Resources and Practical Concerns
Practical issues can sometimes complicate your ability to receive medical care. Concerns such as transportation to your appointments, assistance applying for disability insurance and questions about your legal rights might be factors in your care. At City of Hope, you're never alone in sorting through them.
Our services focus on providing patients and families with practical resources such as:
Our services focus on providing patients and families with practical resources such as:
- Financial assistance
- Transportation to your appointments
- Healthcare referrals
- Support groups
- Childcare
- and more, so that you can focus on getting treatment.
Just as importantly, the team assists with navigating common health concerns, such as advance health care planning and documenting important values and goals for cancer care through all its stages. The team also ensures that these documented discussions are communicated to the whole hospital system, to ensure that all treatments offered match the patients’ central goals and values.