Location and general information
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Healthy lifestyleContext
Cancer affects an average of 2,500 children for the first time each year in France. It is the second leading cause of death in children and adolescents. During treatment, children with cancer are often confined to tiny, sterile bedrooms. Being stuck in a hospital bed has many consequences, physical and psychological, including loss of muscle mass, physical deconditioning, loss of flexibility, reduced independence, sleep disturbance, fatigue, anxiety, stress, isolation and pain. Scientific studies carried out over many years have shown that regular sports participation can improve all these parameters.
Project goals
Support 180 to 190 children each year to:
- Reduce the side effects of cancer treatment
- Prevent the loss of muscle mass that results from being bed-ridden
- Improve quality of life
- Relieve the stress of being stuck in a traditional hospital environment
- Combat social withdrawal and isolation through inclusion
- Improve confidence and self-esteem
Project content
The project offers fun activities such as ball games, scooters and physical play for children in hospital. For teenagers and young adults, it provides physical activities adapted to the patient’s level of fatigue (gentle muscle strengthening, flexibility training). Practitioners visit the hospital departments for children, teenagers and young adults, offering one-to-one sessions lasting 45 minutes to an hour to any patients who would like them.
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