by jphilo | Dec 12, 2014 | How to Use the Caregiver's Notebook, Vlog Series
The Caregiver’s Notebook vlog series is back with episode 6. This video explains how to use each form in the medications section The Caregiver’s Notebook: An Organizational Tool and Support to Help You Care for Others. It reviews what belongs in the medication list, how to fill out medication notes, and ways to use the pick up and payment record. Won’t it feel good to have all that recorded so you don’t have to keep it in your head?
Who Needs The Caregiver’s Notebook?
The Caregiver’s Notebook to meet the needs of those dealing with a wide variety of caregiving situations. Here are some of them:
- Adult children caring for aging parents.
- Spouses caring for husbands or wives.
- Parents caring for babies, toddlers, young children, and teens with special needs.
- Parents caring for adult children with special needs.
- Parents caring for typical babies from birth through age 3.
- 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.
So if you or someone you know is in any of those situations, the video below is for you. After all, keeping track of medications is a challenge, whether you’re caring for a baby, child with special needs, spouse, or aging parent. Now, onto the video.
To watch the video, visit The Gravel Road’s sister site, DifferentDream.com.
by jphilo | Dec 5, 2014 | How to Use the Caregiver's Notebook, Vlog Series
The Caregiver’s Notebook vlog series is here today with episode 5. 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 began shortly thereafter to provide extra support to caregivers. If you’d like to access previous episodes in the series, type “The Caregiver’s Notebook Vlog Series” in the search box at the top of the page.
Who Should Watch The Caregiver’s Notebook Vlog Series?
This series and the notebook were both designed for caregivers in many different situations. You may be an adult child caring for aging parents, a spouse caring for a husband or wife, or you may be parents caring for babies, toddlers, young children, and teens with special needs. Or, your caregiving situation may be that of a parent caring for adult children with special needs or for typical babies from birth through age 3. Or you may be senior citizens in good health who want to have your affairs in order for whoever will care for you in case of sudden illness or accident.
The Caregiver’s Notebook Vlog Series Episode 5: Notes about Notes
This episode explains how caregivers can use the lined note pages. Now, you might not think there’s much to say about blank pages in the notebooks. But those blank pages are just what you may need to fill in the blanks of your caregiving situation.
So click this link to watch episode 5 at Gravel Road’s sister site, DifferentDream.com.
by jphilo | Nov 28, 2014 | How to Use the Caregiver's Notebook, Vlog Series
Hello again and welcome to episode 4 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 began a week later as a way to offer support to caregivers and relieve their stress. To access previous episodes in the series, type “The Caregiver’s Notebook Vlog Series” in the search box at the top of the page.
What Kinds of Caregivers?
This book was designed to be used by caregivers in a variety of different situations. 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 4: Contact Tips
In this episode, caregivers learn how to customize the contact section to keep track of family members, personal friends, professionals, organizations, and anyone else important to your loved one’s life and care. This episode shares tips about how to find and record the names and numbers of people who can quickly carry your message to doctors and other professionals. It also offers hints about how to gather contact information and who should be included as a contact.
Click here to view episode 4 on The Gravel Road’s sister site, DifferentDream.com.
by jphilo | Nov 21, 2014 | How to Use the Caregiver's Notebook, Vlog Series
The Caregiver’s Notebook vlog series is here today with episode 3 in the 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 began a week later as a 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 3: Calendar How Tos
In this episode, caregivers learn how to customize the 3 year calendar to best meet their caregiving needs. You’ll learn when to start using it, how to keep it up-to-date, and how to log information so it can be used as documentation for insurance companies and health care providers. With that, it’s time to watch episode 3.
Click here to view this vlog episode at my sister site DifferentDream.com.
by jphilo | Nov 14, 2014 | How to Use the Caregiver's Notebook, Vlog Series
Welcome back for Episode 2 of The Caregiver’s Notebook vlog series. This video provides ideas and tips about how to fill out the emergency information section of The Caregiver’s Notebook: An Organizational Tool and Support to Help You Care for Others. In it, you’ll also learn how to keep the information up-to-date and how to create emergency packets that can accompany your loved one wherever he or she goes.
Who Needs The Caregiver’s Notebook?
The Caregiver’s Notebook to meet the needs of those dealing with a wide variety of caregiving situations. Here are some of them:
- Adult children caring for aging parents.
- Spouses caring for husbands or wives.
- Parents caring for babies, toddlers, young children, and teens with special needs.
- Parents caring for adult children with special needs.
- Parents caring for typical babies from birth through age 3.
- 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.
So if you or someone you know is in any of those situations, the video below is for you! After all, emergencies can happen to anyone at anytime. So once you complete your loved one’s emergency information and create packets, you can do the same thing for yourself–with or without another notebook.
To watch this How To episode, click on over to 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.
