comprehensive approach that combines medication management and interventional therapy to help you regain a higher level of function.

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Therapy services play a crucial role in the recovery process by promoting healing, restoring function and improving quality of life. Whether physical, occupational, speech therapy or massage therapy, these services help patients regain strength, mobility and independence, ensuring a smoother prep on process and a more complete recovery after injury, surgery or illness.

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Cancer Care Institute’s Inside and Out program empowers you to let your beauty shine when you get fitted with a complimentary wig. Work with a volunteer to find a wig that’s right for you.

*subject to volunteer availability

Call 605-755-2343 to find out more.