The Family Healthcare Playbook: An Action Plan for the Accidental Caregiver is an actual playbook—an action plan—born out of a blindsiding medical crisis the author experienced with her mom. It’s designed to help you and your loved ones prepare for a future medical issue or manage if you’re already dealing with one. 

This isn’t a memoir; it's a framework designed to serve as an empowering resource for anyone who suddenly finds themselves caring for a loved one, such as a parent, grandparent, sibling, child, aunt, cousin, friend, or neighbor. This book helps you navigate your new role as a caregiver before, during, and after a medical event. Inside, you will find:

• Preparation Strategy: Laying the legal and medical groundwork for your family’s response to a medical crisis, including an overview of advance directives for healthcare and finances.

• Family Conversation Starters: Providing tactical advice and scenario planning to help you have the hard family discussions before a crisis hits.

• Triage Protocol: Helping you navigate a family medical crisis, moving from reactive panic to proactive advocacy on behalf of your loved one. 

• Helpful Worksheets: Building your caregiving resources hub, including your loved one’s medical history, notes from doctors' visits, medications, and more.

• Actionable Checklists: Immediate action steps you can take today, whether you have 5-10 minutes, 15-20 minutes, 1 hour, or several hours