About the book:
The Care Book is a natural extension of The Accidental Caregiver: Wisdom and guidance for the unexpected challenges of family caregiving. Information sourcing, tracking and organizing is a daunting chore for many family caregivers and The Care Book is designed to help!
The Care Book is specific to the care of the loved one YOU are supporting. Not only are there ideas and suggestions about the kind of information to gather, store, and use in the care, The Care Book organizes the information in a user friendly manner. It can be regularly updated. It can be shared with others who are involved with the care and support of your friend or loved one so you, the primary family caregiver, does not need to keep all that information in your head to share with one person at a time. You can give access to The Care Book to any one you feel needs the information.
Keeping information up to date and in one place supports continuity of care because anyone involved in the care and support can see what is being done, review instructions and guidelines, and document anything they have done. It is all in one place–in The Care Book.
What is the Care Book and why have a Care Book?
It is a tool to support your information management and care planning as a family caregiver. Your role is instrumental to the health and well-being of the loved one or friend for whom you are caring. The Care Book is a convenient place to keep all of the pertinent information related to their health and social needs, important contacts and phone numbers, as well as daily and weekly care needs and instructions. It also has additional templates for you to copy for documenting care and activities.
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