Caring for the people who care
Families, friends and loved ones. We are here for you too.
When someone important to you becomes critically ill, it can bring uncertainty, fear, difficult decisions, and questions that nobody feels fully prepared for.
Family Compass (ICU) provides information, practical tools, and supportive resources for anyone navigating the critical illness of a loved one. This includes survivorship and the ongoing recovery journey.
Your loved one may be in ICU for a short period for close monitoring or while recovering from surgery, or they may be here for a longer period due to more complex illness or injury. Whatever has brought you here, we hope these resources will help.
While many patients do recover, sensitive support and resources are also available for families, friends and loved ones facing end-of-life care or bereavement.
Family Compass (ICU) resources are designed to help you better understand ICU, support conversations with healthcare teams, keep track of important events and information over time, and provide opportunities to check in with your own wellbeing.
You can explore the platform at your own pace and access resources that may be helpful to you at any stage of the ICU journey.
How Family Compass (ICU) Can Help
Journey & Resources
Explore the critical illness journey and access information, guidance, practical support and resources relevant to your situation.
Family & Friends Journal
Keep private notes, tasks and reflections in one place throughout the journey.
Understanding (ICE: Ideas, Concerns & Expectations)
Use the ICE (Ideas, Concerns & Expectations) framework to help make sense of what is happening, explore your current understanding, concerns and expectations about your loved one's care, and prepare for conversations with the healthcare team.
Daily Check-In
A gentle prompt to check in on your understanding of what is happening with your loved one, capture your thoughts and reflections, and take a moment to consider your own wellbeing.
Pause
Access brief wellbeing tools, grounding exercises and moments of calm whenever you need to take a step back.
Wellbeing
Take a moment to reflect on how you are coping and access personalised wellbeing support and resources tailored to your current needs.
Getting started
Welcome Video
Watch our welcome video and hear from families, former ICU patients and healthcare teams who helped shape ICU Compass and its resources.
Explore Family Compass (ICU)
Take a guided tour of ICU Compass and discover the support, information and practical tools available throughout the ICU journey.
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