Online Information

Information sheets providing direct links to online services are available for download by clicking on the following links.  Please note: the following links are not exhaustive and are only provided here as a sample of well regarded and commonly used online references available in Victoria and Australia.  If further or more specialised information is required, please follow the links suggested by the websites provided on the information sheets.

‘A COMMON PATH’ YOUTUBE VIDEOS

These videos are of past and present patients who through short film pass on their experiences over each stage of their cancer specific journey. ‘A Common Path Link’

TREATMENT INFORMATION

Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and Treatment Side-Affects

• Radiotherapy
• Chemotherapy
• Treatment Side-Affects
• Alfred Health Radiation Oncology Clinic
• eviQ
• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

GENERAL INFORMATION

Support Groups

• Phone Support 13 11 20
• Cancer Connection
• Statewide Search Engine
• Cancer Action Victoria
• Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre

Bereavement

• Cancer Council Victoria
• Pallative Care Victoria
• Dying & Death
• Grief & Loss
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
• The National Centre for Childhood Grief
• Lifeline 13 11 14

Living with Cancer

• Cancer Council Victoria
• Living with Cancer
• Living with Cancer Education Program
• Cancer Survivors
• Cancer Australia
• Look Good Feel Better
• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Counselling

• Counselling Online
• Mens Line
• Beyond Blue
• Kids HelpLine
• Lifeline 13 11 14

Palliative Care

• Cancer Council Victoria
• Palliative Care Victoria
• Palliative Care Australia
• Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium
• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Carers

• Cancer Council Victoria
• Carers Victoria
• Palliative Care Victoria
• Young Carers
• Living Caring Working
• Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre
• Respite in Gippsland
• Victorian Government Carer Card Program
• Department of Human Services: Carers

Health

• Royal District Nursing Service – Bolton Clarke 1300 334 455
• Better Health Channel
• Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health
• Australian Women’s Health Network
• Women’s Health Information Centre
• Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
• Nurse on Call 1300 606 024

Practical Help

• Aged Care Australia
• Salvation Army
• Anglicare Victoria
• Home and Community Care
• Statewide Equipment Program
• Seniors Information Victoria
• Veterans Home Care
• Gippsland Rotary Centenary House (03) 5171 1600

Financial and Legal

• Cancer Council Victoria
• Victoria Legal Aid
• Office of The Public Advocate
• State Trustees
• Victoria Health and Human Services
• Utility Relief Grant Scheme
• Anglicare Victoria
• Salvation Army
• Centrelink
• Medicare

Transport

• Victorian Companion Card
• Australian Red Cross Transport Services
• Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme
• Public Transport Victoria
• Access Travel Pass
• Victoria Scooter and Wheelchair Travel Pass
• Vision Impaired Travel Pass
• War Veterans Travel Pass
• Multi-Purpose Taxi Program
• Travellers Aid: Medical Companion Service
• VLine
• Public Transport Victoria

Familial & Genetic Cancer

• Cancer Council Victoria
• Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre: Familial Cancer Centre
• Victorian Clinical Genetics Service
• Victorian Family Cancer Centres