BUILD CAREGIVING SKILLS
Practice IV

Management of the Illness

Instructions: On a scale of 1-10, assess your current level of skill at the safety practice described in each statement. Type the number into the box next to each statement.
I take time to educate myself about my relative's illness I know how to engage my relative into treatment I am familiar with the different stages of caregiving I know how to effectively monitor for symptoms I know the medications my relative is taking I know their side-effects I know how to monitor the effectiveness of those medications I know how to communicate with my relative when he/she is symptomatic? I know how to create the kind of calm environment that reduces my relative's stress? I have identified the stressors that aggravate my relative's symptoms << • Back • Next • >>	Take some time to check in with your family members about their sense of competence at managing your loved one's illness: On a scale from 0 to 10, how would we rate our ability to manage our relative s illness? What difficulties have we encountered in relation to insufficient management on our part? What do we think will happen if we don t make changes? What would be the advantages of managing the illness better? If we scored a 10, what would that look like? What makes us think that we can do a good job?