A care plan is a way to help a person ensure continued good health.
This document is a free open source care plan template. Our family is creating and using this template for our elderly parents who have Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and cancer.
Constructive advice welcome: joel@joelparkerhenderson.com.
The goal of a care plan is to help a person thrive:
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Improve the person's quality of life, health, and wellness.
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Support the person's independence and abilities for daily life tasks.
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Mitigate the person's risks of hospitalization or institutionalization.
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Create mutual understanding among a person's family members, friends, and providers.
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Help each participant have a better understanding of their role and responsibilities.
Be aware that care is challenging:
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Parents may not cooperate or understand. That gets really hard and can burn people out.
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Children may not cooperate or understand. That gets really complex and can interfere with care.
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Providers may not be what you expect. That gets really confusing and can cause mistakes and errors.
This care plan checklist has many ideas from many sources. Use the ones you want, skip the ones you don't want. If you have suggestions for more, or how to improve these, please let us know so we can make this better: joel@joelparkerhenderson.com.
Start here:
Recurring affairs:
Areas:
- Legal care plan
- Medical care plan
- Financial care plan
- Government care plan
- Palliative care plan
- Hospice care plan
- Final arrangements
- Medical history
- Pets
Health provider care plans:
Identity:
Helpers:
Specifics for disabilities:
Specifics for United States agencies:
Specifics for health conditions: