The Association favors personalized support for its members, divided into 5 main axes:
1.Fight cancer and improve treatments
Allows to:
- Improve the odds of survival so that all children affected by cancer can hope to reach adulthood
- Contribute to providing world-class treatments to children in Quebec
- Lessen the side effects of treatment
- Enhance the quality of life of survivors by reducing the risk of sequelae
Primary funder of clinical research in pediatric oncology in Quebec, Leucan invests close to 1 million dollars every year for that type of research. Today, 82% of children diagnosed with cancer can hope to grow up and survive the ilness.
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2.Provide financial assistance
Allows to:
- Reduce the financial anxiety associated with pediatric cancer for parents
- Contribute to offsetting the loss of income when a parent must take an unpaid leave
- Improve the quality of life of survivors coping with sequelae
Over the last year, $739,316 was granted to families to assist them financially
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3.Comfort, inform and guide
Allows to:
- Reduce parents’ emotional distress at the time of diagnosis
- Reassure families through individualized support and appropriate information
- Support diagnosed children, their parents, and their siblings through every stage of cancer and even after they go home
Assistance provided:
- Welcome and emotional support at the hospital and at home
- The Leucan Information Centre
- Welcome and comfort kit
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4.Alleviate physical and psychological pain
Allows to:
- Alleviate the parents’ feeling of helplessness in the face of their child’s pain
- Help relieve the psychological distress experienced by the parents and siblings of affected children
- Allow children access to pain relieving care
- Provide comfort care to bereaved families
Assistance provided:
- Massage therapy in hospitals and at home for children with cancer, their parents, and their siblings
- Psychological support
- End-of-life and bereavement support
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5.Break families out of their isolation and contribute to their well-being
Allows to:
- Reduce the sense of isolation in families
- Contribute to the well-being of children during treatments
- Help childhood cancer survivors enjoy a positive and more independent life
- Support awareness-raising efforts to increase understanding and empathy in the circle of the affected children about their reality and that of their families
Assistance provided:
- Socio-recreational activities: the Leucan-CSN Summer Camp, the Heart-filled Hope support group, Christmas parties, family activities, etc.
- Hosting in hospital playrooms;
- Awareness-raising activities and support in schools
- Assistance to cured patients and survivors
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