How People Can Help You

Often people want to help but don't know how to be helpful. Just as often, caretakers need help, but feel embarrassed or uncertain of how to express their needs.

By keeping a list by the phone, the next time someone calls and offers to help, pull out this list. It's a great way to be prepared the next time someone asks, "Is there anything I can do?"

The next time someone offers to help, I will ask them to please...

• Bring a meal
• Go grocery shopping
• Go to the:
• • Bank
  • Post office
  • Discount store
  • Hardware store
  • ___________________
    
    
  • ___________________
    
    
  • ___________________
    
    
• Drive me / us to
  
  _________________________
  
  
• Pick up
  
  _______________________________
  
  
• Clean the
  
  _____________________________
  
  
• Fix the
  
  _______________________________
  
  
• Visit
  
  __________________________________
  
  
• Call
  
  __________________________________
  
  
• Stay with the person I care for while I go
  
  ________________________________.
  
  
• Help me take the person I care for to
  
  ___________________________________.
  
  
• Sort through
  
  __________________________.

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