Imagine:

It’s an icy December morning, and a 60-year--old man steps out his front door. He slips, hits his head and lays there, unconscious. By the time an ambulance arrives, the man’s wife is running up and down the street, barefoot, disoriented, wearing only a thin nightgown. Her husband was her primary caregiver and now he is suddenly incapable of helping his wife. For the next several months the couple’s daughter finds herself trying to care for her mother --- without knowing the essential facts that are the foundation of her mother’s daily care.

As you can see, even the most well-oiled caregiving plans can change in the blink of an eye. That’s just one of the reasons you need The Carebook --- a vital tool that establishes a framework which anyone can use to help manage the complexities of being a caregiver for a person with expanding needs.

Why is the Carebook so important?

The Carebook: A Workbook for Caregiver Peace of Mind will help you manage the needs of a loved one who is experiencing medical or psychological changes in the wake of an accident, trauma or simply as they age. Designed to help ease the transition away from total independence as well as make interactions with multiple caregivers more meaningful, this workbook can turn a difficult situation into a manageable, comforting arrangement for both the caregivers and the care receiver.

Using The Carebook, you can anticipate the needs of your loved one --- as you also care for your own needs as the caregiver. And if you bring another caregiver into the situation on a temporary or permanent basis, The Carebook provides organized, critical information to aid them as they learn about the requirements of this new role. The Carebook will help bring you peace of mind and the confidence to provide compassionate care.

In a very real sense, you help write The Carebook. This workbook provides a clear framework, but your knowledge and insights about the person for whom you care will create the true and complete picture of that person. By filling in the various sections of The Carebook, you are creating a personal, customized guide to the care of your loved one.

Providing care to a loved one can be quite difficult, but powerful tools like The Carebook can make it a much more comfortable experience for all involved in the caring. Everyone, whether care-receiver or caregiver, needs help sometimes, and The Carebook will become a steady companion as you take your first steps toward stabilizing your caregiving situation.

The Carebook: A Workbook for Caregiver Peace of Mind has been released in five editions since 1991 and has sold more than 10,000 copies.