Chapter 1 · What to do in the car, before you drive away
The 5-Minute Post-Visit Protocol
The most universal caregiving problem is simple: nobody writes anything down, and then nobody remembers. Five minutes in the parking lot turns a blurry appointment into a record the whole family can rely on.
Fill in what you know, skip what you don't
There are no wrong answers. Come back and edit this chapter anytime — especially after a doctor visit or when the routine changes.
What to do
- 1Note the date, the provider, and why you went.
- 2Write what the doctor said in your own plain words.
- 3Capture what changed — medications, restrictions, referrals.
- 4Set the next step and decide who needs to be told.
Post-visit capture
Fill this in before you leave the parking lot. It saves to this device and prints clean.