Caregiver handoff planner
Clarify everyday responsibilities, contacts and the location of current instructions for a temporary care handoff.
Make a useful first copy
- Agree with the person receiving care what help is welcome and which details may be shared.
- List practical tasks such as transport, meals, household routines and pet care. Assign an agreed person and backup.
- Point to current instructions from the care team rather than rewriting treatment or medication directions here.
- Confirm the handoff with the incoming helper, including unresolved questions and who will follow up when the usual caregiver returns.
An example entry
This fictional example shows the level of detail to aim for. It is not added to your worksheet.
- Task / responsibility
- Transport to appointment
- Responsible person
- Agreed driver
- Contact / backup
- Backup driver in contact sheet
- Current instructions location
- Appointment confirmation folder
- Timing / follow-up
- Confirm pickup time the day before
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Caregiver handoff planner
Handoff period and agreed scope: ________________________________________________
Entry 1
- Task / responsibility
- ________________________________________________
- Responsible person
- ________________________________________________
- Contact / backup
- ________________________________________________
- Current instructions location
- ________________________________________________
- Timing / follow-up
- ________________________________________________
Entry 2
- Task / responsibility
- ________________________________________________
- Responsible person
- ________________________________________________
- Contact / backup
- ________________________________________________
- Current instructions location
- ________________________________________________
- Timing / follow-up
- ________________________________________________
Entry 3
- Task / responsibility
- ________________________________________________
- Responsible person
- ________________________________________________
- Contact / backup
- ________________________________________________
- Current instructions location
- ________________________________________________
- Timing / follow-up
- ________________________________________________
Review whenever arrangements or care-team instructions change. Bring clinical questions to the care team. Keep the shared copy limited to what each helper needs.
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Keep the copy useful
Review whenever arrangements or care-team instructions change. Bring clinical questions to the care team. Keep the shared copy limited to what each helper needs.
Date your saved copy and agree who maintains it. Share only the details each helper needs, using storage and sharing arrangements appropriate for that information.
Sources and scope
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- National Institute on Aging: Getting your affairs in order · Checked 2026-09-09
- AHRQ: Care transitions from hospital to home · Checked 2026-09-09
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