70 YEARS OF ACTIVITY For Cancer Patients

Israel Cancer Association // Annual Report 2022

Another initiative held at the support center is a collaboration with the ‘Southern Wind’ NGO, which runs an integrative medicine center for cancer patients in the Negev region. Edy’s House – Ma’agan in Beer Sheva is another support center established with the initiative of the Friedman family and Prof. Pesach Schvartzman in conjunction with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the Beer Sheva Municipality, and the Israel Cancer Association.

testament to the center’s significance and considerable contribution in creating a viable support system and strong friendships among its visitors. ‘Strong Together’® Support Center at Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva The ICA campus in the Legacy Heritage Oncology Center at Soroka Medical Center includes the ICA branch and the ‘Strong Together’® support center, offering information, mind-body activities, support groups, social activities, and a ‘Look Good, Feel Better’® beauty room for wig services and workshops.

Ica Education Center: Advanced Training and Courses for Professionals

• Training social workers from adult oncology units, medical centers and in the community on psycho socio-economic issues the teams are facing during daily treatments, such as family problems, grave news, resilience, parent training, sexuality etc. The training is led by ICA Central Region MSW Dana Rechavi-Heller . • Training social workers from pediatric oncology units, medical centers and in the community on psycho-socio-economic issues the teams are facing during daily treatments, such as family problems around a child’s illness, grave news, resilience, parent/ grandparents training, sexuality etc. The training is led by ICA Central Region MSW Dana Rechavi-Heller . • Training on sexuality for multidisciplinary teams – physicians, nurses, social workers. The objective is to bolster confidence and ability amongst care providers to help patients and their partners in the area of sexual health, provide relevant theoretic knowledge about sexuality and cancer, and familiarize them with information sources and resources they can refer patients to if they wish to receive help. The training is led by RN Livia Kislev , ICA Head Nurse and Lena Kurtz-Almog , ICA Sex Therapist. • Training on treating lymphedema by the Israeli

The Israel Cancer Association’s education and training center for medical and psycho-oncology teams is under the professional guidance of MSW Orit Spira , ICA’s Director of Rehabilitation and Support Dept. Limor Shraga , ICA’s Rehabilitation and Support Dept. and ‘Reach to Recovery’® Coordinator, offers administrative guidance. Courses The ICA recognized by the Ministry of Education for continuing education remuneration. The professional courses are funded by the ICA, and are a vital part of the ICA’s activity in training professionals in the unique field of treating cancer patients and their families. This training is oncology-dedicated, and is not offered as part of an academic track. • A training was held in late November for the multi disciplinary staff of physicians, nurses, social workers, and psychologists of the new oncology rehabilitation dept. opening at Lowenstein Hospital. • This year, a course recognized as continuing education remuneration was held for social workers and psychologists treating oncology patients, and emotional therapists from the national healthcare services.

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