Where it is. The last chapter has its own pages, each with a small menu at the top: The chapter (the patient's care chapter, the page that says whether the patient is in care, in hospice care, or has passed), The weeks ahead, The first days, The weeks after, and The service. The patient's own sign-in does not see these pages; they say the page is for the family.
What is on it. Social Security; the pension, or the VA; the bank and the cards; insurance; the obituary; the service; burial, cremation or another choice; the home and the lease or the mortgage; the car; subscriptions and bills in the patient's name; the estate or the will; and, when the family is ready, what to do with this account (keep it as the record and the memories, or close it).
When it is for. Once the patient has passed, this list follows The first days. Most of it can wait for weeks.
Ticking a line. Each line is a checkbox with one plain line on why it matters. Under a ticked line the page says who ticked it and the day; untick it to clear the name and the day. Add a note keeps a few words with the line: who is doing it, a number, where something is kept. The family's own sign-in and the caregiver role tick lines and write notes; everyone else in the circle reads them.
Links into the app. The will line opens Important Papers. The obituary, the service and the burial lines open The service. What to do with this account opens Settings, where the family's own sign-in can close the account under Privacy & Security; keeping it is just as right.
Plain words only. The lists are a way to keep track, not legal or medical advice. For what applies where the patient lives, the page points to the hospice team, the funeral home and Important Papers.
Step by step
- 1Open The weeks after from the menu at the top of the care chapter's pages.
- 2Tick each line when it is done, one at a time.
- 3Tap Add a note under a line to say who is handling it, then tap Save the note.