With support and compassion, everyone can achieve a feeling of wholeness, even while confronting a life-threatening illness. That belief underlies and motivates every element of the Sheri & Les Biller Patient and Family Resource Center.
The Biller Patient and Family Resource Center’s attentive and caring staff and volunteers work as a team, welcoming patients and their relatives and friends into a warm environment that includes these features. Some of these features will be expanded upon when the center opens in May 2008.
- Tailored care specific to each patient and family
- Private space for patients to meet with patient navigators, physicians, psychologists, social workers, spiritual care providers and other staff and volunteers
- Touch-screen computer system to learn from patients and family members about common challenges involved in cancer treatment and ensure they get the services they need
- An extensive library of educational books, CDs and DVDs on cancer-related topics on all aspects of care, including guided imagery and other mind-body topics. Educational booklets and brochures are available free of charge.
- An activity room for yoga, support group meetings and classes, as well as art therapy, music, nutrition, meditation and guided imagery workshops
- Computers for viewing educational software, accessing health-related Web sites and obtaining information on community resources
- The , a comfortable outdoor space for reflection