What You Should Know This Lung Cancer Awareness Month

By Andy Niska | October 26, 2017 |

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. As a family caregiver, this is the ideal opportunity for you to learn more about this disease so that you can be better prepared to give your senior the care that they need should they develop it.

Senior Care in Liberty Lake WA: Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Some things that you should know about Lung Cancer Awareness Month include:

Around 222,500 people are diagnosed with lung cancer each year in the United States.
Just under 117,000 men are diagnosed with lung cancer each year.
Just under 106,000 women are diagnosed with lung cancer each year.
Each year in the United States approximately 155,870 people die from lung cancer.
Nearly 85,000 men in the United States die from lung cancer each year.
Nearly 71,000 women in the United States die from lung cancer each year.
Not counting skin cancer, lung cancer is the second-most common cancer in both men and women, coming behind prostate cancer and breast cancer, respectively.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among both men and women.
Approximately 1 in 4 cancer-related deaths are due to lung cancer.
This is 25 percent of all cancer-related deaths.
More people die each year from lung cancer than die from prostate, breast, and colon cancer combined.
Lung cancer is far more common in older people than younger people.
Approximately 2 out of every 3 people diagnosed with lung cancer are over the age of 64.
Less than 2 percent of people diagnosed with lung cancer are younger than 45.
The average age of diagnosis with lung cancer is 70.

Starting senior care for your aging parent can be one of the most meaningful and valuable decisions that you can make for them in the course of your caregiver journey with them. A senior home care services provider can be there with your aging parent on a customized schedule that is specifically designed to ensure that they get the care that they need, while also supporting as much independence and autonomy as possible. This can be particularly beneficial if you live at a distance from your parent or have a busy schedule and are not able to be with them as frequently as you would like to be. This care provider can fill care gaps, handle potentially sensitive tasks that your aging parent or you are not comfortable with you handling, and offer companionship and support that encourages a higher quality of life throughout their later years.

If you or an aging loved one are considering senior care in Liberty Lake, WA, please contact the friendly staff at Love at Home Senior Care, today. Call (509) 204-4088

Sources

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/statistics/index.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/basic_info/risk_factors.htm

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Andy Niska

Owner at Love In Home Senior Care

Andy has over 20+ years experience in the medical community and has a true compassion for seniors. With a degree in Health Care Administration, he developed a background in a variety of health care services that only comes from first hand experience. While working as a manager of a large clinic and as an account executive for medical suppliers. Andy has built valuable relationships with the medical community.

His role in Love In Home Senior Care is to educate people on what care choice is the best fit for the senior and their family while attempting to make this decision as stress-free as possible for everyone involved.

This decision making process should be smooth and stress free for everyone, including all family members and their loved ones. Having access to people with experience (like the team at Love In Home Senior Care) to assist you along the way can help this process. With an extensive background in health care, Andy has the experience needed to guide and direct your loved one to the choice that is the best fit.