CANCER SUPPORT
Up to date information on how to get help if you are requiring support with Cancer
Breast Cancer Foundation
Pushing for new frontiers in early detection treatment and support
Online community, specialist breast care nurses free counselling, cancer rehabilitation – physio, exercise sessions
Phone: 09 304 0766
Toll free: 0800 902 732
Fax: 09 309 0644
Cancer Society Northland
Te Kahui Matepukuku o Te Tai Tokerau
We are here to help and support you and your whānau through cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
Cancer Society Northland offers a range of free support services ranging from practical support provided by our Cancer Nurse Specialists, Social Work & Psychology teams helping you to navigate your journey, understand your treatments and can offer assistance with accommodation and transport for your medical appointments. We have a wide range of cancer resources available and local support groups to connect with.
We are here for you, please call or pop into see the team at Daffodil House.
Daffodil House – 09 437 5593
73 Kamo Road
Kensington Road
Whangarei
Cancer Information Hotline
0800 CANCER (226 237)
Visit Website:
Referral form:
Connect: Intake Form (socialsolutionsconnect.com.au)
CanTeen Aotearoa
CanTeen Aotearoa
Head Office, Auckland
81 Grafton Road, Level 4
Supporting rangatahi aged 13-24 impacted by cancer across Aotearoa, whether it’s their own cancer diagnosis or cancer in their whānau.
CanTeen provides rangatahi with individual support and therapy, the chance for peer connection through events and programmes, online support, and rangatahi development.
Child Cancer Foundation
Provide personalised support to children (0-13) with a cancer diagnosis, and their whānau, from diagnosis throughout treatment and beyond. We also provide some support for parents with a child aged 13-20.
Stephanie Chadd : 021 0844 1230 (Team Leader)
North Haven Hospice
Specialist palliative care for people with any terminal illness or life-limiting condition, and support for their families/whānau and carers all free of charge.
We support patients to live as well as possible and, when the time comes, to allow death to occur naturally with comfort and dignity. Our support for family/whānau and carers continues during their bereavement.
Hospice care is holistic. It extends beyond physical needs, placing equal importance on emotional, social, cultural and spiritual needs.
Patients receive our services primarily, or even entirely, in their homes or place of residence; throughout the entire Whangārei District or south-east Kaipara.
Phone: 09 437 3355
Hospice Mid-Northland
Providing specialist palliative care to our patients and their families/whanau in the Mid North area
- Community based palliative care support.
- Registered Nurses with specialist palliative care experience
- Family Support and Te Tumu Manaaki
- Bereavement support,
- Link to Specialist Palliative Care Doctors at North Haven Hospice,
- Volunteers –, volunteer companions .
- Shared care model with DHB District Nurses, social workers, physio, occupation therapy,
Referral from any health professional or self-referral
Hospice Mid Northland
464 Kerikeri Road
PO Box141
Kerikeri 0245
Phone: 09 4077799 or 0800 40 4079
Email: clinical@hospicemn.org.nz
Hospice Kaipara
- Community based palliative care support.
- Nurses
- Family Support
- Bereavement support,
- Link to Specialist Palliative Care Doctors at North Haven Hospice,
- Volunteers – biographers, home visiting.
- Shared care model with DHB District Nurses, social workers, physio, occupation therapy, takawaenga.
- Kowhai Room Dargaville Hospital for symptom management and end of life care.
Referral from any health professional or self-referral
or electronic referral or in person
Hospice Kaipara
77 Awakino Road
Dargaville
Dargaville Hospital Site
Phone: (09) 439 3330 or 0800 395 467
Look Good Feel Better
We provide free programmes for any person, with any type of cancer, at any stage, to help people feel in control and able to face their cancer with confidence.
We are non-medical and provide:
- Advice on how to look after yourself during treatment
- Practical tips, tools and techniques to help patients feel more confident with everyday life
- Advice for those experiencing hair loss, including wigs, headwear and scarf tying
- Expert advice on how to fill in thinning brows to recreate a natural look
Our classes are an opportunity for people to connect and spend time with people who understand what they are going through.
We offer support for men, women and teens, both online and in the community. Participants receive a confidence kit of skincare and makeup products handpicked specially for them.
Health NewZealand
Te Whatu Ora
The Cancer Support team is based at the Jim Carney Cancer Treatment Centre, Whangarei Hospital on Hospital Road.
We can see patients at the centre or on the ward at the hospital. If required the social workers can see people in the community, and the clinical psychologist can offer clinics in other regional hospitals.
Our Psychology and Social Work Team can help with:
- The shock and disbelief of diagnosis
- Learning to manage emotions such as anger, frustration, grief, sadness, anxiety or depression
- Assisting with practical issues such as transport or accommodation
- Accessing supports and other agencies within the community
- Talking with health professionals - e.g. what questions to ask
- Helping you to make the decisions that are right for you
- Coping with treatment, medical procedures and tests.
Alex Richards – Social Worker/ Counsellor
Sereana Uludole – Social Worker
Sophie Ames – Psychologist
Ki a ora Ngātiwai
Comprehensive community health and primary nursing care to all age groups services include:
- Whanau Ora kaiarahi
- Whanau Ora Community health worker
- Rheumatic fever programme
- Manaaki Manawa (cardiac rehab) Manawa Ora (healthy homes)
- Cervical screening
- Breast screening
- Kaupapa Maori medical support
Sharon Russell Clinical Manager sharonr@kaont.co.nz Ph: 435 4586
Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand
Look Good Feel Better - We provide free programmes for any person, with any type of cancer, at any stage, to help people feel in control and able to face their cancer with confidence.
We are non-medical and provide:
- Advice on how to look after yourself during treatment
- Practical tips, tools and techniques to help patients feel more confident with everyday life
- Advice for those experiencing hair loss, including wigs, headwear and scarf tying
- Expert advice on how to fill in thinning brows to recreate a natural look
Our classes are an opportunity for people to connect and spend time with people who understand what they are going through.
We offer support for men, women and teens, both online and in the community. Participants receive a confidence kit of skincare and makeup products handpicked specially for them.
Phone: 0800 865 432
Natasha Donovan:
0275231728 (Support Services Coordinator)
Email:
Natasha.donovan@leukaemia.org.nz
Shocking Pink
Shocking Pink: Dedicated to helping young women aged 20-45 through breast cancer - and out the other side.
