Welcome — and a deep breath first
You may have just had one of the worst days of your life. Before you start checking modules off, three things to know. (1) Caregiving is a skill. You can learn it. (2) The caregiver is a patient too — your wellness shows up later in this course because it's not optional. (3) The first 30 days are not when the long-arc decisions get made. They're when you build the team, gather the information, and stabilize. Big decisions go on a list to revisit on Day 30, not Day 3.
7-question Caregiver Readiness Self-Check (pre)
Same 7 questions before you start and again at Day 30. Watch the change. Honest answers — there are no wrong scores.
Your Loved One's Care Team
Click any name to edit. This is the team you'll be coordinating with — not your team, but the medical and support team for the person you're caring for. Print it for the fridge. Take a photo for your phone. Update it as roles change.
Caregiver Burden Tracker (start here, revisit weekly)
A four-number snapshot of how the caregiving role is landing on you. Low scores aren't failure — they're data. Use them to decide when to call in respite, friends, or a clinician.
This week's snapshot
The 10 modules — a 30-day map
Click any module to open Learn It / Live It / Share It / Knowledge Check tabs. The same 5 questions per module appear before AND after — that's how you (and the platform) measure what you actually learned.
Chapter 1 · The First Week
Chapter 2 · Building the New Normal
Chapter 3 · The Long Arc
Day 30 — Caregiver Readiness Self-Check (post)
Same 7 questions. Compare to your baseline. The shift is the point.
Day 30 Self-Check
Answer the same 7 items honestly — pre-vs-post lift is what we'll celebrate.
Force Field "When to Call" Card
Print this. Stick it on the fridge. Photograph it. The First-30-Days card is condition-agnostic — when you add a condition course, that course gives you a more specific card.
911 if right now:
Chest pain · Stroke signs (FAST: face droop, arm weakness, slurred speech, time to call) · Trouble breathing · Sudden severe headache · Loss of consciousness · Bleeding that won't stop · Suicidal statements with means.
Call the clinic same day if:
New confusion or much-worse confusion · Falls (even if no injury) · Fever · Vomiting more than once · Refusing food and water for >24 h · Any new medication side effect that worries you · Any sudden change in behavior.
Where to go next
When you finish this 30-day course, layer on a condition course (caregiver or patient side), and start working through the Skills Lab artifacts most relevant to your situation.
Caregiver: Dementia
10 modules deep on the highest-acuity caregiver scenario.
Safe Transfers
Sit-stand, pivot, gait belt, after-fall protocol.
Medication Management
Brown-bag, pillbox, Five Rights, anticholinergic burden.
Fall Prevention at Home
Walk-through, top-10 mods, after-fall protocol.
Patient Layer Hub
50+ condition journeys for your loved one.
Caregiver Hub
Back to the index of all caregiver artifacts.