If you got sick tomorrow, could anyone else run your mum's day?

Not forever. Just Tuesday. The Care Kit is eight pages that make the answer yes — free to print, nothing to buy.

It ends up living in one person's head

The medicines. The dose that changed in June. Which neighbour has the spare key. Whether the two o'clock tablets were given. None of it is written down, because there was never an afternoon spare to sit down and write it out.

The Care Kit gets it out of your head and onto paper. Fill in what you know and leave the rest blank — a half-filled kit is still more than most families have.

1Emergency informationThe one page a paramedic needs, written for the fridge.
2Medication listIncluding the supplements doctors never get told about.
3Know meThe page respite carers say they wish every family gave them.
4If I get sick tomorrowYour own backup plan, for the week you're the one who's ill.
5Hospital go-bagPacked before anyone needs it, plus what a safe discharge must tell you.
6Ten minutes with the doctorHow to be heard, and the three questions to ask before you leave.
7Sudden changeWhy sudden confusion is usually not the dementia getting worse.
8The family meetingAn agenda, the four roles, and the words to ask for one.

Where this comes from. Written in plain language and checked against trusted sources, including Marie Curie, the National Institute on Aging and Hospice New Zealand. Made by the family behind Alutra, who did this the hard way first. It's information only — not medical, legal or financial advice, and it doesn't replace your doctor.

Eight pages. One evening. Then it's done.

Print it, fill in what you can, and put sheet one on the fridge tonight. Then send a photo of it to one other person — that last step is the whole point.