Helping Someone
If you’re helping someone you care about navigate cognitive changes, you don’t have to know everything or solve everything at once.
You may be helping with a few things now, or you may already be handling much of everyday life. Either way, it can be hard to know what needs attention today—and what can wait.
What feels most important right now?
Something is changing
I’m noticing changes in memory, thinking, behavior, or everyday life and I’m not sure what to do next.
I’m helping with everyday life
Appointments, medications, driving, bills, or other everyday things are becoming harder for me to handle
Need to get things in order
I want to make important information and documents easier to find and handle for myself or someone else.
I’m worried about what comes next
Things are changing, and I want to understand what may be worth thinking about before we really need it.
Two Steps Ahead
Some things are much easier to handle before they become urgent.
You don’t have to plan for every possibility. Two Steps Ahead is about noticing the small things that could be difficult to figure out during a stressful day—and taking care of a few of them now.
That might mean knowing where your medication list is, making sure someone can find an important paper, knowing who you would call, having a conversation you’ve been putting off, or finding out what help is available before you need it.
You don’t have to do everything. Start with one thing that would make a difficult day easier.