Tips and Features
We are committed to providing helpful caregiving resources and support to members of our communities. And we’ve got several ways for you to learn about the latest information available. Check back often and give us your feedback. We hope this section is helpful to you and your Community.
- Review our monthly tips about the service
- Tap into resources from leading caregiver and health organizations
- Read past issues of our newsletter, Lotsa Community Works
- View Webinars with how-to tips for coordinators
Monthly Tips
Every Lotsa Helping Hands Community has Coordinators and Members. Coordinators organize the help and members are all the volunteers who sign up to help. Each month, we’ll share two tips for each of you!
- Use the Activity Status Report to Send Thank You Messages – The Activity Status Report found in your Administration tab is a clean organized view of everything posted to your Community’s Calendar. You can organize it by date, volunteer, or type of Activity. When the winds calm down you can use this tool to organize Thank You’s for those who helped you weather the storm.
- Give Your Members a Voice – Members can add their input in two places: the Message Board and Well-Wishes section. Encourage them to do so! Keeping all of the support and love in one place is much easier than juggling voicemails, texts, and a full inbox. Tell your Members that you want to hear from them in the Community and keep it all in once place for simplifying replies and Thank You’s.
- Brainstorm New Ways To Help – All Members of a Community web site can add to the Message Board to generate discussion. Why not create a post to find new ways to help? Get creative! Coordinators usually share needs like rides, visits, and meals—but there’s always plenty to do when caregiving. Start a dialogue about helping out with needs more specific to your Community. Whether it’s shoveling or mowing the lawn—every new month brings new needs. Offering different types of help can provide major relief for those organizing support.
- Personalize Your Privacy - You can update the privacy settings for your information in the ‘Me’ tab of your Community site. On the right side you’ll find options to adjust the privacy of your email address, telephone number, and address. You can also hide the welcome message and more to customize the way you view your Community web site.
Visit our How it Works page for more information and quick tips.
Tap into resources from leading caregiver and health organizations
We partner with the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations that provide trusted information on a variety of health and caregiving topics that may be helpful to your Community. If you choose to identify with one of our nonprofit partners, your Community will include relevant resources, links and logos from that organization. Click on the ‘site options’ link on the ‘Administration’ tab to learn more or check out our Partners Page to read about one of these groups.
Our newsletter, Lotsa Community Works
Our newsletter, Lotsa Community Works showcases communities of support, offers advanced tips for using the service and highlights new service features.
View our current newsletter: February, 2012
You can access an archive of previous newsletters here.
Webinars from Lotsa Helping Hands
Our monthly Webinars include tips about ways to use the service, stories of community support and helpful ideas for families and those wishing to support them during their caregiving journey.
