Quality Onco Life Program
Based on a doctoral thesis, the Quality Onco Life Program (QOLP) is a physical exercise (PE) program that is properly adapted to the condition of women undergoing breast cancer (BC) treatment. These exercise programs, developed by PE professionals with a specific qualification, provide the decreasing of the side effects of chemotherapy, such as muscle mass reducing, loss of mobility and functionality of the affected limb or zone.
QOLP aims to create a certifiable model for PE applying during and after treatments and thus improving the quality of life of cancer patients. Therefore, minimum requirements must be defined such as gym and wellness centre minimum physical conditions, PE professionals specific training (see attach) and PE guidelines.
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Pink Bees
Parents with cancer (PWC- Program): a pilot program to improve supportive relationships at school
A parent with cancer is a stressful event for children, who might experience greater emotional distress as a consequence of family and parental disruption (Faccio, Ferrari & Pravettoni, 2018). However, we also know that supportive relationships might be protective of the negative effect of parents’ cancer on psychological difficulties (Fasciano et al., 2007). Specifically, school is a significant context for children, and it is recognized as an important source of support. However, the evidence suggests that teachers need additional skills to address the children’s needs, as they are more focused on parents and to provide general information about cancer (Huizinga, Visser, Zelders-Steyn, Teule, Reijneveld & Roodbol, 2011).
As such, this project aims to develop, implement and evaluate a pilot program focused on training teachers’ skills to deal with the impact of parents’ cancer in terms of children’s psychological well-being. This project will allow the implementation and dissemination of this program, nationally and internationally, in school contexts.
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Oncology Support Office
Starting from the existing network of partners, the Rosa Vida Association created the G.A.O. (Oncology Support Office).
The aim of the Office is to assist everyone faced with the diagnosis of oncological disease, as well as to help the entire family structure to deal with this new reality and prepare it for the next phase: the fight against the disease. Subsequently, and with the increasingly encouraging news about the survival of cancer, it is necessary to help the user to return quickly and functionally to his daily personal, family and professional life.
The Office, through a team, which includes psychologists, physiotherapists, exercise technicians and nutritionists, intervenes not only at the level of the patient diagnosed with cancer but also in his family structure and his informal caregivers.
In cases marked as economic need, the Office counts on the support of the Rosa Vida Association to partially or totally reimburse the services that the user and/or his family and caregivers need.
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