Salus is here to guide and support patients and families as you navigate serious illness and end-of-life decisions and care
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As you cope with the serious illness of your family member, we invite you to take time out to tune into your needs. Find what speaks to you in this moment. Bookmark this page and come back another time, with a different need.
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The information in these videos is educational and supportive in nature. Caregivers and family, always defer to the unique, individualized needs and Plans of Care that are being tended by your family member’s Care Team.
We’re here for you. If you experience major changes in your family member’s condition, or unmet needs, call our 24/7 hotline at (888) 725-8742.
"How long until?" "What, now?" "What matters most?"
Name your anxious questions about time, like "how long?“
Tune into the present, into what's happening right now.
Ask, "What matters most?," and take action to make it happen.
Redefine several small words that have big meanings during serious illness: "Eat," "Accept," and "Hope."
Is it "eating you" that your loved one is eating less? What can you do?
Explore "acceptance" as an ongoing process.
Explore what "hope" can mean, in the midst of serious illness.
Your circles of support are crucial. A serious illness can stir conflict. It can create meaningful support. Here's more.
Understand your most important relationships in new ways.
Everything in your family feels thrown out of balance?
Are different opinions and styles of care creating conflict?
How do you cope when your loved one is seriously ill? When you feel empty and depleted, here's help to refill, refuel, and recharge: physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and spiritually.
You feel empty. Depleted. It's time to refill, refuel, and recharge.
How is your health being affected by your family member's illness?
Likely, your emotions are like a roller coaster. Here's what you can do.
Are you overloaded with information? Too many decisions?
Your friends, workplace, and others don't "get" it? Some do?
Where do you find purpose, comfort, and meaning?
Tend the needs of children, teens, and seniors who are impacted by the serious illness of your loved one.
What is your child's relationship with the ill person? Age? What can you do?
Teens may be losing a parent, or a grandparent. Hear them. Help them cope.
Seniors can be discounted. See what's happening from their eyes and ears.
Grief is less like stages and more like a personal portrait. What is yours? What can you do to tend your grief, and others?
Different kinds of loss and grief affect us in different ways.
Anticipate. Expect. Participate. Relate. Learn what you can be doing, now.
A sudden crisis or loss is especially hard. See it. Respond. Tend with care.
Are you experiencing a loss that others discount? Or a loss they don't know?
Are you experiencing a no-end kind of grief? It's ongoing, with no endings?
Are you--or another--terribly stuck in grief? Frozen? Unable to cope?
Explore special needs of these family members, if they are seriously ill.
Learn how your family member's dementia can affect you.
Understand his or her unique needs as a veteran.
Your stressors, decisions, and responsibilities are overwhelming.
Do you or other family live long distance from the one who is ill? Here is help for you!
One family member's the caregiver, another lives away. Find mutual support.
You live long distance. How do you discern, "Do I stay or do I go?"
Your family is scattered across the miles. Explore creative ways to connect!
Debbie Robson
Vice President of Home Health & Hospice
Salus Homecare offers a network of highly skilled, compassionate professionals dedicated to helping you cope with the challenges of a serious illness. If you’re not sure where to turn, contact us, and let’s figure this out together.
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