Support is integral to employee wellness during difficult health journeys, and cancer is one of the most challenging.
We’re thrilled to announce that Cleo now provides holistic cancer care support for for individuals living with cancer, and family caregivers of a child or an adult loved one with cancer.
Support is integral to employee wellness during difficult health journeys, and cancer is one of the most challenging. Cancer care itself can be complex and unpredictable, and treatments take a physical and emotional toll on patients and their families alike.
Cancer care with Cleo is designed specifically for this journey. More than 4.8 million people, including both caregivers and those receiving care, are impacted by cancer in the U.S. One in two employers say cancer is the number one driver of healthcare costs, and 86% say it’s among their top three (BGH).
Cancer can upend employees’ entire lives. The complexities and disjointed threads of everything along the cancer journey — from prevention and screening to diagnosis to treatment, remission, and monitoring, to keeping up with life responsibilities such as career and caregiving, to the emotional toll throughout all of this — can leave employees and their families confused and unclear where to turn.
This is where Cleo steps in. Our cancer care experts and support can connect the dots along the cancer care journey while holding all of a member’s needs holistically to offer personalized, cohesive care.
“Improving cancer outcomes requires a focus not only on the tumor, but also the illness experience and its impact on patients and their families.”
Kathi Mooney, RN, PhD, FAAN et al, American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book
For Cleo members supporting a loved one with cancer or navigating a cancer diagnosis of their own, Cleo offers compassionate guidance and tailored care, including:
- How and when individuals should screen for cancer
- What individuals can do to prevent various types of cancers
- What to expect when you or a loved one receives a cancer diagnosis
- How to practice self-care while supporting a loved one with cancer, including:
- Increasing your caregiver confidence
- Finding emotional support
- Ways to take care of your physical and mental health
- Decreasing your caregiver burden through support in finding the right resources
- How to prepare for what the journey may be like, including:
- What questions to ask your healthcare team
- How to create a sense of normalcy for the whole family
- How to get support for the administrative burden
- Navigating development, learning, or socialization
- Promoting comfort, healing, and rest
- How to prepare for treatment and interventions, such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery
- What side effects and symptoms to expect, as well as comfort measure considerations
- How to transition areas of your life during treatment and recovery, such as:
- workplace, career, and leave support
- parenting and caregiving responsibilities
- informing others, including children and siblings, about the diagnosis
- “pre-hab” nutrition & physical activity considerations
- common lifestyle adjustments to prepare for
- complementary therapy considerations
- assessing affordable quality care
- legal & financial resources
- psychosocial support
- General guidance & support throughout remission and maintenance, focusing on:
- survivorship
- ongoing lifestyle adjustments, such as appearance, sexual health changes, or others
- stress management during regular monitoring
- emotional wellness and self-care
- support groups to connect with others
- Referrals to other benefits, such as:
- Second-opinion resources
- Mental health benefits
- Centers of Excellence designated by your carrier
- Other cancer care support benefits
- And more, while also helping with any other caregiving, parenting, and self-care needs impacting our members
Learn more about Cleo’s integrated cancer care offering and how it can benefit your workforce.