Welcome to the Partner & Caregiver Tools Library 🌻
This library brings together printable worksheets, practical tools, and supportive resources for partners and caregivers navigating prostate cancer and serious illness.
Use what you need, when you need it. You'll find tools to help with medical appointments, caregiving, communication, organization, and emotional support, along with pages you can add to your Caregiver Binder.
🌻 Free Resources
Start with these free tools and guides. Download what is useful now and return whenever you need something else.
🌱 New to Caregiving
Practical guidance for anyone stepping into a caregiving role and wondering where to begin.
📋 Appointment Notes
A simple page for keeping questions, notes, important discussions, and next steps together during medical appointments.
📝 Between Visits Record
A simple page for keeping track of questions, symptoms, medication changes, and other concerns that come up between appointments.
Use it to note what changed, when it started, what you want to ask at the next visit, and anything you may need to call the medical team about before then.
[📝 Download Between Visits Record]
📝 Caregiver Notes
A place to record observations, concerns, reminders, and information you don't want to forget.
📚 Companion Resources for Standing Beside Him
The companion resources for Standing Beside Him: A Partners/Spouses Guide are designed to help you put the information in the book into practice.
You'll find printable tools for preparing for appointments, organizing medical information, tracking treatment and side effects, asking questions, planning for treatment, and recording caregiver observations.
📋 Caregiver Binder & Printable Tools
Many of these resources can also become part of your Caregiver Binder. Choose the pages that fit what you need now and add others as your needs change.
You don't need to use every page. Choose the tools that fit what you are dealing with now and return to the others when they become useful.
These companion resources are designed to work alongsideStanding Beside Himand help you create a practical caregiving system that works for you.
🌻 Emotional Support Tools
Caregiving affects more than the person with cancer. These tools are designed to help you recognize what you are carrying, understand the support you have around you, and know where to turn when you need more help.
🤝 Explore My Circle of Support
Who is standing beside you while you stand beside someone else?
This simple tool helps you identify the people and resources you can realistically count on, what kind of help they may be able to provide, and where there may be gaps in your support.
If you discover that your support is limited, the tool also gives you practical next steps and connects you with additional caregiver resources.
🤝 Explore My Circle of Support
More emotional support tools are coming soon.
💬 Relationship & Communication (Coming Soon)
Conversation guides and practical tools for partners and spouses navigating communication, changing roles, intimacy, and connection during prostate cancer.
🌻 Looking for More Caregiver Support?
Visit the Caregiver Resources page to find caregiver organizations, support services, respite care, financial help, and resources in the United States and Canada.