Caregiver Weekly Planner

What you will need

• Roughly how many hours of care are needed each week? (hours): Include personal care, meals, medicines, supervision, transport and appointments.
• Who can help, and how many hours each? (list: name + hours): Include family, neighbours, paid carers and day-care.
• Hours of protected rest for the main carer each week (hours): Time with no caring duties at all, not time spent at work.
• Daily and weekly tasks (More detail) (list: task, day, time, person): For example: morning medicines, bath, clinic visit, collecting chronic medication.
• Medicines and times (More detail) (list): Shown as a daily medicine chart. Always follow the doctor or pharmacist's instructions.

How it works

helper_hours = sum(h.hours for h in helpers) main_carer_hours = max(0, care_hours_per_week - helper_hours) main_carer_share_pct = main_carer_hours / care_hours_per_week * 100 (if care_hours_per_week > 0) Build a 7-day grid from tasks and medicines; highlight days with no named person for any task. flags: - if main_carer_share_pct >= 75: 'Main carer carrying most of the load' - if main_carer_rest_hours < 4: 'No real rest in the week' - if any day has unassigned tasks: 'Gaps on <days>' Suggest: add at least one rest block of 4 hours or more per week; ask helpers to take specific named tasks rather than 'help when needed'.

What you get

• Your week at a glance
• Share of care done by the main carer
• Days and tasks with no one assigned

What it means

• Care is shared and the main carer has rest built in.
• One person is carrying most of the care; share at least one regular task this week.
• There is no real rest in this week; plan a break before exhaustion builds.

Next step: Want help interpreting this? Take the Caregiver Load Check, or speak to a counsellor or social worker through the Cleared Mind Careline.

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