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Tuam Cancer Care
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Tuam Cancer Care Centre
30 Temple Jarlath Court
Tuam
County Galway.
Tel : 093-28522
Fax : 093 28614
Email : info@tuamcancercare.ie
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"Tuam Cancer
Care is a voluntary organisation that offers psychological, emotional and
practical support to people with a cancer diagnosis and their families, an
also provides general cancer-related information."
Tuam Cancer Care Group was
founded in 1985 as a support group for people with a cancer diagnosis. Two
years later a fundraising group was set up to enable the group to expand
it's services to all people with cancer in Tuam and the surrounding areas.
To provide a focal point
for the group and provide greater accessibility, in May 2000 Tuam Cancer
Care opened it's (Cillín Aire means Lodge of Care) |
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Opening
Hours |
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday |
7.30pm - 9.30pm
10.30am - 1.30pm
10.30am - 1.30pm
10.30am - 1.30pm
10.30am - 1.30pm |
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Aims of the
Centre
- To offer emotional
support and help to people with cancer, their families and friends.
- To lessen the fear
associated with the word "cancer".
- To provide a "drop-in"
Centre where people with cancer can access support and information.
- To ensure that the
centre is open to all whose lives have been affected by cancer.
- To continue to develop
and meet the cancer-related needs of the people of Tuam and the
locality.
Support Services
The following are some of
the services that are available in the Tuam Cancer Care Centre:
- Support and
Information Centre with trained volunteers available to all callers
- Complementary and holistic therapies,
massage, reflexology and acupuncture available by appointment
- Ongoing monthly support meetings for
people with cancer diagnosis (1st Wednesday of every month).
- Assistance with expenses incurred as a
result of cancer diagnosis.
- Counselling available by referral.
- Hospital and Home Visits.
- Workshops and seminars on health and
cancer-related topics held in Cillín Aire Centre for people with a
cancer diagnosis, their families or friends.
- Health education talks for general
public
- Provision for cancer related
information, library, booklets, leaflets and internet.
- Breast prosthesis fitting by
appointment.
- Regular newsletters from members.
- Training courses and ongoing support
for volunteers.
- Tuam Cancer Care Centre Men's Health
Group being established.
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