Daily Life Support Resources
Practical tools to help patients manage everyday responsibilities, communicate their needs, set realistic goals, and build routines that can adapt to changing capacity.
Communication & Appointments
Conversation Guide
Explaining My Limitations to
Others
Practical guidance to help patients communicate fluctuating capacity, limitations, and support needs without feeling like they have to justify or overexplain themselves.
Appointment Prep Sheet
My Appointment Prep Sheet
A simple way to organize what you need to bring, ask, remember, and communicate before an appointment.
Appointment Prep Sheet
What I Don't Want to Forget:
Appointment Notes & Questions
A place to capture symptoms, questions, concerns, and important details before an appointment so nothing gets lost in the moment.
Goals & Habits
Goal-Setting Worksheet
Flexible Goal Planner
A practical way to set meaningful goals that can adjust with changing energy, symptoms, priorities, and day-to-day capacity.
Goal-Setting Worksheet
Right-Size Your Goal: Capacity-Based Goal Setting
Helps patients scale goals to their current capacity so they can make progress without relying on all-or-nothing expectations.
Habit-Building Worksheet
Flexible Habit Builder
A simple framework for building routines that can flex when energy, symptoms, available time, or capacity changes.
Habit-Building Worksheet
Minimum-Version Habit Plan
Helps patients create a smaller, more manageable version of a habit for lower-capacity days so routines do not depend on feeling their best.
Family/Caregiver Handout
Understanding Fluctuating Capacity: A Guide for Family & Friends
Helps family members and friends understand why a person’s energy, abilities, and support needs may change from day to day.
Family & Caregiver Support
Family/Caregiver Handout
How to Help Without Adding More Cognitive Load
Practical guidance for offering useful support without creating extra decisions, pressure, questions, or mental effort for the patient.
Waiting Room & Office Resources
Waiting Room/Office Resource
Working With Fluctuating Energy: 5 Small Ways to Make Daily Life Easier
Offers five practical ways patients can make everyday activities more manageable when energy and capacity fluctuate.