C.A.R.E. Program FAQs

What is it?
The C.A.R.E. Program is comprised of four topic areas of exercises and questions surrounding the issues and field of Caregiving. Each topic area is broken down into two, 15-minute exercises meant to help you gauge your current caregiving situation, analyze it, and create a plan to improve the caregiving experience for you and your care partner.

How does it work?
The program is available for purchase individually (each of the four sections) or as a bundle(if you purchase bundle, the book Words of Care is free). You are then given a private log-on to read through and perform the exercises at your own pace. Each exercise is meant to take about 15 minutes of your time to complete. Once you purchase and complete the entire four-part program, you will receive a personalized caregiving plan to help you build a better day-to-day and long term strategy for caregiving.

What do I get?
At the completion of the four-part program, you will receive a personalized plan, based on your answers in each section within the C.A.R.E. Program. Your personalized plan will include recommendations for improving your caregiving situation based upon proven industry research and data.
You will also retain access to the C.A.R.E. Program exercises, to review, re-visit, and/or re-take.

Can I review this after I'm done?
Yes! The idea behind the C.A.R.E. Program is to give you a blueprint to use as you re-shape your caregiving plan and experience. You’ll be able to review all sections you’ve purchased, and tweak your experiences, to fit any changing circumstance, resulting in an updated caregiving plan.

Why are there different purchase options?
We understand that everyone’s situation is different. Because the topic areas we focus upon fall into distinctive categories, we have divided the content. However the idea behind the C.A.R.E. program is for all four sections to be taken, and then generate a personalized action plan.
Each individual topic area costs $9.99. To encourage completion of the entire four-part program, we offer the bundle for $29.99, a 25% discount.

What about when my caregiving situation changes?
The C.A.R.E. Program is designed to be an updatable program that you can revisit, retake and get new caregiver plan as your situation changes. Your log-on information from your initial purchase stays active and you do NOT need to re-purchase the C.A.R.E. Program to use it again.

How do I give my feedback?
Once you finish the C.A.R.E. Program, you’ll be given the opportunity to take a survey about the program, your use of it, any areas you liked, disliked or would like to see included in future updates.

About the author:
Margery Pabst is a caregiving expert, after three instances of taking care of loved ones, whom she subsequently lost to illness. This includes her father, mother, and husband of 38 years. Margery took all she learned through those years of caretaking, and combined it with her skills as an educator and corporate training expert, to delve into the emerging area of Caregiving, Compassion Fatigue, and the use of art as a healing tool. To read more about Margery, click here.