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The Parents Pack: four Teo guides fanned out, The Appointment Folder, Ask-Your-Doctor Cards, The Receipts Checklist and The Label Reader

What's inside

  • The Appointment Folder: 16 printable pages, A4 and US Letter
  • Ask-Your-Doctor Cards: 24 question cards, A4 and US Letter
  • The Label Reader: supplement and food labels, read in two minutes
  • The Receipts Checklist: twelve questions for any health claim
  • Six PDFs, $37 if bought one by one

Look inside

From The Appointment Folder: the My medicines page, a table with room to write each medicine, its dose and what it is forFrom Ask-Your-Doctor Cards: a sheet of eight question cards with dashed cut lines, from What are my options? to Does it mix with anything else I take?From The Label Reader: a page on reading the label, in the same green style with trees along the foot

Real pages from the file. Tap one to see it larger.

About it

If you're the one who drives your mother to her appointments, you know how it goes. Ten minutes with the doctor. A new prescription. A leaflet. The questions arrive in the car park. And back at her kitchen table there's a bottle that promises to support something.

This pack is what I'd hand that family. Four of my tools, chosen for looking after someone else's health paperwork as well as your own:

  • The Appointment Folder: the medicines, the questions and what was said, in one place.
  • Ask-Your-Doctor Cards: arrive with three good questions instead of leaving without them.
  • The Label Reader: for the bottles and the boxes, and the words printed to sell.
  • The Receipts Checklist: for the claims that arrive by phone, by post and by well-meaning neighbour.

Bought one by one, they come to $37. Together they're $25. Each file comes as its own PDF, in A4 and US Letter where it matters.

None of it tells anyone what to take. It helps you ask the people who can examine them.

A page from it

Helping a parent? It’s their folder. Fill it in together, in their words. Sit where they can see the page, let them speak first, and be the one who writes. Some clinics need their permission before they’ll talk to you, so sort that out before the day, not in the waiting room.

From The Appointment Folder, page 2.

Questions

How much do I save?
The four come to $37 on their own. The pack is $25.
I already own one of them. Can I get the rest cheaper?
The pack is priced for all four, and sales are final, so buy the ones you're missing on their own instead.
Can I print copies for my parent's home?
Yes. This pack is meant to be used with a parent, so print what they need and keep it at their home too. Please don't share the files or post them online.
Which paper size do I get?
Both, for the folder and the cards. The two guides are A4 and print fine on US Letter.
Is this medical advice?
No. The pack organises information and helps you ask better questions. Decisions about anyone's health belong with the clinicians who can examine them.
How is it delivered?
Straight after payment: six download links on the thank-you page and by email, and all six in your library for later.

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