Caregiver daily log: a free printable sheet
How do I use a caregiver log at a doctor's appointment?
Read it back before you go and pull out what changed, with dates, plus your questions. Bring that one page, and the log in case they ask.
Don’t hand over the whole log. Before you go, read it back and pull out one page:
- What changed since the last visit, with dates and how often.
- Medicine changes, with dates and who made them.
- Your questions, including the ones you weren’t sure were worth asking.
Bring the log too, in case they want detail. Our guide on what to write down before a parent’s doctor appointment has a template for that one page. The National Institute on Aging has more on taking someone to a doctor’s appointment.
Whether the doctor can talk to you about your parent is covered in talking to a parent’s doctor: what HIPAA allows.
More questions caregivers ask
- What should I write in a caregiver daily log?
- Why keep a caregiver log?
- What isn't a caregiver log for?
- All the questions
From Centis, a free care notebook you talk to. A way to keep track, not medical advice: what something means is for the doctor to say.
Further reading
- Taking Someone to a Doctor’s Appointment: Tips for Caregivers (opens in a new tab), from the National Institute on Aging (US National Institutes of Health)