genus · Care, connection and learning
Explore what happens when someone’s circumstances change. Find support that respects their choices, protects capacity and follows through.
Fictional, unscored rehearsal · Distance describes the selected circumstance, not affection or relationship health. Trial arrangements last only on this page.
Fictional example: Pat wants to enjoy the next center visit. Ellen has been arranging transport, repeating updates and coordinating changes. Her available time changes.
Moving Ellen outward represents less time available for the current arrangement. Her family connection remains; distance does not measure love.
Drag the person’s circle or label along the track, or use these controls.
Propose support · Drag an option to a highlighted target, or choose the option and a target below.
A proposal does not accept responsibility or complete help.
No activity is arranged yet. Preview information flow to see how messages could travel. Motion is reduced; flow indicators stay still.
Care-circle relationship map
People and care circle Purpose Services and practical support Arrows show the direction of an idea or review. People decide what happens next.
Start a guided walkthrough or explore freely. Playback explains the steps; it never accepts an option for you.
Arrows describe the direction of a task or information. Information-flow preview illustrates message paths; activity mode shows explicitly rehearsed steps. The dots do not perform care. Family relationships have no task arrows.
Fictional example: Pat wants to enjoy the next center visit. Ellen has been arranging transport, repeating updates and coordinating changes. Her available time changes.
Moving Ellen outward represents less time available for the current arrangement. Her family connection remains; distance does not measure love.
Fictional example: Pat wants to join a center activity, but the current timing and transport arrangement become difficult. An invitation alone does not provide access.
Moving Pat outward represents increasing difficulty using the current participation arrangement. It does not establish disinterest or reduce Pat’s right to choose.
Fictional example: Daniel helps Pat ask for a change to a center support arrangement. The request was received, but no receiving owner confirmed the next action. Daniel does not want to keep chasing.
Moving Daniel outward represents stepping back from follow-up while responsibility remains unclear. It does not measure trust or diagnose his feelings.
Moving Ellen outward represents less time available for the current arrangement. Her family connection remains; distance does not measure love.
Let the person’s wishes shape the support arrangement.
Take part in a chosen activity or conversation with acceptable support and room to decline.
Capacity: Unknown.
Remain a family member while making commitments that fit available time and rest.
Capacity: Available for agreed role.
Make specific commitments he understands and can sustain; communicate changed availability.
Capacity: Unknown.
Listen to distinct accounts, clarify responsibilities and help people find acceptable support.
Capacity: Unknown.
Explain available support, accept only feasible responsibilities and confirm arrangements.
Capacity: Unknown.
Make the chosen next step workable through an accepted and confirmed arrangement.
A family relationship remains distinct from time available for a particular task.
pat ↔ ellen · relationship
Family connection does not create an unlimited or automatically assigned obligation.
pat ↔ daniel · relationship
Pat’s wishes guide the arrangement, including the option to choose differently.
pat ↔ purpose · relationship
The arrangement depends on Ellen’s time without an accepted alternative. This is the starting fictional arrangement, not a completed task.
ellen → support · practical
Choose which optional updates are useful and how to keep an appropriate human contact route.
service → ellen · information
This is an option to explore, not a commitment. Listen, check the account and preserve different perspectives before assigning responsibilities.
ellen → sam · information
This is an option to explore, not a commitment. A receiving owner considers capacity, fit and accepted responsibility.
service → support · practical
This is an option to explore, not a commitment. A possible backup becomes an agreement only after willingness, availability and acceptance are checked.
daniel → support · practical
Fictional Day Center example
Each action below rehearses a fictional possibility. It does not send a request or arrange real care.
Sam offers Ellen a private conversation about commitments, time and rest. Pat’s wishes are heard separately.
An option to consider
Propose fewer optional updates and remove duplicate reporting while keeping an agreed route for needed information.
An option to consider
Explore a different time or a suitable support arrangement for the center visit, with Pat’s acceptance.
An option to consider
Ask whether Daniel is willing and available to help with one agreed part of the center visit.
An option to consider
Make room for Pat’s chosen center visit and Ellen’s life and rest.
Fictional example: Pat wants to enjoy the next center visit. Ellen has been arranging transport, repeating updates and coordinating changes. Her available time changes.
The arrangement depends on Ellen’s time without an accepted alternative.
Examine coverage, demands and accepted responsibility. The person is not “the bottleneck.”
Pat’s chosen purpose and family connections remain visible. A person may pause a task or optional contact while keeping wanted relationships and appropriate help.
Hear Ellen’s circumstances and Pat’s wishes as distinct perspectives.
Read this principle in the bookMake each offer specific and confirm who accepts it.
Read this principle in the bookBuild practical support and a fallback into the next step.
Read this principle in the bookAsk about caregiver strain separately from staff well-being.
Read this principle in the bookDid the change reduce Ellen’s burden while keeping support acceptable to Pat, and what work did it add for someone else?
Time available as agreed. Moving closer does not restore an interrupted commitment.
Every proposal needs the people’s acceptance. Accepted tasks still need arrangement, delivery and review. Unselected options remain possibilities.
No new work has been agreed. Inspect an option’s workload before trying it.
Read the fictional situation. Hear the person and caregiver separately; identify the support they actually want.
Move the focal person outward, or use the named controls. Inspect what remains connected and which support arrangement needs attention.
Choose an option. First inspect its proposal, agreement requirements and workload. Rehearse an agreement only when you want to explore that fictional possibility.
Check what remains unconfirmed and who takes on work. An accepted commitment still needs arrangement, delivery and review; closeness is not the goal.
These fictional examples are here to read as well as explore. No control accepts responsibility or arranges real care.
Fictional example: Pat wants to enjoy the next center visit. Ellen has been arranging transport, repeating updates and coordinating changes. Her available time changes.
Purpose: Make room for Pat’s chosen center visit and Ellen’s life and rest.
Moving Ellen outward represents less time available for the current arrangement. Her family connection remains; distance does not measure love.
What limits the next step: The arrangement depends on Ellen’s time without an accepted alternative.
Sam offers Ellen a private conversation about commitments, time and rest. Pat’s wishes are heard separately.
Who acts: Sam offers the conversation; the person chooses whether and how to take part.
Agreement: Agree on a suitable time, privacy and what may be shared. A conversation does not assign the practical task.
If agreed: Sam takes on a bounded clarification task. No new coordination work is assigned to the family.
The people rehearse agreeing to a clarification conversation. The practical support gap remains until a separate arrangement is accepted.
Rehearsal: an acceptable time and private contact route are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the conversation takes place and the participants check the account for accuracy.
Rehearsal: ask whether the explanation was useful and what still needs a practical response.
Propose fewer optional updates and remove duplicate reporting while keeping an agreed route for needed information.
Who acts: Ellen chooses the boundary; Sam and the team adjust optional requests.
Agreement: Check which contact remains useful and accepted. Required local arrangements still need an appropriate human review.
If agreed: Remove unnecessary work. Do not quietly transfer it to another family member or assume that relief creates spare capacity.
The optional information connection becomes a chosen pause. This reduces demand; it does not complete transport, access or referral support.
Rehearsal: the people confirm which requests stop and how necessary updates will be handled.
Rehearsal: optional requests are reduced as agreed; the separate practical task remains visible.
Rehearsal: ask separately whether the person and caregiver experienced less burden and retained useful contact.
Explore a different time or a suitable support arrangement for the center visit, with Pat’s acceptance.
Who acts: The receiving service considers what it can provide; Sam helps clarify the offer.
Agreement: Pat agrees to the proposed fit. The receiving owner confirms capacity, responsibilities and any cost or access requirements.
If agreed: The service explicitly accepts the agreed task. Availability is checked; no existing family member is assumed to cover the gap.
An alternative support offer is accepted in this fictional rehearsal. It still needs practical arrangement, delivery and review.
Rehearsal: the accepted time, access details and responsible contact for the center visit are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the agreed support is received. This is an authored example event, not a result inferred from the map.
Rehearsal: ask whether support was useful, whose work changed and what should be adjusted next.
Ask whether Daniel is willing and available to help with one agreed part of the center visit.
Who acts: Daniel considers the specific offer; Pat decides whether that support is acceptable.
Agreement: Daniel confirms willingness, time and the assistance he needs. Pat accepts the support; Ellen is not the automatic fallback.
If agreed: One bounded task is added to Daniel’s agreed role. His capacity must be checked; the plan does not assume unlimited family help.
A bounded backup is accepted in this rehearsal. The original person can remain farther out; acceptance alone is not support delivered.
Rehearsal: timing, ownership and an acceptable fallback are confirmed with the people involved.
Rehearsal: the bounded backup task is carried out. Any service task outside that commitment remains with its receiving owner.
Rehearsal: review the support and burden with each affected person; change or stop the arrangement if needed.
A question to carry forward: Did the change reduce Ellen’s burden while keeping support acceptable to Pat, and what work did it add for someone else?
Fictional example: Pat wants to prepare for a healthcare conversation. Ellen has been gathering questions and coordinating appointment details. Her available time changes.
Purpose: Support Pat’s chosen healthcare conversation without concentrating all preparation on Ellen.
Moving Ellen outward represents less time available for the current arrangement. Her family connection remains; distance does not measure love.
What limits the next step: Preparation and coordination depend on Ellen’s time without an accepted alternative.
Sam offers Ellen a private conversation about commitments, time and rest. Pat’s wishes are heard separately.
Who acts: Sam offers the conversation; the person chooses whether and how to take part.
Agreement: Agree on a suitable time, privacy and what may be shared. A conversation does not assign the practical task.
If agreed: Sam takes on a bounded clarification task. No new coordination work is assigned to the family.
The people rehearse agreeing to a clarification conversation. The practical support gap remains until a separate arrangement is accepted.
Rehearsal: an acceptable time and private contact route are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the conversation takes place and the participants check the account for accuracy.
Rehearsal: ask whether the explanation was useful and what still needs a practical response.
Propose fewer optional updates and remove duplicate reporting while keeping an agreed route for needed information.
Who acts: Ellen chooses the boundary; Sam and the team adjust optional requests.
Agreement: Check which contact remains useful and accepted. Required local arrangements still need an appropriate human review.
If agreed: Remove unnecessary work. Do not quietly transfer it to another family member or assume that relief creates spare capacity.
The optional information connection becomes a chosen pause. This reduces demand; it does not complete transport, access or referral support.
Rehearsal: the people confirm which requests stop and how necessary updates will be handled.
Rehearsal: optional requests are reduced as agreed; the separate practical task remains visible.
Rehearsal: ask separately whether the person and caregiver experienced less burden and retained useful contact.
Explore a different time or a suitable support arrangement for the appointment, with Pat’s acceptance.
Who acts: The receiving service considers what it can provide; Sam helps clarify the offer.
Agreement: Pat agrees to the proposed fit. The receiving owner confirms capacity, responsibilities and any cost or access requirements.
If agreed: The service explicitly accepts the agreed task. Availability is checked; no existing family member is assumed to cover the gap.
An alternative support offer is accepted in this fictional rehearsal. It still needs practical arrangement, delivery and review.
Rehearsal: the accepted time, access details and responsible contact for the appointment are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the agreed support is received. This is an authored example event, not a result inferred from the map.
Rehearsal: ask whether support was useful, whose work changed and what should be adjusted next.
Ask whether Daniel is willing and available to help with one agreed part of the appointment.
Who acts: Daniel considers the specific offer; Pat decides whether that support is acceptable.
Agreement: Daniel confirms willingness, time and the assistance he needs. Pat accepts the support; Ellen is not the automatic fallback.
If agreed: One bounded task is added to Daniel’s agreed role. His capacity must be checked; the plan does not assume unlimited family help.
A bounded backup is accepted in this rehearsal. The original person can remain farther out; acceptance alone is not support delivered.
Rehearsal: timing, ownership and an acceptable fallback are confirmed with the people involved.
Rehearsal: the bounded backup task is carried out. Any service task outside that commitment remains with its receiving owner.
Rehearsal: review the support and burden with each affected person; change or stop the arrangement if needed.
A question to carry forward: Did the change reduce Ellen’s burden while keeping support acceptable to Pat, and what work did it add for someone else?
Fictional example: Pat wants to join a center activity, but the current timing and transport arrangement become difficult. An invitation alone does not provide access.
Purpose: Make chosen participation practical while respecting a different choice or pause.
Moving Pat outward represents increasing difficulty using the current participation arrangement. It does not establish disinterest or reduce Pat’s right to choose.
What limits the next step: The current time or transport arrangement does not meet Pat’s access needs.
Sam asks Pat about the activity’s value and the specific access barrier, without treating hesitation as refusal.
Who acts: Sam offers the conversation; the person chooses whether and how to take part.
Agreement: Agree on a suitable time, privacy and what may be shared. A conversation does not assign the practical task.
If agreed: Sam takes on a bounded clarification task. No new coordination work is assigned to the family.
The people rehearse agreeing to a clarification conversation. The practical support gap remains until a separate arrangement is accepted.
Rehearsal: an acceptable time and private contact route are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the conversation takes place and the participants check the account for accuracy.
Rehearsal: ask whether the explanation was useful and what still needs a practical response.
Offer fewer optional reminders and a shorter or paused participation commitment if Pat prefers.
Who acts: Pat chooses the boundary; Sam checks it with the activity organizer.
Agreement: Check which contact remains useful and accepted. Required local arrangements still need an appropriate human review.
If agreed: Remove unnecessary work. Do not quietly transfer it to another family member or assume that relief creates spare capacity.
The optional information connection becomes a chosen pause. This reduces demand; it does not complete transport, access or referral support.
Rehearsal: the people confirm which requests stop and how necessary updates will be handled.
Rehearsal: optional requests are reduced as agreed; the separate practical task remains visible.
Rehearsal: ask separately whether the person and caregiver experienced less burden and retained useful contact.
Ask the organizer about another time, format or suitable way to join the chosen center activity; retain the option to decline.
Who acts: The receiving service considers what it can provide; Sam helps clarify the offer.
Agreement: Pat agrees to the proposed fit. The receiving owner confirms capacity, responsibilities and any cost or access requirements.
If agreed: The service explicitly accepts the agreed task. Availability is checked; no existing family member is assumed to cover the gap.
An alternative support offer is accepted in this fictional rehearsal. It still needs practical arrangement, delivery and review.
Rehearsal: the accepted time, access details and responsible contact for the chosen center activity are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the agreed support is received. This is an authored example event, not a result inferred from the map.
Rehearsal: ask whether support was useful, whose work changed and what should be adjusted next.
Ask whether Daniel is willing and available to help with one agreed part of the chosen center activity.
Who acts: Daniel considers the specific offer; Pat decides whether that support is acceptable.
Agreement: Daniel confirms willingness, time and the assistance he needs. Pat accepts the support; Ellen is not the automatic fallback.
If agreed: One bounded task is added to Daniel’s agreed role. His capacity must be checked; the plan does not assume unlimited family help.
A bounded backup is accepted in this rehearsal. The original person can remain farther out; acceptance alone is not support delivered.
Rehearsal: timing, ownership and an acceptable fallback are confirmed with the people involved.
Rehearsal: the bounded backup task is carried out. Any service task outside that commitment remains with its receiving owner.
Rehearsal: review the support and burden with each affected person; change or stop the arrangement if needed.
A question to carry forward: Can Pat reach a form of participation he actually wants, with room to pause or decline?
Fictional example: Pat wants to join an education or support session. Its time and format become difficult to use. The team asks which alternatives, if any, Pat would prefer.
Purpose: Offer an acceptable way to join the chosen support session.
Moving Pat outward represents increasing difficulty using the current participation arrangement. It does not establish disinterest or reduce Pat’s right to choose.
What limits the next step: The session’s current timing or format is the limiting arrangement; Pat is not the constraint.
Sam asks Pat about the activity’s value and the specific access barrier, without treating hesitation as refusal.
Who acts: Sam offers the conversation; the person chooses whether and how to take part.
Agreement: Agree on a suitable time, privacy and what may be shared. A conversation does not assign the practical task.
If agreed: Sam takes on a bounded clarification task. No new coordination work is assigned to the family.
The people rehearse agreeing to a clarification conversation. The practical support gap remains until a separate arrangement is accepted.
Rehearsal: an acceptable time and private contact route are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the conversation takes place and the participants check the account for accuracy.
Rehearsal: ask whether the explanation was useful and what still needs a practical response.
Offer fewer optional reminders and a shorter or paused participation commitment if Pat prefers.
Who acts: Pat chooses the boundary; Sam checks it with the activity organizer.
Agreement: Check which contact remains useful and accepted. Required local arrangements still need an appropriate human review.
If agreed: Remove unnecessary work. Do not quietly transfer it to another family member or assume that relief creates spare capacity.
The optional information connection becomes a chosen pause. This reduces demand; it does not complete transport, access or referral support.
Rehearsal: the people confirm which requests stop and how necessary updates will be handled.
Rehearsal: optional requests are reduced as agreed; the separate practical task remains visible.
Rehearsal: ask separately whether the person and caregiver experienced less burden and retained useful contact.
Ask the organizer about another time, format or suitable way to join the education or support session; retain the option to decline.
Who acts: The receiving service considers what it can provide; Sam helps clarify the offer.
Agreement: Pat agrees to the proposed fit. The receiving owner confirms capacity, responsibilities and any cost or access requirements.
If agreed: The service explicitly accepts the agreed task. Availability is checked; no existing family member is assumed to cover the gap.
An alternative support offer is accepted in this fictional rehearsal. It still needs practical arrangement, delivery and review.
Rehearsal: the accepted time, access details and responsible contact for the education or support session are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the agreed support is received. This is an authored example event, not a result inferred from the map.
Rehearsal: ask whether support was useful, whose work changed and what should be adjusted next.
Ask whether Daniel is willing and available to help with one agreed part of the education or support session.
Who acts: Daniel considers the specific offer; Pat decides whether that support is acceptable.
Agreement: Daniel confirms willingness, time and the assistance he needs. Pat accepts the support; Ellen is not the automatic fallback.
If agreed: One bounded task is added to Daniel’s agreed role. His capacity must be checked; the plan does not assume unlimited family help.
A bounded backup is accepted in this rehearsal. The original person can remain farther out; acceptance alone is not support delivered.
Rehearsal: timing, ownership and an acceptable fallback are confirmed with the people involved.
Rehearsal: the bounded backup task is carried out. Any service task outside that commitment remains with its receiving owner.
Rehearsal: review the support and burden with each affected person; change or stop the arrangement if needed.
A question to carry forward: Can Pat reach a form of participation he actually wants, with room to pause or decline?
Fictional example: Daniel helps Pat ask for a change to a center support arrangement. The request was received, but no receiving owner confirmed the next action. Daniel does not want to keep chasing.
Purpose: Turn Pat’s chosen request into a clear, accepted next responsibility.
Moving Daniel outward represents stepping back from follow-up while responsibility remains unclear. It does not measure trust or diagnose his feelings.
What limits the next step: Receipt was mistaken for accepted responsibility; a receiving owner and fallback remain unclear.
Sam asks what was promised, acknowledges the missing confirmation and checks which next step Daniel and Pat still want.
Who acts: Sam offers the conversation; the person chooses whether and how to take part.
Agreement: Agree on a suitable time, privacy and what may be shared. A conversation does not assign the practical task.
If agreed: Sam takes on a bounded clarification task. No new coordination work is assigned to the family.
The people rehearse agreeing to a clarification conversation. The practical support gap remains until a separate arrangement is accepted.
Rehearsal: an acceptable time and private contact route are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the conversation takes place and the participants check the account for accuracy.
Rehearsal: ask whether the explanation was useful and what still needs a practical response.
Propose one agreed contact for follow-up instead of asking Daniel to repeat the request across channels.
Who acts: Sam and the receiving team agree who holds the follow-up.
Agreement: Check which contact remains useful and accepted. Required local arrangements still need an appropriate human review.
If agreed: Remove unnecessary work. Do not quietly transfer it to another family member or assume that relief creates spare capacity.
The optional information connection becomes a chosen pause. This reduces demand; it does not complete transport, access or referral support.
Rehearsal: the people confirm which requests stop and how necessary updates will be handled.
Rehearsal: optional requests are reduced as agreed; the separate practical task remains visible.
Rehearsal: ask separately whether the person and caregiver experienced less burden and retained useful contact.
Sam asks the receiving service to identify an owner, explain capacity and offer a feasible next step.
Who acts: The receiving service considers what it can provide; Sam helps clarify the offer.
Agreement: Pat agrees to the proposed fit. The receiving owner confirms capacity, responsibilities and any cost or access requirements.
If agreed: The service explicitly accepts the agreed task. Availability is checked; no existing family member is assumed to cover the gap.
An alternative support offer is accepted in this fictional rehearsal. It still needs practical arrangement, delivery and review.
Rehearsal: a named receiving owner confirms the contact, timing and fallback.
Rehearsal: the agreed support is received. This is an authored example event, not a result inferred from the map.
Rehearsal: ask whether support was useful, whose work changed and what should be adjusted next.
Ask whether Sam can accept one clearly bounded follow-up while the receiving service’s responsibility remains explicit.
Who acts: Sam considers the bounded follow-up; the service retains its own delivery responsibility.
Agreement: Sam confirms capacity and a limit to the task; Pat and Daniel accept the proposed contact and fallback.
If agreed: Sam takes on only the stated follow-up. An unanswered request is not a completed referral.
A bounded backup is accepted in this rehearsal. The original person can remain farther out; acceptance alone is not support delivered.
Rehearsal: timing, ownership and an acceptable fallback are confirmed with the people involved.
Rehearsal: the bounded backup task is carried out. Any service task outside that commitment remains with its receiving owner.
Rehearsal: review the support and burden with each affected person; change or stop the arrangement if needed.
A question to carry forward: Has someone accepted the next responsibility, and how will Pat and Daniel know whether support arrived?
Fictional example: Daniel helps Pat send a referral enquiry through an agreed contact route. Receipt is acknowledged, but a receiving owner has not accepted the next step. No appointment or record access is implied.
Purpose: Clarify the next step Pat wants and who can actually accept it.
Moving Daniel outward represents stepping back from follow-up while responsibility remains unclear. It does not measure trust or diagnose his feelings.
What limits the next step: A referral enquiry has no accepted receiving owner. Repeated messages alone do not complete the handoff.
Sam asks what was promised, acknowledges the missing confirmation and checks which next step Daniel and Pat still want.
Who acts: Sam offers the conversation; the person chooses whether and how to take part.
Agreement: Agree on a suitable time, privacy and what may be shared. A conversation does not assign the practical task.
If agreed: Sam takes on a bounded clarification task. No new coordination work is assigned to the family.
The people rehearse agreeing to a clarification conversation. The practical support gap remains until a separate arrangement is accepted.
Rehearsal: an acceptable time and private contact route are confirmed.
Rehearsal: the conversation takes place and the participants check the account for accuracy.
Rehearsal: ask whether the explanation was useful and what still needs a practical response.
Propose one agreed contact for follow-up instead of asking Daniel to repeat the request across channels.
Who acts: Sam and the receiving team agree who holds the follow-up.
Agreement: Check which contact remains useful and accepted. Required local arrangements still need an appropriate human review.
If agreed: Remove unnecessary work. Do not quietly transfer it to another family member or assume that relief creates spare capacity.
The optional information connection becomes a chosen pause. This reduces demand; it does not complete transport, access or referral support.
Rehearsal: the people confirm which requests stop and how necessary updates will be handled.
Rehearsal: optional requests are reduced as agreed; the separate practical task remains visible.
Rehearsal: ask separately whether the person and caregiver experienced less burden and retained useful contact.
Sam asks the receiving service to identify an owner, explain capacity and offer a feasible next step.
Who acts: The receiving service considers what it can provide; Sam helps clarify the offer.
Agreement: Pat agrees to the proposed fit. The receiving owner confirms capacity, responsibilities and any cost or access requirements.
If agreed: The service explicitly accepts the agreed task. Availability is checked; no existing family member is assumed to cover the gap.
An alternative support offer is accepted in this fictional rehearsal. It still needs practical arrangement, delivery and review.
Rehearsal: a named receiving owner confirms the contact, timing and fallback.
Rehearsal: the agreed support is received. This is an authored example event, not a result inferred from the map.
Rehearsal: ask whether support was useful, whose work changed and what should be adjusted next.
Ask whether Sam can accept one clearly bounded follow-up while the receiving service’s responsibility remains explicit.
Who acts: Sam considers the bounded follow-up; the service retains its own delivery responsibility.
Agreement: Sam confirms capacity and a limit to the task; Pat and Daniel accept the proposed contact and fallback.
If agreed: Sam takes on only the stated follow-up. An unanswered request is not a completed referral.
A bounded backup is accepted in this rehearsal. The original person can remain farther out; acceptance alone is not support delivered.
Rehearsal: timing, ownership and an acceptable fallback are confirmed with the people involved.
Rehearsal: the bounded backup task is carried out. Any service task outside that commitment remains with its receiving owner.
Rehearsal: review the support and burden with each affected person; change or stop the arrangement if needed.
A question to carry forward: Has someone accepted the next responsibility, and how will Pat and Daniel know whether support arrived?
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