Table 1.

Caregiver Communication About Cancer (app) Structure and Content

	A Communication Guide for Caregivers©
Family Caregiver Communication Component*	Section of App	Content Description
		Talking Tips	Resources
Relationship with the care recipient Communication with the care recipient Understanding the care recipient	❖ Patient	How it feels to be a caregiver (e.g., body mind time, heart) Considerations and examples for sharing information with the patient Difficulty of discussions How to handle disagreements	Meditation/relaxation audio clip Patient heart, mind, and body wellness tracker.
Access to information Proactivity and determination to seek information Information presented in quality formats	❖ Caregiving	Customizable question and to do lists Example questions (e.g., How is chemotherapy different from radiation or hormonal treatment?)	Customizable/shareable reminders, notes, and patient overview chart
Managing the challenges of caregiving Self-care Role recognition and understanding caregiver rights Attitudes, approaches, and emotional challenges Support Systems Financial and legal support Practical support Psychosocial support Social support	❖ Family	Suggestions for those in the family who won’t talk about cancer Options to help relay news Words to use to start conversations Suggestions for how to ask for help How to redirect an offer that is not helpful (saying no to help)	10 questions to help learn about individual family communication and suggestions for self-care
	❖ Far Away	Suggestions for far away family on how to help and ways to be involved Ideas for what to tell far away family	Ways to share information Shareable web resources
Relationship with healthcare providers Active engagement with healthcare providers Supported by healthcare providers to understand information Understanding information Understanding the healthcare system Understanding the disease, treatment, and potential outcomes Understanding information for day-to-day care Processing health information	❖ Healthcare	Suggestions for communicating with healthcare providers	List of common medical words in plain language Searchable plain language dictionary Questions to ask about chemotherapy

^*Reference: Yuen, E. Y., Dodson, S., Batterham, R. W., Knight, T., Chirgwin, J., & Livingston, P. M. (2015). Development of a conceptual model of cancer caregiver health literacy. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). doi: 10.1111/ecc.12284