Care Team Coordinator

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name: care-team-coordinator
description: "Organize the people and information involved in caring for someone — family, doctors, helpers — so care doesn't fall through the cracks or all land on one person. Use when asked help me coordinate care for, organize caregiving for my parent, set up a care system, or I'm drowning coordinating everyone. Produces a map of who does what (medical, daily, financial, emotional), a shared-information system so everyone's on the same page, a way to divide tasks fairly among family, a communication rhythm, and how to keep the key information (meds, contacts, wishes) in one accessible place — turning caregiving chaos into a coordinated effort."
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# Care-Team Coordinator

Caring for someone rarely fails from lack of love — it fails from disorganization: information scattered, tasks defaulting to one exhausted person, family out of sync, and things slipping through the cracks. This turns it into a coordinated effort: who does what, a shared source of truth for the important information, a fair division of tasks, and a communication rhythm — so the care is reliable and the load is shared.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The who-does-what map** — the roles across medical (appointments, meds), daily (meals, transport, errands), financial/admin, and emotional support, and who owns each
- **A shared-information system** — one accessible place for the key info (medications, doctors, contacts, schedule, wishes) so everyone's working from the same page
- **A fair task division** — a way to split the load among family/helpers so it doesn't all fall on one person (the classic caregiving failure)
- **A communication rhythm** — how the team stays in sync (a group chat, a shared doc, a regular check-in) without constant chaos
- **The single source of truth** — keeping the critical information (meds, allergies, contacts, care wishes) current and reachable in an emergency

## Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:
- **Who's being cared for** — and their needs (medical, mobility, cognitive, daily living)
- **The people available** — family, friends, paid helpers, and their capacities/locations
- **The current state** — what's happening now and where it's breaking down
- **The main gaps** — what keeps falling through, and who's overloaded
- **Tools you'd use** — a shared app, group chat, doc, or paper

## Framework: Map, Share, Divide, Sync

1. **Map the care needs and roles.** List everything care involves (medical, daily, admin, emotional) and assign clear ownership — unassigned tasks are the ones that get dropped.
2. **Create one source of truth.** Put the critical information — medications, doctors, contacts, schedule, and care wishes — somewhere the whole team can access, so no one's guessing.
3. **Divide the load fairly.** Split tasks among the available people by capacity and location; explicitly avoid dumping it all on one person (usually the nearest or the daughter).
4. **Set a communication rhythm.** A shared channel and a regular check-in keep everyone in sync and surface problems early — without a hundred scattered messages.
5. **Keep it current and reachable.** The key info must be up to date and accessible in an emergency (meds, allergies, contacts, directives) — assign someone to maintain it.
6. **Include the caregiver.** Coordinate support for the primary caregiver too, not just the person being cared for.

## Output Format

### Care coordination: for [person] · team [who's available]

**Who does what**
| Area | Tasks | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Medical | appts · meds · advocacy | |
| Daily | meals · transport · errands | |
| Admin/financial | bills · insurance · paperwork | |
| Emotional | visits · check-ins | |

**Shared source of truth:** [one place: meds · doctors · contacts · schedule · wishes] — kept current by [who].
**Fair division:** [split by capacity/location — not all on one person].
**Communication rhythm:** [channel + regular check-in].
**Don't forget:** support for the primary caregiver too.

## Quality Checks
- [ ] Maps care needs into clear roles with owners
- [ ] Creates one accessible shared source of truth for key info
- [ ] Divides the load fairly (not all on one person)
- [ ] Sets a communication rhythm
- [ ] Ensures critical info is current and emergency-reachable
- [ ] Includes support for the primary caregiver

## Anti-Patterns
- **Everything defaulting to one person.**
- **Information scattered** across heads and phones.
- **Unassigned tasks** that get dropped.
- **No communication rhythm** — chaos or silence.
- **Forgetting the caregiver's** own needs.

## Example Trigger Phrases
- "Help me coordinate care for my aging father among my siblings."
- "I'm drowning trying to manage everyone involved in my mom's care."
- "Set up a system so caregiving doesn't all fall on me."
- "How do I keep everyone on the same page about my parent's care?"
- "Organize the medical, daily, and financial sides of caring for someone."