Description:
<jats:p><jats:bold>Aim. </jats:bold> To describe development of a Resource Guide, one component of a theory‐based intervention. The Guide contains information and ideas to illuminate caregivers’ self‐care knowledge as a basis for organizing and reinforcing self‐care activities.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Background. </jats:bold> Inherent in the complexity of caregiving roles is the emergence of caregiving as a responsibility, often overshadowing caregiver's personal care needs. Health care professionals can partner with caregivers to promote caregiver health. Self‐Care TALK is a multimodal intervention to support this partnership.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods. </jats:bold> Two theoretical perspectives guided Resource Guide content; adult learning theory and the schema model of cognitive behavioural theory. Materials to stimulate conversations about caregivers' personal concerns about self‐care were adapted from extant literature. Sources of information were chosen based on caregivers' learning needs and images of health. Areas of development focused on content, reading level/readability, graphic design, and self‐evaluation.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results. </jats:bold> The Resource Guide standardizes Self‐Care TALK protocol while personalizing caregivers' self‐care. The Resource Guide provides structure for conversations about what self‐care is and ways to promote health.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion. </jats:bold> The Resource Guide promotes a learning environment that complements interests and experiences of older caregivers. Use of the Guide supports and extends caregivers' self‐care vocabularies, and helps clarify self‐care schemas and health promotion.</jats:p>