Cancer Support & Wellness Services
When you’re affected by cancer, you need more than just medical treatments. You also need care and support for your emotional, spiritual, social and financial well-being. Resources are available at our Cone Health Cancer Center locations and online.
Patient Support
While you’ll find support services all across our network, you’ll appreciate the convenience of a comprehensive centers dedicated entirely to you in Guilford and Alamance counties.
• Symptom Management Clinic – quick, convenient care for symptoms related to cancer.
• Palliative Care Clinic – enhance your quality of life at any stage of cancer treatment
• Virtual Visits – after-hours and weekend care for acute pain, nausea, infections and more.
Wellness and Family Support Services
Doris S. Tanger Center for Patient and Family Support at the Cone Health Cancer Center at Wesley Long and the Patient Resource Center at the Cone Health Cancer Center at Alamance Regional bring a wide variety of support professionals, services, classes and groups together under one roof.
Count on your nurse navigator to connect you with Cancer Center services and programs, including cancer support groups and classes. Many services are free for Cone Health Cancer Center patients and families.
Alight Program for Breast and GYN Cancer Support
Providing financial, educational and emotional support to patients as patients move through the treatment journey. Get the Details.
Appearance & Self-Image Assistance
Get help selecting wigs, scarves and hats at the Appearance Center at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
Register for Look Good Feel Better to learn beauty tips for managing appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment, such as skin changes and hair loss. Our workshops are for women in active treatment; find tips for men online.
Financial Advocacy
Get help understanding financial issues associated with cancer treatment, as well as with sorting through local, state and federal sources of assistance from your Cone Health financial advocate.
Healing Touch
Healing touch works in harmony with your cancer treatments by restoring energy balance through the use of light-touch hand placements. This service is performed by a certified healing touch practitioner and is endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA).
Healing Touch is available at Alamance Regional Medical Center and is free to cancer patients seeking treatment on that campus. There is a $45 charge for cancer patients of other facilities and community members. Healing Touch is free to all Cone Health employees.
Massage
Alleviate pain and reduce stress and anxiety through free massage therapy. You can feel confident that you’re receiving safe, comfortable massage because our therapists are certified in oncology massage.
Nutrition Counseling
At the Cone Health Cancer Center at Wesley Long, you can work with our registered dietitians, including board-certified specialists in oncology nutrition, to create a dietary plan that supports healing. Gain strategies for preventing and managing common side effects of cancer treatment, such as poor appetite, nausea, mouth sores and taste changes.
Online Cancer Support Programs (Hirsch Network)
The Cone Health Cancer Center is partnering with local and national organizations to create innovative ways to support you online. Services include the Hirsch Wellness Network which provides healing arts and wellness classes virtually. Learn more.
Social, Emotional & Spiritual Support
Gain hope, strength and coping skills from Licensed Clinical Social Workers at Cone Health Cancer Center. Call us for:
- Help adjusting to your diagnosis
- Support adhering to your treatment plan
- Counseling for family, relationship or mental health issues
- Information, education and referrals to community resources
- Substance abuse assessment and referral
- Advance care planning
- Grief and bereavement care
You’ll also find encouragement, counseling and grief support, as well as spiritual care, from interfaith chaplains.
Wellness & Rehabilitation
Find classes and programs for your mind and body at Cone Health Cancer Center or in the community through our partnership with Hirsch Wellness Network. Ask about:
