Share The Care: How to Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who Is Seriously Ill, (Revised and Updated)

Whether you're prepared for it or not, chances are you'll take on the role of caregiver when a family member or friend is affected by a serious illness or injury, or when you find your elderly parent needs help. As you'll soon discover, the range of tasks and responsibilities involved are overwhelming. Share The Care offers a sensible and loving solution: a unique group approach that can turn a circle of ordinary people into a powerful caregiving team. Share The Care shows you how to:

• Create a caregiver "family" from friends, real family members, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances.

• Hold a meeting to organize your group, and introduce members to the Share The Care systems that guarantee every job will be done and no one person will have to do too much.

• Discover the hidden talents within the group, make the most of their resources, cope with group issues, and stay together in the face of adversity.

Included here are valuable guidelines, compassionate suggestions, and a simple-to-use workbook section that together offer support to free the patient from worry and the caregivers from burnout. Share The Care offers friends and family the best answer ever to the frequently asked question "What can I do?"

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All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

If you are a sole caregiver you need this book..., 2008-11-17
If you are losing someone you love doing everything yourself, accepting help is very hard. When you are ready, read this book, get someone to help you facilitate the meeting and get the support you need. I did and had a very successful meeting...and now I have the support around me to look after my mom AND do fun things with her...not just the practical.


0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Very useful, 2008-05-17
I'm part of an organization that is trying to use the Share the Care format with all it's volunteers. We are all trying to get our organization off the ground (Recovery Coaches International) and it's requiring a lot of work. The ideas in this book are really helpful to avoid burnout.


I sure wish I had read this book earlier when I've had friends who needed help, or were seriously ill. If you can convince the "sick" person to accept the help (possibly the hardest part among my friends), this is an incredible way to share, to help others, to learn to receive, to not "overgive", and still feel like you're making a difference in someone's life. I highly recommend it to all caregivers.



1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

If someone you love is seriously ill, 2007-01-12
This book is an excellent guide for establishing a support system for someone who is unable to meet their own daily living needs - for a short or long period of time, temporarily or until their death. Addressing both the emotional and logistical aspects of caring for someone, it provides a step-by-step path that can easily be modified to meet your specific needs. And all of the forms you'd ever need to stay organized and communicate with the rest of the team. My good friend has terminal cancer, and we are using it to coordinate local and long distance support for her and her husband. It really means that no one has to do it alone and that everyone who participates does so in a way that works for them and sustains the group over the long haul. I highly recommend this guide.


4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

What a help when the chips are down!, 2005-10-11
This book and the system it so beautifully outlines is a must for anyone who is dealing with either a degenerating disease, a transplant, a major crisis (even if not one of health).


3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Share the Care, 2005-07-19
This is an easy to read, step-by-step "how to" book complete with all the necessary forms and online forms and assistance as well. Reading this book will help a group of friends know the best way to care for an ill or injured friend, both long and short-term.

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