8 caring questions
For family & friends
- 1
What is one small thing you would like this group to do for you when you are ill?
- 2
Who in this group is easiest to look after, and who is hardest?
- 3
Which of these do you want when you are struggling?
- A visit
- A meal on the step
- A message every day
- Practical help
- Nothing, and no fuss
- 4
Who have you cared for that changed how you see yourself?
- 5
What does caring for someone cost you that others do not see?
- 6
What would you want us to do if you could no longer look after yourself?
- 7
Who cared for you well, once, and what did they do?
- 8
What is the difference between helping and taking over, for you?
Try answering these at the same time
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