Organizing assistance
Everyone needs a balance between rest and responsibility. Having this balance will help you have energy to meet life’s challenges. Please give yourself time to review ways in which you can accept help from others in order to care for yourself or the injured person.
Planning for help
Consider these questions and sketch out answers to start planning for others to help you with your caregiving and other responsibilities.
- Who will be the primary caregiver? What will they do?
- Who will be able to help out a lot? What will each of these people do?
- Who will be able to help out a little? What will each of these people do?
Next, fill out a weekly calendar like the example below with the names of people who are able to help you and the task they will do for you. Make sure that you fill in the personal time slot each day, and if needed, think of it as a way to reclaim energy to reinvest into your family.