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An emergency information sheet for your parent, on one page
If your parent goes to the emergency room tonight, someone will ask for medications, allergies, insurance, and who to call. Get all of it onto a single printed page you can keep on the refrigerator and in every sibling's glovebox.
No credit card. Ready to print in about five minutes.
Emergency Snapshot
Mary Thompson
DOB Mar 4, 1943 · 83 yrs
Emergency contacts
Dana Thompson (daughter) — (555) 214-9087
Michael Thompson (son) — (555) 662-1140
Allergies
Penicillin — severe · hives, swelling
Medications
Lisinopril — 10 mg · once daily, morning
Metformin — 500 mg · twice daily with meals
Conditions
Hypertension · Type 2 diabetes · Early memory loss
Advance directive
Fireproof box in the hall closet · copy with Dana
What's on the emergency information sheet
- Parent's name, date of birth, address, and phone
- Emergency contacts with relationship and phone
- Allergies and the reactions they cause
- Current medications with doses and schedules
- Known conditions and relevant history
- Insurance carrier, plan, and member ID
- Primary physician and preferred pharmacy
- Where the advance directive and power of attorney are kept
Emergencies do not wait for you to find the folder
The hardest part of a 2 a.m. hospital call is not the drive — it is being asked twelve factual questions you half-remember. A printed emergency sheet turns that into handing over a piece of paper, and it works even when the family member who knows the most is unreachable.
Get emergency ready in under five minutes
A short guided start asks only for the essentials: your parent's name and date of birth, emergency contacts, allergies, medications, conditions, insurance, and the advance directive location if one exists. When you finish, your emergency sheet is ready to print. Everything else in Kinfolder can wait for a calmer week.
One version, kept current by the whole family
Everyone you invite can update the same information, so there is no debate about whose copy is newest. When something changes, reprint the sheet and replace the copies on the fridge and in the go-bag.
Common questions
- What information does a hospital ask for?
- Who to call, current medications and doses, allergies and reactions, known conditions, insurance carrier and member ID, and whether an advance directive or power of attorney exists and where it is kept.
- Where should we keep the emergency sheet?
- Most families keep one on the refrigerator, one in the go-bag or glovebox, and a PDF on each sibling's phone. Because you can reprint it any time, having several copies is not a problem.
- Do we need to list the advance directive itself?
- You do not need to attach the document. Recording where it is kept and who has a copy is what hospital staff actually need in the moment.
- What if we don't have all the information yet?
- Start with contacts, allergies, and medications — those matter most in an emergency. The sheet prints with what you have and shows what is still missing, so you can fill in the rest over time.
- Can a neighbor or caregiver use it?
- Yes. It is written to be handed to anyone — a paramedic, a house sitter, a caregiver covering a weekend — without needing an account or a login.
Fill it in once. Reprint whenever it changes.
Kinfolder keeps one parent's care information in a private workspace your family shares, so every printout is current.
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