Prepared Together
A calmer conversation before the crisis.
Prepared Together: A Family Guide to Emergency Healthcare and Caregiving helps families organize important information and begin conversations before a medical emergency or caregiving crisis.
About the book
Start the conversation while everyone can participate.
The guide is designed to help families organize important information, talk about emergency health-care wishes, and make caregiving details easier to find.
Why I wrote it
Families should not have to learn everything in the middle of an emergency.
Prepared Together gives people a gentle structure for the conversations that can feel awkward, emotional, or easy to postpone.
Who it helps
For the people who may one day need the information.
Emergency health-care preparedness
Know what to gather, who to call, and what matters most when someone cannot speak for themselves.
Caregiving
Make practical responsibilities and key information easier for a care team to share.
Family conversations
Create a less intimidating way to talk about care, independence, trust, and next steps.
Resources
Use the guide as a starting point for questions to bring to the right professionals.
Five Things I Need You to Know
A starting point for a family conversation.
- 1Who to call first
- 2Who I trust to help with decisions
- 3Where my important information and documents are
- 4What matters most to me about my care and independence
- 5What I want my family to understand before a crisis
The 15-Minute Test
If something happened to you today, could someone you trust find the information they need within 15 minutes?
If the answer is not yet, that is not a reason to panic. It is a place to begin.
Start a conversation