Often a family has been thrust into a stressful
situation with a health crisis, deployment, or declining ability to manage
running a household.
Most people want
help, they just don't know where to start.
They may have many well-meaning people coming and going: family
members, friends, nurses or health care staff, or people in their community. Often, these people are bringing food,
calling on the phone, and trying in many ways to help. All of this help is great, but can often
leave the primary care giver or client exhausted with feelings of
unpredictability or even chaos. They
hear about our services and may think of it as yet another person coming and
going and adding to the chaos. They
don't know where to start, so they do nothing.
Take 3 deep relaxing breaths
and make the call.
We can and will help. We
can asses your needs and in 2 hours bring greater organization and ease into
your lives.
Health Care Needs-
We can set up a family calendar: fill in all appointments, home health aid and nurse visits, a meal schedule,
and a visiting schedule. We can break
down the to do list and make it possible for helpers to sign up and take
tasks. We can decide how many people you
would like visiting at any one time and set up a schedule for them. If you need a good night's sleep every other
night, we can set up schedule for overnight help. We can set up a Caring Bridge and/or a Lotsa
Helping Hands site for your loved one. Any
updates in health are posted on the site and then family and friends are
notified via email. If computers aren't
your thing, maybe someone would love to take the task of managing the website
updates. If not, we can manage that for you as well.
Organizational Needs-
Together we can assess the project and decide on a plan of
action. We can write up a daily or weekly
to do list that you feel comfortable with. We can find the resources that will
help you accomplish your goals. We can
find any areas where help is needed and find people or solutions to address those
needs. If you find that the sense of
disorganization extends into food and meal preparation, we can menu plan and
make a grocery shopping list for easy and healthy meals.
We will help you to find and use all of your available
resources so that your lives feel as calm as possible.
Remember, Take 3 deep
relaxing breaths and make the call 651 270 9751. Reaching for the Stars can help.