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Everything on The Family Care Notebook, organised by topic.
Care Visits
- Child Allergy Records for School, Camp and Caregivers — Use the school's current forms and a clinician-completed allergy action plan, with current contacts and a record of who received each version.
- How to Organize Family Medical Records — Organize family medical records by creating one separate file per person, a dated one-page current summary, and consistent sections for medicines,…
- What to Bring to a New Patient Appointment — Bring the new practice’s requested forms, relevant records, a current medication list, known allergy information and your main questions.
- Prepare for a Child's Doctor Appointment — Prepare for a child's doctor appointment with a one-page brief: the main concern, symptom timeline, effect on usual activities, current medicines and…
Medicine Safety
- How to Keep a Medication List for Your Family — Keep a separate, dated medication list for each person, covering prescriptions, nonprescription products and supplements.
- Safe Home Medicine Storage and Cleanout — Store medicines in their original labelled containers, following each product's temperature, light, moisture, and refrigeration instructions.