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Patient
Services
Financial Assistance:
Prescription Drug Assistance
A diagnosis of cancer can create unforeseen financial
burdens for patients, particularly those who endure
prolonged periods of treatment. HOPE seeks to alleviate the
costs associated with prescription medications by connecting
patients in Northwest Arkansas with company-sponsored
assistance programs, referring patients to support programs
and through direct financial assistance given by HOPE to
patients in need.
Emergency Financial Assistance
Many patients and their families find themselves overwhelmed
keeping pace with everyday living expenses while also facing
the high cost of cancer treatment. HOPE seeks to alleviate
some of the financial stress on patients and their families
through our emergency assistance program. Patients may
qualify for temporary emergency assistance with housing and
transportation costs. Categories in which emergency
assistance can be provided include:
• rent or mortgage payments
• travel expenses related to treatment (including gas cards)
• home insurance
• car insurance and payments
• dentures.
All applications will be reviewed and if the request is
approved, checks will be written directly to the landlord,
mortgage company, etc.
HOPE’s professional staff will also work with patients and
families to help them connect with other resources that may
benefit them.
Click here for an application
Emotional Support:
Confused, sacred, overwhelmed, sad, fearful - these feelings
are often experienced by cancer patients and their families.
HOPE’s programs and services can often alleviate some of the
concerns. However, believing emotional support is essential
for healthy survivorship, we go further to address these
needs. Our professional staff offer emotional support
ranging from a kind word or listening ear to one-on-one,
couples or family sessions with a mental health
professional. Emotional support services for patients,
caregivers and/or family members are provided free of
charge.
HOPE also works with other agencies or clinics to provide
emotional support in group settings. At this time our staff
facilitate the Coping and Conversation Support Group at the
Cancer Support Home as well as a Lung Cancer Support Group
with the Chest Clinic at Highlands Oncology Group. HOPE also
is the lead facilitator is a specialized group called
CLIMBŪ, Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery. CLIMBŪ
is a unique six week program offered to families that are
faced with cancer. The main focus of the group is on
children who have a parent or loved one with cancer. The
goal of CLIMBŪ is to help children cope with and share their
feelings about a parent or loved one with cancer. During
this program children will meet other kids who have a parent
or loved one with cancer, learn about cancer and the normal
feelings that occur, and discover strategies for coping with
feelings. The adults meet separately and use this time to
discuss tips on talking with their children about cancer.
Dinner is provided and serves as a tool for families to get
to know one another. CLIMBŪ is a program of the Children’s
Treehouse Foundation and sponsored locally by HOPE, Inc.,
NARTI, and the Washington Regional Cancer Support Home with
special thanks to the Ozark Affiliate Susan G. Komen for the
Cure and Highlands Oncology Group. For more information
about upcoming CLIMBŪ programs, please call 479.571-4673.
Click here to
see Patient's Stories of HOPE
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials hold the key to breakthroughs in the
treatment and prevention of cancer. Currently, HOPE serves
as Northwest Arkansas' only site management organization,
assisting local physicians with the development and
management of cancer clinical trials. By providing data
management services HOPE helps local physicians offer
progressive prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options to
their patients.
If you are interested in learning more about clinical
trials, please contact HOPE’s research coordinator,
Missy Brewer, for
more information.
HOPE has served as an advocate for hundreds of patients as
they struggle to obtain cancer-related prescription drugs,
through both pharmaceutical company-sponsored programs and
direct financial assistance. HOPE offers these resources to
qualified cancer patients who live or are treated in
Northwest Arkansas.
Clinical
Trials List
Some of these links are in PDF format.
To download the current edition of Adobe
Reader, click
here.
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