SHARE THE CARE - The Book

SHARE THE CARE is a loving and pragmatic approach to care giving that works whether a person is ill with a long-term disease like cancer, ALS or AIDS, or suffers from a temporary illness or injury.

It is a unique group system designed to meet all of the patient’s needs without over-burdening any one person. It can help you create a support system that has staying power and can turn the difficult, frightening and often unpleasant tasks of care giving into an up-lifting, life-affirming experience.

The SHARE THE CARE model of care giving has been used by groups all over the country in a wide variety of care giving situations and has proven over and over again that…

• There are always people who want to help
  
• Nobody has to do it alone
  
• The people who participate in the groups get unusual and unexpected rewards, form new kinds of ‘families’ and deep bonds of friendship.

SHARE THE CARE TELLS YOU HOW TO:

• Approach the person who is ill or their family
  about starting a group
  
• Find enough people to be in the group
  
• Hold your first and most important meeting
  
• Find the true strengths in any group
  
• Cope with the medical maze
  
• Keep the group going through difficult times and
  avoid group pitfalls
  
• Help them get their affairs in order
  
• Make the home safe and comfortable
  
• Deal with the emotional issues every caregiver faces.

SHARE THE CARE INCLUDES A WORKBOOK
SECTION WITH:

• A suggested script to follow at your first meeting.
• Specific systems designed to keep your group running smoothly like the “Rotating Captain’s Schedule”, the “Telephone Tree” the “Caring Schedule” and the “Yellow Pages”. (Forms that you can copy are included or can be downloaded directly from this site.)
• Suggested jobs that caregivers can do and ways
  to utilize individual talents and skills.
• The Seven Principals of Caregiving.