Clearview Cancer Center

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Coping With Cancer

From family to friends to co-workers, news of cancer hits everybody hard. Nobody else, however, will be changed by it so much as you, the patient. For the patient, cancer can be a sentence of despair, a challenge to the spirit, or most likely, a mixture of both. By becoming an educated and proactive patient, you will better understand on how to work with your doctor to ensure the best and longest quality of life possible.

Community Resources

Chapel Time of Prayer

Each Wednesday at 1:00 p.m., prayer leaders are available to pray with our patients and caregivers. Prayer request cards are also available in Clearview's Chapel and may be completed/updated so that specific prayers can continue each week for you.

Cancer Rehabilitation

(256) 517-7101
Various therapies to help cancer patients improve or maintain their physical condition. Therapies include Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, etc. This program is offered at HSV Hospital Wellness Center.

CASA

Care Assurance System for the Aging and Homebound
(256) 880-0603
Provides home and personal services for the homebound in Huntsville / Madison County.

Community Resources Help Line

(256) 716-1000
Information and referral.

Diabetes Education

(256) 533-8177
Education on diabetes: signs and symptoms, blood and glucose monitoring, diets, insulin injections and complications.

Friends, Inc.

(256) 880-1672
Volunteers who provide transportation to appointments and run errands. Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Mon. thru Fri.

Health Connection Physician Referral Service

(256) 517-7648 / Toll free in Alabama 1-800-227-2645
A physician referral service. Physician and dental referrals and health education information are provided.

Hospice Family Care

(256) 650-1212
2225 Drake Ave., Suite 8 Huntsville, Al 35805
A support service for the terminally ill and their families when the family is the primary unit of care.

Senior Center, Inc. of Huntsville-Madison County

(256) 880-7080
Provides a variety of services for persons aged 60 years or more.

TARCOG Area Agency on Aging

(256) 533-3330
115 Washington Street, SE Huntsville, Alabama 35801
Plan, coordinate, and provide services to those 60 years and over in Madison, Dekalb, Jackson, Limestone, and Marshall counties, including transportation, congregate meals program, health services, legal services, case management, and other Medicaid Waivers Services

VA Community Services Program

(256) 534-1691
Open 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Weekdays. Evaluation/treatment for psycho-social problems such as marital discord, alcoholism, depression, anxiety. Free service.

Veterans Affairs Office

(256) 532-1662
Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Weekdays (closed 12:00-1:00).
Assistance for veterans and their families, primarily with VA benefits. Free service.

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

(256) 650-1700
Provides appropriate services for persons with physical and mental disabilities to meet their vocational rehabilitation needs. Free Service.

Women's Center

(256) 533-8111
Offers a variety of services for women, including self-care programs

Local Support Groups

Download a pdf of all the local support groups in Huntsville, Decatur, Athens and surrounding areas.
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Transportation

Huntsville Shuttle

Operates Mon thru Fri from 6 AM to 6 PM on thirteen (13) routes (click here for maps & time schedules) covering more than 175 miles of city streets each hour of service.

Handi-Ride

(256) 427-6857
Specialized, door-to-door, demand-response paratransit service available for physically challenged residents. Medical certification as well as 24-hour advance reservation are required.

T.R.A.M. - Transportation for Rural Areas of Madison County

(256) 532-3792
TRAM is an on-call transportation service for residents of rural Madison County. It operates from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on county holidays. Donations for demand response service are requested.

Toll-Free Numbers

AMC Cancer Research Center

1-800-321-1557
Research in prevention and control of cancer.Information / counseling services.

National Cancer Institute Cancer Hotline

1-800-4-CANCER