Centrum De IJssel, voor leven met en na kanker

Ondersteuningscentrum De IJssel is a Dutch psychosocial oncology support center located in Capelle and Krimpen that assists individuals affected by cancer, their caregivers, and survivors through non-medical activities aimed at regaining life control.

• Services: The organization provides movement and creative activities, massages, peer contact, individual counseling, and collaboration with paramedical professionals including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and dietitians.
• Industries: It operates within the psychosocial oncology sector as one of 95 IPSO centers in the Netherlands, facilitating cooperation between formal and informal care systems.
• Customers: Support is offered to people currently battling cancer, those who have recovered from it, their close relatives, and family caregivers without requiring a referral letter.

The center emphasizes low-threshold access where everyone is warmly welcomed to focus on quality of life rather than the disease itself.