Cancer and its treatments can affect a person’s ability to work and study.
These changes can cause social and financial stress and worries. These stresses and worries can extend to individuals, families, and carers.
Information for cancer survivors and their carers
- Dealing with money, work and study fact sheet, Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre
- Cancer, work, and you booklet, Cancer Council
- Workplace, My Cancer Guide, Cancer Council Victoria
- Work After Cancer website, Flinders University and Cancer Australia. A guide for people diagnosed with cancer, health care providers and employers.
Clinical services at Peter Mac Melbourne campus
The following services are available to patients at Peter Mac in Melbourne. Please speak with your oncology team if you are receiving treatment elsewhere. This is because you may have different clinical service options.
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Occupational therapy services: Occupational therapists can help you maximise independence, safety, comfort, and personal satisfaction. Doing so improves your sense of well-being and quality of life.
Other clinical services in the Parkville precinct
The following services are available to patients of the Parkville precinct. The precinct includes the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Women’s Hospital. Peter Mac is also part of the Parkville precinct. Please speak with your oncology team if you are being treated elsewhere. You may have different clinical service options.
- Royal Melbourne Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine: This service provides assessment, management, therapies and treatments for patients following injury, illness or surgery, including cancer.