70 YEARS OF ACTIVITY For Cancer Patients

Israel Cancer Association // Annual Report 2022

ICA’s Israel Ostomy Association

The ICA extensive activity on behalf of stoma patients continues as per each year, and includes phone consultation for stoma patients and their family members, coordination of volunteer activities for stoma patients, meetings of the ‘Young Adults with an Ostomy’ group, an annual conference for stoma patients, the production of the Pithon Peh (literally “a chance to speak”) journal designed for stoma patients, and activities for stoma nurses. Throughout the year, the ICA’s Israel Ostomy Association holds ‘Young Adults with an Ostomy’ group meetings at Mati House, the ICA’s headquarters in Givatayim, led by MSW Dana Rechavi-Heller , Central District Regional Social Worker, and RN Rina Dikhel , ICA Oncology Nurse and clinical expert in Palliative Care. Staff in charge: RN Livia Kislev , ICA Head Nurse and RN Rina Dikhel , ICA Oncology Nurse and clinical expert in Palliative Care. National Service for Parent Training (or Grandparents) when One Parent Has Cancer When one of the parents (or grandparents) is diagnosed with cancer, the entire family, including the children, goes into a long, complex coping period. Sometimes, in an attempt to protect their children, parents choose to hide information in order to try and prevent anxiety and hardship from them. The Israel Cancer Association runs this counseling service in order to ease the parents’ hardship during this difficult time and help the family by providing information and support. Parents are given the tools, guidance, and help to face questions such as how to tell the children, how

Counseling, Training and Information

to handle the treatments, crisis, illness, and more. The service is provided by psycho-oncology professionals led by MSW Orit Spira , Director of the Rehabilitation and Support Dept., and MSW Dana Rechavi-Heller , the ICA’s Central District Regional Social Worker. The service is provided nation-wide. About 200 trainings are given to families each year. National Tax Consultation Services The Israel Cancer Association’s Rehabilitation and Support Dept. provides tax consultation services to cancer patients nation-wide by certified tax consultants. Consultation is available on a volunteer basis and free of charge to anyone who has already been granted a degree of disability due to cancer by

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