MELAKUKAN PEMBERDAYAAN PERAWATAN PALIATIF PADA PASIEN KANKER DI KELURAHAN SEI AGUL

Abstract

Cancer is a chronic non-contagious disease characterized by abnormal cell growth and can not be cured at an advanced stage. Cancer patients can experience physical, psychological and social problems. Physical effects such as complaints of shortness of breath, injury, swelling, and psychological stress. Conditions experienced by cancer patients, requiring palliative care to achieve quality of life. Palliative care by involving the family in their care. Community empowerment through health cadres, especially palliative cadres can help families care for sick family members. Palliative cadres need knowledge and skills in treating cancer patients with their problems. This palliative cadre training is conducted for two periods, each period lasts for two days and in practice participants are divided into small groups of 5-7 people. The results obtained, participants are all actively practicing, practicing with good majority results. It is hoped that cadres regularly practice, practice and teach the patient's family.  This activity can be continued and refreshed skills are done routinely.