1 Caregiving for patients with cancer has been described as an “intense, episodic, and challenging care experience.”
2 For 2017, an estimated 1,688,780 individuals received a new cancer diagnosis, and cancer death rates have been declining since the early 1990s.
3 Survivorship has steadily improved, and the need for caregivers providing longer duration of care in the outpatient or home setting has also increased.