Currently there are three CANSA TLC Lodges, and one CANSA TLC Ward for children / teens with cancer and their parents / guardians:
| Province or Region | TLC Facility | TLC Support Contact Person |
Email Address |
| Eastern Cape | Anina Meiring | ameiring@cansa.org.za | |
| Free State | Anina Meiring | ameiring@cansa.org.za | |
| Gauteng | CANSA TLC Nicus Lodge (on premises Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria) |
Vera van Dalen | tlc@cansa.org.za |
| KZN | CANSA TLC Durban Lodge (on premises of CANSA Durban Care Centre) |
Anina Meiring | ameiring@cansa.org.za |
| Limpopo | CANSA TLC at the Paediatric Oncology Ward (in Pietersburg Provincial Hospital, Polokwane) |
Bobby Were | pol.tlc@cansa.org.za |
| North West | Anina Meiring | ameiring@cansa.org.za | |
| Northern Cape | Anina Meiring | ameiring@cansa.org.za | |
| Southern Cape / Klein Karoo | Anina Meiring | ameiring@cansa.org.za | |
| Western Cape | CANSA TLC Tygerberg Lodge (on premises of Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville) | Anthea Lewis | alewis@cansa.org.za |
CANSA Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Find out more about CANSA TLC service offering and direct any queries to Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za
Support Resources for cancer Survivors & Loved Ones
Parents / guardians of young cancer patients are invited to join our FBK Support Group: CANSA TLC: Childhood Cancer Support or they and their children / teens are welcome to join an age appropriate support group by submitting the online form.
Find additional online resources for cancer Survivors (anyone who has heard the words ‘you have cancer’), caregivers or loved ones, and about coping with cancer.
Make an appointment for free CANSA Tele Counselling with a trained CANSA counsellor by submitting the online booking form.
This is a confidential, professional, cancer-related telephonic counselling service to cancer patients (adult / child / teen), caregivers and their families and parents or guardians of children living with cancer.
Counselling is available in seven languages (English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi) and is free of charge.
Disclaimer
CANSA does not provide treatment, and if any abnormalities are detected during screening, then you will be referred to an appropriate specialist or healthcare professional.
CANSA does not prescribe or provide medication, as it is not authorised to do so.
However, our clincial specialist nurse, Sr Vlooi Venter vventer@cansa.org.za is able to provide free advice with regards to management of side effects of cancer, side effects of cancer treatment and pain.
