quebec breast cancer screening program

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
AND
PSYCHOSOCIAL
RESOURCES
QUEBEC BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM
(PQDCS)
Centre for the Coordination of Regional Services
1000 Labelle st., suite 210
Saint-Jérôme (Québec) J7Z 5N6
Phone : 450 432-8728 or toll-free 1 877 431-7346
Fax : 450 569-6303
Website : www.rrsss15.gouv.qc.ca
Emotional support and psychosocial resources
available through the PQDCS
Breast Cancer Clinic at CSSS Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes
Nurse : Mrs. Marie-Carle Côté
Phone : 450 473-6811, ext. 2332
Social worker : Madame Dominique Gratton
Phone : 450 473-6811, ext. 2342
The Clinic meets with women after their surgery once they
receive a breast cancer diagnosis.
Each CLSC has its own crisis centre.
Info Santé : 811
Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
Phone : 450-436-2691 Toll-free : 1-888-939-3333
Website : www.cancer.ca
Cancer J’écoute is a phone resource offering counsellors, professionals
and trained volunteers who listen, offer support and can suggest tools to
help you deal with cancer.
Avail yourself of our free, confidential and personalized services.
Individual services :
Phone buddy system
Phone supportive care
Group services in your area :
Monthly support
Visualisation
Expressing through art
Financial and material support :
Hair prosthesis
Breast prosthesis
Lodging
Transport fees, etc.
Lymphedema Association of Quebec
Phone : 514 979-2463
Website : www.infolympho.ca
Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation
Phone : 1 877 990-7171
Website : www.rubanrose.org
SERCAN (Saint-Eustache)
Phone : 450 491-1912
This organization provides several services such as lending an ear,
buddy-system, workshops, support, relief care, transport and more.
Fondation québécoise du cancer
INFO-CANCER hotline : 1 800 363-0063
(Information, lodging facilities and supportive care)
Les Ateliers Belle et bien dans sa peau
CSSS Saint-Jérôme
Mrs. Diane Angers at 450 431-8200, ext. 2792
Regroupement des professionnels pour la santé du sein (RPSS)
Phone : 1 514 448-1470
Website : www.rpss.ca
SEFACS (Soutien et Entraide Femmes Atteintes du Cancer du Sein)
SEFACS is a support group for women in the Laval area diagnosed
with breast cancer. Monthly workshops allow women to share and
exchange resource tips. The group is affiliated to the Quebec Breast
Cancer Foundation’s Sérénité program, initiated by a group of
women with breast cancer.
Phone : 450 978-2129
Saint-Jérôme Volunteer Centre
Phone : 450 432-3200 or 1 800 962-3200
Supportive care, transport and mobile canteen
SAFIR
Financial aid service for women with breast cancer.
Phone : 1 514 745-8546
Phone : 1 514 982-3173, ext. 3119
Website : www.safir.ca
SharingStrength.ca
A Canadian online resource and community for women with breast
cancer.
Pallia-Vie
Professional supportive care and psychological support
(individually or at home) as soon as the diagnosis has been made.
Phone : 450 431-3331
Palliacco (Mont-Tremblant)
Phone : 819 717-9646
Free supportive care at home for palliative patients and their loved
ones.