A card with the words “get better” on the cover is sitting on a glass table next to a vase of daffodils. Behind it is a yellow backdrop, and next to it is a microphone. Titles appear saying:
“A get-well card shows someone you care, but what if you want to improve their care? Get better cards from” the Canadian Cancer Society logo appears.
Words on screen:
A get-well card shows someone you care.
But what if you want to improve their care?
Get better cards
From
(CCS Logo)
A young male adult steps up to the microphone holding a card that says, “get better.” He reads from the card.
VO: Anyone who’s needed the healthcare system during the past couple years has been affected by the Covid backlog. Sometimes it means longer lines, sometimes it means delays in surgery.
A female adult with her daughter, is in front of the microphone, reading from a card.
VO: Because of Covid, I had surgeries shifted twice, four to five months at a time.
A senior female reads from a card that says, “get better”,
VO: There are so many things you have to pay for you don't even think about. It all adds up.
An adult male reads from a card in front of the microphone.
VO: (in French) My doctor had me do a free at-home test for colon cancer. Turns out I had stage 2 cancer.
A female adult reads from a card that says, “get better.”
VO: When my mother was admitted to hospice during Covid, she was alone almost the entire time. I realized she let go in the end because there was no one there.
A female adult with her husband, is in front of the microphone, reading from a card that says, “get better.”
VO: After my stem cell transplant, some of my injections to boost my immune system were really expensive.
A female adult in front of the microphone reads from a card that says, “get better.”
VO: After my double mastectomy, I needed prosthetics. I could get coverage for half a breast.
A young female adult reads from a card that says, “get better.”
VO: I had to push to be a caregiver for my mum. I felt lost and hopeless and it was really hard to know what to do. We need to get better at helping caregivers.
A young male adult looks at the camera.
A young female adult looks up.
VO: We need to get better at end-of-life care.
A senior female adult looks at the camera.
VO: We need to get better at reducing the cost of cancer care.
A male adult looks up.
VO: (in French) We need to get better at cancer screening.
A female adult looks up.
VO: We need to get better at preventing delays to healthcare.
A series of portraits of adults looking at camera and holding their cards that say, “get better.”
VO: If we raise our voices together, we can help cancer care get better
A microphone with a yellow backdrop appears with the titles “Help cancer care get better. Be a Voice for Change.”
The Canadian Cancer Society logo appears with the URL cancer.ca/voicesforchange
Words on screen:
Help cancer care get better.
Be a Voice for Change.
(CCS logo)
Cancer.ca/voicesforchange
