Keeping Your Heart Healthy. Too Much To Do. Newsletter information . You want to help, but aren't sure what good you can do, so you end up taking a casserole over. There are many more things you can do.
Studies show that the loving support of friends and family is critical in the healing process.
Sending cards and flowers is nice, and so is the casserole, but experts suggest you go beyond the surface actions. You may think you're doing others a favor by not talking about a person's illness, but really the others are cheated out of the opportunity to provide support. Include the kids. Young children may have a limit on what they can understand, but not telling them will make them feel left out. Kids tend to see themselves as the cause of major events around them, so ease their anxiety and guilt by explaining what's happening and offering ways they can help.