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--- help_yourself_help [2015/03/18 15:27] – [D] emily
+++ help_yourself_help [2015/03/20 14:50] – [D] emily
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 ===== What =====
-A collective abecedary of personal thoughts, tips, tools for creative, resourceful caregiving.
+  * A collective abecedary of personal thoughts, tips, tools for creative, resourceful caregiving.
+  * Destined to be used and augmented by anyone who is looking after someone, and particularly thought for challenging, draining situations when one has to care for a chronically sick, handicapped, dependant relative.
-Destined to be used and augmented by anyone in the position of caring for someone, particularly challenging, draining situations when one has to care for a sick or handicapped, dependant relative.
+  * For professional caregivers too, to revive their art and hearts, to find and come up with original resources, a little off the map.
+  * Help Yourself Help is a work in progress.
-For professional caregivers too, to revive their art and hearts, to find and come up with original resources a little off the map.
-Help Yourself Help is a work in progress.
 ===== How =====
-Key words function as abecedary entries to personal thoughts, tips, tools that have potential to help someone look after someone else, and to look after themselves too as a caregiver.
+  * Key words function as abecedary entries to personal thoughts, tips, tools that have potential to help someone look after someone else, and to look after themselves too as a caregiver.
+  * Short, syhthetic, inspirational entries.
-Short, syhthetic, inspirational entries.
+  * Please note that Help Yourself Help is //not// destined to, and will //not// serve to compile, medical information but rather :
+  * Help Yourself Help is a space to find or share original personal insights and ideas that have proven helpful in light of the contributor's caregiving experience, to inspire other caregivers.
-Please note that Help Yourself Help is //not// destined to, and will not compile, medical information.
+  * The approach by keywords should be precise enough to be helpful, and if possible focused on describing situations, approaches to situations, without necessarily having to name specific medical conditions. Indeed here we are more interested in situations than in clinical labels (which can actually be part of the problems, and somewhat limitating).
-Here is a place to share original, personal insights and ideas, that have proven helpful in light of the contributor's experience, to inspire other caregivers to work with who and what they are, and find of resources too.
-The approach by keywords should be precise enough to be helpful, and broad enough to encompass a variety of situations in care, without having to name medical conditions. Indeed we are more interested in situations than clinical labels (which can actually be part of everyday problems, and limitating, so, not here).
 ===== Who =====
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 If you wish to introduce yourself and say a few words on your caregiving situation
-  * E - Mother moved from disoriented to now heavily dependant following illness over 5 years.
+  * Mother moved from disoriented to now heavily dependant following neurodegenerative illness over the course of 5 years. At home.
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