What We Do
CanSupport is a team of Palliative Care experts committed to maximising quality of life with cancer in a meaningful and compassionate manner, whilst fully respecting the dignity of the individual. We follow a patient-centered philosophy where patient care preferences and goals are central to care provision.
We run the largest home based palliative care program in the country that has received national and international recognition as well as the prestigious Public Health Champion Award by the World Health Organization.
Our history is long and distinguished and now spans 27 years, during which time our contribution to the development of Palliative Care services can be seen across North India. Our wide-ranging programs are designed to help patients of all ages and cancers throughout their cancer journey; right from the day of diagnosis, across all curative therapies and as a continuum of care adapting to the unique needs in case cancer progresses into its terminal phase. The support extends even after the death of the patient through bereavement and rehabilitative support to the families.
Our highly skilled teams of doctors, nurses, counsellors and physiotherapists bring our care to the doorstep of patients too sick to travel and make regular visits providing medical, nursing and psychosocial support. We have licenses to procure and dispense oral morphine, thereby saving those under our care from unnecessary pain. Patients and their families also have access to Outpatient Clinics, Mobile Clinic, Tele-Consultation, Cancer Helpline, Day Care, Peer Support and Counselling Services, Patient Navigation, Resource Facilitation as well as Bereavement and Rehabilitation Support.
Our programmatic approach has a significant impact on all parameters of quality of life, be it physical, functional, emotional, interpersonal, or transcendental with practical ways in which patients can regain a sense of control and self-worth. It also empowers families to make informed decisions around goals of care, equips them with caregiving and coping
skills and organises resources to make a challenging journey manageable,
meaningful and memorable for everyone.
Our Palliative Care Model serves as a source of learning for many individuals and organisations focused on improving the quality of life of people with cancer and other serious illnesses.
While some organisations have drawn their inspiration and early ideas for development from CanSupport, others have been trained through capacity
building collaborations.
We help fill a critical gap in services for the care of cancer patients, especially those who are poor or destitute. Our services are aimed at the less privileged and are therefore entirely free of charge.
Journey So far
1996
Home Care Services Started
1999
Telephone Helpline Launched
2002
Day Care Program Started
2010
Community Outreach Activities Initiated
2014
Hospital Outreach & Third Party Resource Facilitation
2017
Awarded Public Health Champion by WHO
2022
Mobile Palliative Care Clinic Started
2024
Expanded Operations to 6 states in North India with 2400 Concurrent Patients