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You've never been a caregiver.
Someone you love has a serious illness.
They turn to you.
You don't know what to do.
You've been taking care of someone
seriously ill for a long time.
You're burning out.
You can't do it alone anymore.
Revised & Updated
50 pages of new information
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Since it was first originated in 1995, Share The Care™ has been welcomed by individuals, communities, parishes and healthcare professionals as a loving, pragmatic approach to caregiving that can succeed whether a person is ill with cancer, AIDS, ALS, ALZHEIMER’S, recuperating from a serious injury, or elderly and in need of assistance.
In a time when the medical establishment is overburdened, when grown children live far away, marriages split up, friends relocate, and immediate family members are already stressed, the Share The Care™ model offers a simple yet
effective solution.
Share The Care™ is a detailed step-by-step model that shows you HOW TO:
• Create a unique caregiver "family" from friends, relatives, neighbors, co-workers and acquaintances.
• Answer the question all your concerned neighbors and friends have asked. "How can I help?"
• Hold a meeting that will turn a group of ordinary people into a powerful caregiver team.
• Organize the team using a simple, easy-to-follow system and a workbook guide that guarantees every job will get done and no one person will have too much to do.
• 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.
• Navigate through the medical maze of doctors, hospitals, treatments, medications and much, much more.
• Deal with your own emotional issues and fears while helping someone who is facing their own mortality.
• Make caregiving a meaningful, loving experience and replace stress, fear and loneliness with teamwork, courage and friendship.
Whether you're a burned out caregiver or a first time caregiver, you can benefit from a system that lets you share responsibilities, have a support network among the caregivers and make a real difference in someone's life.
Share The Care™ is based on the true life personal experiences of the authors and 10 other women who came together to help care for a terminally ill friend. Although they were mostly strangers to each other, they stayed together for three and a half years developing a unique system of caregiving as well as deep friendships that have lasted over time. (SeeTHE STORY)
“Share The Care™ is one of the best books ever written to help family caregivers. I was wowed by the first edition and this one is even better. Family caregiving is more than a one-person job, and the Share The Care™ model is the best way I know to balance the load and thereby let caregiving families know that they are definitely not alone.
A must read for family caregivers and all who care about them.”
Suzanne Mintz
President/Co-founder
National Family Caregivers Association
“The guidelines and support offered in this book were invaluable to the Share The Care™ Circle organized to assist my sister Mimi [Fariña] during a long illness, and in her case, dying process. It was the tool that enabled everyone who wanted to help to do just that - in an organized and comfortable (for Mimi) manner.
The authors' experience, wisdom and caring shines through in this publication, and I cannot recommend it highly enough for anyone who wants to start, run or be involved in a caregiver group.”
Joan Baez
“The ALS Association is pleased to endorse Share The Care™ as a wonderful example of a model of caring support that makes a meaningful difference for all who participate. The tools, techniques and guidance in Share The Care™ offer a comprehensive plan that has provided valuable assistance to many people with ALS and their families.”
Mary Lyon, RN, MN
Vice President, Patient Services
The ALS Association
“Share The Care™ transcends the pictures of what volunteerism is about. It is a step-by-step directive for creating a nurturing, heartfelt group of supportive partners in the caring process for an individual who is terminally ill, chronically ill or disabled. It helps in maintaining their dignity and independency too so they may live their lives more fully; the program is innovative, builds community and is the wave of the future for caregiving.”
Gail R. Mitchell - President
National Organization For Empowering Caregivers
“A book for anyone who has ever wondered how to help a critically ill loved one and felt overwhelmed by their needs. Share The Care™ is clear, practical and powerfully effective. What a Blessing!”
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.
Author, Kitchen Table Wisdom, My Grandfather's Blessings
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Founder & Director, INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS at COMMONWEAL
“It takes a village to care for patients dealing with cancer, both for those at diagnosis and for those with advanced disease. Share The Care™ is a superb model for activating and sustaining that village. The model enriches the lives of all involved.”
James F Cleary, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Director, Palliative Care Program, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
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ShareTheCaregiving™ ,Inc.
recently hibernated its 501c3 to go under the fiscal umbrella of the National Center for Civic Innovation. (see ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION). We remain dedicated to educating the public dedicated to educating the public, health professionals and clergy about group caregiving as a proven option for meeting the needs of the seriously ill or dying, those in rehabilitiation, the elderly in need of assistance and their caregivers. ShareTheCaregiving™ uses a widely adopted group caregiving model known as Share The Care™ .
The Share The Care™ model provides a road map on how to take a group of ordinary individuals (comprised of friends, relatives, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances) and turn them into a "caregiver family" to provide individuals and families with the help they need to meet the daily challenges of caregiving. (See ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION)
Sheila Warnock, founded ShareTheCaregiving™
in memory of her best friend and co-author, the late Cappy Capossela. (See THE AUTHORS/YOUR STORIES) Sheila also revised and updated the Share The Care™ model for a second edition due out in bookstores in November, 2004 (National Family Caregiver's Month). It contains valuable new information pioneered by "Cappy's Brain Trust" as well as many wonderful ideas and contributions from Share The Care™ groups all around the country.
"I look at life differently now. I spend more time with positive influences, try to enjoy life more and don’t get as upset with things that in the past would have greatly upset me. Everyone, once in their life should have the opportunity to experience people working together to help other people. There’s no better fulfillment in life than to know that maybe you made one hour, one day or more a little brighter for someone."
~ J. Ambrose
"I recently saw your book at the Salt Lake City Cancer Wellness House. I think it’s the best resource I’ve ever encountered on this subject. I immediately ordered a copy and have recommended it to many friends and colleagues."
~ M. L. Winningham
APRN, Ph.D.. FACSM
"As a nurse on a Bone Marrow transplant unit, I deal with very sick patients on a frequent basis...It’s always hard for myself, and other caregivers, to deal with the helpless feelings during a severe illness. This is why I would like to spread the word about "Funny Families’."
~ K. Bucko, RN
"I would do it again without even thinking. I would do it for a friend of a friend. I would even do it for a stranger."
~ J. St. Martin
Redbook
“Each member brings their own resources to the situation - each person learns to reach deep inside and bring something of unique value to the situation, a sense of humor, comfort, support, a warm touch, a phone call, a dinner that takes the edge off the day."
~ A. Warren
"We went from a bunch of confused people who really cared about this little family, to this incredible network. We’re set up so no one person does it all. No one gets burnt out and Linda and Bob (her son) always have someone there for them."
~ S. Jansen
The Orange County Register
"I never imagined so many people would hold a ‘meeting’ for me. It’s actually hard to accept, to say ‘I need help’. But sharing all this gives me more peace of mind especially about Ben." (her son)
~ L. Simpson
The Orange County Register
"Family is not always defined by blood or marriage, but more often by love and commitment to each other."
~ E. Farrow Savos
daughter of Susan
(the First Funny Family)