State Working Group on Oncological Care Brandenburg

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State Working Group Oncological Care Brandenburg eV
(LAGO)
purpose Oncological Network State of Brandenburg
Chair: Udo Wolter
Establishment date: 1993
Number of members: 38
Seat : Potsdam
Website: [1]

The State Working Group Oncological Supply Brandenburg eV (LAGO) is the oncological network of the State of Brandenburg . LAGO was founded in 1993 on the initiative of Health Minister Regine Hildebrandt and aims to continuously improve oncological care in Brandenburg. In addition, LAGO promotes cooperation and the exchange of information and experience between all institutions, professional groups , self-help organizations and volunteers involved in oncological care . The LAGO receives nationwide attention because it is unique as an organization in Germany. With it, the important players in oncological care at the state level have given themselves a platform for pioneering cooperation.

The focus of activities is on the networking of all professional groups involved in oncological care, the coordination of nationwide activities in the field of oncology as well as on the steering of measures agreed together with its member organizations. LAGO initiates and coordinates regional training courses for oncological staff and develops supportive information for professional helpers and those affected by cancer .

Member organizations

Members are legal entities under public and private law , associations, societies, associations, clubs, working groups and self-help groups in Brandenburg who are committed to the purposes of the association. Natural persons are only accepted as full members in exceptional cases.

Working groups

Part of the content-related and technical work takes place in specialist working groups that are organized and coordinated by the office. Representatives of the board, member organizations and external experts are involved in the working groups. The engagement is voluntary.

  • The Brandenburg campaign against colon cancer is controlled and coordinated at the level of the Brandenburg Ministry for the Environment, Health and Consumer Protection. As the sponsor of the campaign, LAGO is a member of this steering committee and implements the activities decided there.
  • The working group on psycho- oncological care is committed to improving the holistic care of oncological patients. It generates valuable knowledge and serves as a platform for the exchange of experiences and as a place for project development.
  • The working group on palliative and hospice care initiates measures that promote a better understanding of the care needs of seriously ill and dying cancer patients. In addition, he coordinates the measures from the palliative networks in Brandenburg, which are supported by LAGO .
  • The Oncological Care Working Group provides impetus to improve oncological care. In it, for example, the LAGO seal was developed as a nationwide unique pilot project for quality assurance in outpatient oncological nursing.
  • The Oncological Rehabilitation Working Group sees itself as a common platform and ideas workshop of the Brandenburg rehabilitation clinics for the promotion of oncological rehabilitation in Brandenburg.
  • The PIKS working group controls the PIKS health initiative, which is carried out at schools in Brandenburg. During project days, young people between the ages of 12 and 17 are informed about the topics of puberty, vaccination, sexuality and cancer prevention.

Brandenburg Cancer Congress

Since 2009, the association has been organizing joint Brandenburg Cancer Congresses in cooperation with the Brandenburg Tumor Center. So far, three congresses have taken place in Potsdam in 2009, 2011 and 2013. The aim of the Brandenburg Cancer Congress is the subject-related further development of the cooperation as well as the promotion of the exchange of experience between all institutions and doctors in Brandenburg involved in oncological care.

Advanced training

LAGO offers advanced training courses on various topics for oncological specialists. These currently include the additional qualification in psychosocial oncological care - competence in a team, oncological care afternoons and the annual Potsdam Hospice Day, which is organized in cooperation with the Potsdam hospice and palliative counseling service.

LAGO seal

The LAGO seal is a seal of quality for oncological nursing . It is based on an elaborate test procedure for quality assurance that includes palliative nursing care . The criteria for the seal were developed in cooperation with the German Society for Palliative Medicine and the Academy for Palliative Care in the State of Brandenburg. The LAGO seal is awarded throughout Germany.

LAGO literature

A selection of information materials:

Traveling exhibition

  • Our life with cancer. Affected encourage courage, 2011, loanable.

For people with cancer and their families

  • Guide to Oncology Volume I for Patients: Cancer. What can I do? An orientation aid for tumor patients, relatives and interested parties in the state of Brandenburg, 6th edition, 2013.
  • Guide to Oncology Volume V for Patients: Physically Active and Cancer, 2011.
  • Guide to Oncology Volume VII for Patients: Lust for Life. Oncological Rehabilitation, 2013.
  • Guide to Oncology Volume VIII for Patients and Experts: Children and Cancer, 2012.
  • Our life with farewell - palliative patients give comfort. Personal reports from the critically ill, 2012.
  • Our life with the loss - bereaved give courage. Personal reports from mourners, 2011.
  • Our life with cancer - those affected encourage courage. Personal reports from cancer patients, 2010.

For oncological specialists and helpers

  • Guide to Oncology Volume II for the Professional World: A General Guide for Doctors, Nurses and Psychosocial Professionals, 2000.
  • Guide to Oncology Volume III for experts: Home care for tumor patients, 2002.
  • Guide to Oncology Volume IV for experts: Psycho-oncology, 2007.
  • HPV advice: An information brochure for doctors, 1st edition, 2012.

Reference books

  • Life to the end - final care of tumor patients, H. Reiners et al. (Ed.), Berlin / New York 2001.
  • Cancer and Hope, H. Reiners (Ed.), Vechta-Langförden 2002.
  • Communication and Cooperation in Oncology, H. Reiners (Ed.), Münster 2005.
  • Oncology in the dichotomy between possibilities and requirements, H. Reiners (Ed.), Münster 2006.
  • New care concepts in oncology, H. Reiners (Ed.), Münster 2008.
  • Realities and Visions in Oncology, S. Koch u. B. Müller-Senftleben (Ed.), Münster 2011.

Brandenburgisches Onkologie-Forum (BOF), journal for oncological specialists

  • BOF 11 2/2013 Main topic: skin cancer
  • BOF 10 3/2012 Main topic: Networks in oncology and palliative care
  • BOF 9 2/2011 Main topic: Colon cancer
  • BOF 8 4/2010 Main topic: SAPV
  • BOF 7 4/2009 Main topic: Young people and cancer
  • BOF 6 3/2008 Main topic: Breast cancer
  • BOF 5 2/2007 Main topic: Palliative care and pain management
  • BOF 4 3/2006 Main topic: Psycho-oncology and quality of life
  • BOF 3 3/2005 Main topic: early detection and quality of care
  • BOF 2 12/2003 Main topic: communication and cooperation
  • BOF 1 8/2002 Main topic: Cancer and Hope

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c statutes of the state working group oncological supply Brandenburg eV from 2013 (PDF; 91 kB) lago-brandenburg.de. 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ 20 years of LAGO . aerztezeitung.de. September 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Members of the State Working Group Oncological Supply Brandenburg eV . lago-brandenburg.de. 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ The national expert working groups of the LAGO . lago-brandenburg.de. 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ Brandenburg Cancer Congress 2013 . mcall-gmbh.de. 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ a b Oncological specialist congresses and training courses . lago-brandenburg.de. 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ The LAGO seal . lago-brandenburg.de. 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bibliography . lago-brandenburg.de. 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2017.