Land Lower Austria invests 15,000 euros in mobile cancer aid for those affected

Land Lower Austria invests 15,000 euros in mobile cancer aid for those affected

The support for cancer patients: Inside in Lower Austria, considerable extended in 2024. The state of Lower Austria invested 15,000 euros in the mobile advice and accompaniment of cancer patients: inside through the Cancer Aid Lower Austria, in order to be able to better counter the psychological needs of those affected. Around 45,000 people fall ill in Austria every year, and there are 6,500 new cases in Lower Austria alone. State Councilor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig emphasizes how important it is that the patients remain mobile and maintain social contacts, while Sibylle Rasinger, managing director of Krebshilfe Lower Austria, underlines the need for people who are unable to travel to an advice center due to their illness or living situation. She explains that the mobile consultations represent vital support, especially for mentally polluted patients who often feel such help as the only way out of their isolation.

Psychological support for those affected

in the advisory centers of the Austrian Cancer Aid, professional and individual help for sick and their relatives is provided. Every year, around 30,000 people are looking for contact with these centers, where they can receive psychosocial support free of charge and anonymously to make it easier to deal with their illness. As reports Krebshilfe.net , Krebshilfe offers, among other things, psycho-oncological advice, crisis intervention as well as medical and social advice. These offers have helped many people to take new courage in the fight against their illness.

The close cooperation of cancer aid with oncological departments in the clinics ensures that the patients are supported as best as possible. Mobile advice is organized by calls in the counseling centers, and the consultants: inside come directly to those affected, so that they can receive the necessary help even in difficult time spans, as carried out in detail from Rasinger. All of these measures aim to reduce the psychological stress associated with cancer and to improve the quality of life of the patients.