One sick household, one healthy caretaker: the isolation routine, the supply shelf and keeping calm on camera and off.

When the whole household goes down except you, the caretaker becomes nurse, cook and morale officer overnight. This is the routine that gets families through it intact.

Zone the house, protect the well one

Pick one sickroom with airflow, one bathroom for patients, and keep the caretaker masked in shared spaces. A shelf of fluids, fever reducers, tissues and spare sheets beats any last-minute pharmacy run.

“Care is logistics wearing a kind face.”

Rest in shifts, ventilate relentlessly, and call the doctor early rather than bravely. Caution is the whole strategy.