WE CONNECT TO LIFE IN THE CAPITAL CITY PROJECT

 

Our project is implemented by LÖSEV with the support of Ankara Development Agency.

With this project, free rehabilitation and counseling services are provided to the target group of patients who have just been diagnosed with cancer and/or have overcome the disease, and their first-degree relatives. In our practice center at LÖSEV Village for Children with Leukemia in Ankara, we work with our expert teams and social counselors to improve the quality of life of our patients outside of their treatment process, to bring them the joy of life again, and to get together with patients in their own conditions to have rich exchanges and friendships.
 

What is the Purpose of Our Project?

Leukemia and cancer patients wear masks, lose their hair, walk with crutches, etc. due to their treatments. They cannot be distanced, excluded or left alone for those reasons. Our patients who are undergoing chemotherapy or who are recovering should not stay in their homes because they have nothing to do and the people around them are getting away from them. On the contrary, they should be connected to life by living their normal lives in their hobby houses and gardens. Unfortunately, the importance of rehabilitating and connecting to life on the treatment of the disease for patients who have gone through a difficult, long and exhausting period such as cancer has not yet been fully understood in our country.
 

We aim to raise awareness in the society about saying STOP to cancer, which is increasing day by day and has become a big problem worldwide, to support cancer patients and their relatives in many areas, to provide them with hobbies and friendships that will enable them to make themselves happy in their new lives and forget about their concerns.
 

What Kind of Rehabilitation Is Performed?

With rehabilitation and consultancy services, it is aimed to provide personalized, flexible and forward-looking services for the diagnosis of disease, regardless of age, gender, social status. Rehabilitation service should be developed based on high quality and dialogue between patients and specialists. In general, there are practical deficiencies in the referral of patients to rehabilitation by hospitals. Implemented rehabilitation programs have a great impact on patients' coping and prevention methods, changes in lifestyles, experiencing new experiences, and sharing information with other patients and specialists.

The most important goal of rehabilitation and counseling services is to help people who have been treated for cancer and survived cancer to adapt to their daily active life after treatment and illness, to continue their lives as before, to meet different occupations and to adapt them to their own lives afterwards.
 

Rehabilitation and Counseling Services

Patient relatives and specialists also play an important role in this process; Therefore, it is ensured that the relatives of the patients participate in the programs and group meetings. Patients see that their relatives are also involved in their own lives. The rehabilitation program is as follows: