Caregiver Planner for Aging Parents: Eldercare, the First 90 Days
A forty-page planner for the family member who has just had a parent or partner's situation change. The stroke. The fall. The dementia diagnosis. The hospital discharge to "now what." Three months of structure for the medical team, the legal paperwork, the where-they-will-live conversation, the siblings, and the caregiver's own collapse. With pages that name what most planners skirt: the grief, the resentment, the burnout.
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A call came. A diagnosis arrived. A parent fell, or stopped knowing things they used to know, or came home from the hospital with a list of follow-ups and “we’ll see.”
Three months from that moment, the new normal will be built. This planner is the structure for those three months.
It is not a medical book. It does not name medications. It does not tell you which assisted-living facility to choose, or whether to bring your parent home, or whether to put them in memory care. Those are conversations between you, your family, and the medical and financial teams. The planner is the surface where the conversations get written down.
What’s inside
Forty pages, fillable:
- A note before you start. What this planner is.
- The first call list. Day 1, who to call.
- Day 1 through 7. The first week is mostly logistics + shock.
- Weeks 2-4. The first month closes.
- Weeks 5-8. The second month.
- Weeks 9-13. The third month. The 90-day check-in page.
- The medical team page. Who is who: primary care, specialists, social worker, home health, hospice (if relevant).
- The medication log (by purpose). Not by name. Routed to the team.
- The financial + legal paperwork page. POA, advance directive, estate.
- The “where they will live” decision page.
- The siblings + family page.
- The “I am not okay either” page. Caregiver burnout is real and named.
- Crisis lines.
- The “what they want to remember” page. Legacy work, optional.
- A final letter.
Format
Instant-download PDF, US Letter + A4. Personal use only.
From Soothemade Notes, a small apothecary of printables, planners, and cards for the unphotographed parts of new parenthood and the unphotographed years of caring for the people who raised us. Made slowly, in plain language.
