The Bedroom Door Packet

A few vital pages, kept in a plastic sleeve and taped to the door, that speaks for your parent when you can't be the one to answer.

When EMS walks into a room, they don't know your parent's history, her medications, or her wishes. This packet does the introducing for you — instantly, without anyone needing to explain anything under pressure.

Fill it out, print it, tape it up tonight. Update it the same day anything changes.

What's inside:

• Full medical snapshot — conditions, allergies, intolerances, current medications
• Emergency contacts, insurance, and physician/specialist info in one glance
• DNR, advance directive, and power of attorney existence clearly marked and included if available
• Best door/path for a stretcher, so EMS isn't guessing on arrival
• A notice to whoever's caring for her — decide in advance whether you'll ride in the ambulance or meet her there
• Free, authoritative legal resource links for advance directives and hospice care by state

This is one piece of a fuller system. If it's useful, "Outsmarting the System" — the complete caregiver's playbook — is available in the full guide library.

Instant PDF download. Print and tape up today.