by jphilo | Jan 2, 2015 | How to Use the Caregiver's Notebook, Vlog Series
Thanks for stopping by for episode 9 in the Caregiver’s Notebook vlog series. The Caregiver’s Notebook: An Organizational Tool and Support to Help You Care for Others was officially released by Discovery House Publishers on November 1, 2014. This series is another way to offer support to caregivers and relieve their stress.
What Kinds of Caregivers?
The notebook was designed to be versatile enough for a variety of caregiving scenarios. It works for adult children caring for aging parents, spouses caring for husbands or wives, and for parents caring for babies, toddlers, young children, and teens with special needs. It also can be used by parents caring for adult children with special needs, parents caring for typical babies from birth through age 3, and by senior citizens in good health who want to have their affairs in order for whoever will care for them in case of sudden illness or accident.
The Caregiver’s Notebook Vlog Series Episode 9: Legal Documents
In this episode, caregivers learn about different legal documents their loved ones may need. It also explains how to locate forms for the states where you live and offers tips about how to complete the forms and where to store them. That sounds like more than enough information for one sitting. Ready? Then, let’s get started.
To view this episode, click on over this website’s sister site, DifferentDream.com.
by jphilo | Nov 7, 2014 | How to Use the Caregiver's Notebook
In case you didn’t hear the big YAHOO at our house on November 1, Discovery House Publishers has officially released The Caregiver’s Notebook: An Organizational Tool and Support to Help You Care for Others. With the cat book officially out of the bag and caregivers can actually purchase the book online and at bookstores, it’s time to offer even more support.
What kind of support? How about a vlog series that walks caregivers through each section of the notebook? Think of it as week-by-week virtual hand holding sessions that allow you to complete the notebook at your own pace and according to your own schedule. Today’s vlog introduces the series. It offers information about what’s in the notebook, who it’s for, and when to begin using it. That gives those who don’t yet have the notebook time to purchase it before the next vlog post goes live next Friday. Sound good? Then let’s get started.
To watch the first Caregiver’s Notebook episode, click on over to DifferentDream.com.
by jphilo | Aug 18, 2014 | Book Updates
The November 1, 2014 release date for The Caregiver’s Notebook is getting closer by the day. I’m getting so excited about introducing you to this new baby which has been gestating for almost a year. Today you get the publishing industry’s equivalent of an ultrasound image of a yet-to-be-born-baby. It’s a prepublication interview that ran on the More To Life (MTL) blog not too long ago. If you’re excited about the arrival of this sweet thing, you’re invited to leave a comment in the box below!
How would you describe your writing in general to someone who hasn’t read any of your books?
My books provide spiritual encouragement and practical resources for caregivers.
What inspired you to write The Caregiver’s Notebook: An Organizational Tool and Support to Help You Care for Others?
I flirted with the idea off and on after receiving feedback from readers about the Different Dream books I’d written for parents of kids with special needs. Then, the Discovery House Publishers (DHP) editor of the second book emailed. She said several of her colleagues were caring for elderly parents or ill spouses. They’d been talking about how helpful it would be to have a spiritually-oriented notebook to organize vital information they could take to appointments and leave with others who sometimes cared for their loved ones. The idea intrigued her. So she emailed to ask if I would consider writing a proposal for such a notebook. I jumped at the chance!
How would you describe this book to someone in a 30 second blurb?
The Caregiver’s Notebook is a portable planner/organizer for those caring for children with special needs, adults with disabilities, and aging parents. It can also be used by healthy adults to organize their medical, insurance, and legal information. It’s small enough to take to appointments and detailed enough to passed between all the caregivers working with a loved one. The notebook also offers devotional excerpts, prayer guides, and a Bible reading plan to meet the spiritual needs of caregivers.
The rest of this interview can be found at MLTMagazine.com.
by jphilo | Jul 7, 2014 | Book Updates
Today’s post is one of those cases where the picture’s worth a thousand words. The picture above comes from the Discovery House 2014 Fall Trade Catalog, which was in our mailbox on July 3. It’s arrival started our Independence Day weekend…and the promotional chatter about my latest book with a bang!
I won’t rehash what’s in the The Caregiver’s Notebook. You can read that for yourself in the not quite thousand words that accompany the picture above. If you like what you read and think others will too, pass the information along to your favorite local book store.
As the copy says, the notebook comes out until November, just in time to be the perfect gift for caregivers. It’s also a good gift for the 50+ crowd and those who wants to gather medical and legal materials in one place, so they and their loved ones can easily access it in case it’s needed.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must engage in some serious celebrating.
Happy Dance! Happy Dance! Happy Dance! Happy Dance! Happy Dance! Happy Dance!
