Caregiver Binder Fillable PDF, Care Contacts, Daily Log, Appointments and Medication Record

Forms for someone looking after a relative: care contacts, a daily log, appointments and a medication record. It gives no medical guidance. Not medical or legal advice. It is 23 pages.

About the person (page 3): what a new helper needs on day one, such as a usual morning, what calms them, allergies and where the aids are kept.
Care contacts (page 4): 16 rows, from the main doctor to a neighbor with a key.
Family and helpers (page 5): who helps with what, and a week of who does what.
Daily log (pages 6 to 12): seven sheets for sleep, meals, mood, getting around and what to tell the care team.
Appointments (pages 13 and 14): 32 rows for when, with whom, where and what was said.
Questions for the next visit (page 15): what has changed, and 12 questions with room for the answers.
Medication record (pages 16 and 17): 32 rows, copied from the label: name, amount, when, prescriber, pharmacy, started and stopped.
Medication given (pages 18 and 19): two weeks, with a box for initials each day.
Readings (page 20): only the readings the care team asked for. The form does not say what a reading means.
Supplies (page 21), Insurance and benefits (page 22) with the last 4 digits of each member or ID number, and a one-page Handover for a relief helper (page 23) with allergies and who to call.

Page 2 is a contents page with links, and each page links back to it.

HOW THIS WAS MADE
AI helped write the listing text, the how-to text, the printed labels and the code that builds this file. Scripts tested: the 1,285 fields, that every field name is unique, typing into every field and reading it back after a save, a second save, the Tab order, every contents link and back link, the line Not medical or legal advice on every page, a scan of every page for legal steps and medical guidance, ink near the page edge and text overflow. No person is claimed to have checked it unless stated here.

License: for your personal use only. No resale or sharing of this file.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Caregiver-Binder-Letter.pdf, 23 pages
- Caregiver-Binder-A4.pdf, 23 pages
- Start-Here-Caregiver-Binder.pdf, how to fill it in, save it and print it

Digital download. Nothing is shipped.

File sizes:


Caregiver-Binder-A4.pdf: 362,196 bytes
Caregiver-Binder-Letter.pdf: 361,823 bytes
Start-Here-Caregiver-Binder.pdf: 34,224 bytes


COMPATIBILITY
Fillable PDF with form fields. Page sizes in the files: US Letter 612 x 792 pt and A4 595 x 842 pt. Each size has 1,285 fields. Tested by scripts only: a script typed into every field through PDFium's form engine, saved the file, reopened it and read each entry back with two PDF libraries (pikepdf and pypdf). It also drew the saved file with PDFium and poppler and found each entry on the page. Not tested: no PDF app has been tried, including Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview and web browsers, so opening, typing and saving in an app is untested. It has not been test-printed on a real printer. Fields use a Western font: accented letters such as é and ñ were typed and read back in that script, and other alphabets were not tested.

QUESTIONS AND HOW-TO
Does it tell me what doses to give? No. It gives no medical guidance. You copy each line from the label or the prescriber's list, and the care team remains the place for questions.

What happens after the seven daily sheets? Save a copy under a new name for each new week, or print the blank file and write by hand.

Can I share it with family and helpers? Yes. Sharing your own filled copy with family and helpers who care for the same person is fine. The license stops resale and passing on the blank file to other people. Two people typing into separate copies will not merge, so keep one saved copy or a printed binder.

Can I write the alarm code or key safe code in it? No. Do not write PINs, codes or passwords anywhere in this file. Write who holds the code instead.

Does the file send my details anywhere? No. It has no scripts, web links or submit buttons, and a script checked for them. Where it is stored is up to you.

What happens if I type too much in a box? A box holds only what fits. On screen a long entry can scroll out of sight, and on paper anything past the edge of the box does not print. Check the printed page before you rely on it, above all for medicines.

Using this fillable PDF

Save the PDF to your computer, then open the saved copy in a PDF app that fills in forms.

Scripts tested typing, saving and reopening. No PDF app has been tried, including Acrobat Reader, Preview and web browsers.

Click a field and type. Press Tab to move to the next field.

Save often. Close and reopen the file once to check your entries are still there. If not, try another PDF app.

Keep the blank file as it came, and save your filled copy under a new name.

Print it with your entries, or print it blank and write by hand.

Store your filled copy where only you and people you trust can open it.

Print settings for this PDF

Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader or Preview, not in a browser tab. Browsers can change the scale without telling you.

In the print window, pick the paper size that matches the file name.

In Acrobat Reader, set Page Sizing to Actual Size. In Preview, set Scale to 100%. If the edges get cut off, switch to Fit in Acrobat Reader or Scale to Fit in Preview.

Print one page first and check it before you print the rest.

To print only some pages, type the numbers in the Pages box, for example 3-8.

For double-sided pages, choose flip on long edge for portrait pages.

A4 or US Letter

US Letter is 8.5 x 11 inches (216 x 279 mm). It is the usual paper in the United States and Canada.

A4 is 210 x 297 mm (8.3 x 11.7 inches). It is the usual paper in most other countries.

The paper size is in each file name. Print the one that matches the paper in your printer.

If you only have the other size, use Fit or Scale to Fit in the print window. The page will come out slightly smaller, with wider margins.

HOW AI WAS USED
AI helped write the listing text, the how-to text, the printed labels and the code that builds this file. Scripts tested: the 1,285 fields, that every field name is unique, typing into every field and reading it back after a save, a second save, the Tab order, every contents link and back link, the line Not medical or legal advice on every page, a scan of every page for legal steps and medical guidance, ink near the page edge and text overflow. No person is claimed to have checked it unless stated here.

PLEASE NOTE
Not medical or legal advice. This file gives no medical guidance and does not replace a doctor, nurse or pharmacist. You are responsible for what you enter and for keeping it private. Digital files cannot be returned once downloaded; if a file does not open or a link is broken, send a message through Etsy. License: for your personal use only. No resale or sharing of this file.