Happy Healthy Caregiver Tool Kit (PDF)

A 41-page collection of posters, worksheets, and activity sheets to help prioritize your health and happiness and streamline communication while caregiving.

What’s included:

• Caregiver Affirmation Poster – a  poster including ten affirmations for caregivers. Display this where you can see it each day! Here’s one of the affirmations: You are resilient – Your life gets twisted around and turned upside down, and you carry on. Your caregiving journey requires you to cope with a crisis, adapt to a situation, and be ready for anything.
• Create Time for Yourself Activity – A two-page activity that encourages you to explore how you currently spend your time and learn how to reclaim it for activities that will sustain you on your caregiving journey.
• Caregiver, Family, and Holiday Responsibility ‘Share the Care’ Sheets – Solo caregiving is a recipe for burnout. Use these worksheets to share the care with others in your care team who are potentially underutilized or seek others who can assist. A listing of the typical family, caregiving, and holiday responsibilities that someone has to potentially assume responsibility for when caring for another person. Designate which individual in your care team owns a particular responsiblity. One line per responsibility is intentional so there is no ownership confusion. Blank lines are included to add other responsibilities that may be unique to your situation.
• Medication List, Pharmacy, and Medical Contact Sheets for Care Recipient – Worksheets to record critical information about your care recipient that often needs to be shared with others on your care team and medical professionals.
• Senior Living Community Questionnaire – A list of critical questions to ask or things to observe when seeking new housing options for an older adult.
• Joy List FUNsheet – You can be a terrific caregiver AND live a happy and healthy life. Use this FUNsheet to intentionally put more FUN back into your caregiving days.
• Self-Care Plan Activity – Create a holistic plan (and display it) to commit to caring for yourself while caring for others. List the activities and resources you plan to use for mind, body, spirit, and heart care. Designate who you will turn to for support when you need a listening ear.
• Self-Care BINGO Game – A BINGO game that allows you to try different self-care activities and see how they feel for you. Check off five or more activities to receive a prize!
• Serenity Pray Poster – A poster to remind us that not everything is in our control regarding caregiving and to let go of what we cannot change.