Family members responding to crisis can suffer from PICS-F — a form of PTSD. If you notice changes in your mood seek the mental health support you need to heal.
Family Training
Skin care and safe mobility training (UHF Next Step in Care)
Includes English- and Spanish-language training videos for:
- Skin Care
- Skin tears
- Prevention of pressure ulcers
- Management of ostomy bags
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Lower extremity wounds and cellulitis
- General principles of wound care
- Safe Mobility
- Preparing your home for safe mobility
- Getting from a car to a wheelchair
- What to do if someone falls
- Using a walker or cane and navigating stairs
- Moving from a walker to a shower or bed
Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) Toolkit
Consider asking your healthcare team if they can use these tools to help your family with:
- A Post-Discharge Follow-up Phone Call
- A “Warm Hand-off” to help your relative’s primary care provider and home health team know what happened during the hospitalization
- Culturally humble education and training related to managing chronic health conditions after discharge
Family Support After Critical Illness
Most of these organizations have ICU survivors and family caregivers in leadership positions. They are always evolving to build better communities and meet more needs.
- CAIRO Peer Support Collaborative (international)
- ICUSteps (based in the United Kingdom)
- Critical Care Support Network (based in the United Kingdom) – includes long-standing peer support
- Ptsd.va.gov (mental health support for the public)
- Home | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness (mental health support for the public)
- Facebook and other social media have different support pages – use the search terms that speak to you to find one
Sponsored by the Federal Government of the United States. It integrates a huge number of resources and may be the place to start even if your loved one is younger, because you can access information about everything from respite care to legal services to working with your employer about caregiving.