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The paper path

Fillable PDF forms.

Blank versions of all three documents, with a box for every question. Type into them in Acrobat, Preview, or any PDF editor — or print them and write by hand. The care cards are the one thing these forms cannot make: those are images for your phone, and only the builder creates them.

Free, and built on your device when you press the button. Nothing you type into them ever comes back here.

  • The Letter of Intent

    The deep document, written for the trustee: the person, the money, the benefits, the legal picture, and the judgment calls nobody else can make for you.

  • The Letter for the Caregiver

    The day-to-day letter, for whoever gives the care: routines, communication, behavior, and health as it is actually lived.

  • The Emergency Information Sheet

    One page for the fridge, the school office, the sitter, and the ER: conditions, medications, allergies, how they communicate, and who to call first.

Two things to know before you start

  • These forms ask every question. The builder is adaptive — a few questions at the start shape it around the person you care for, and anything that does not fit is never asked. A PDF cannot do that, so it asks everything. Skip what does not apply; nothing is required.
  • The boxes are a fixed size. If you type past the bottom of one, most PDF readers keep the text on screen but will not print it. The boxes are sized generously, but for a long answer, finish it on a separate sheet — or use the builder, where an answer can be as long as it needs to be.
What the forms give you
  • Work offline, at a desk, in the PDF editor you already use.
  • Print them and write by hand, or hand a section to someone else to fill in.
  • Nothing to learn and nothing to come back to — it is one file.
What the builder gives you
  • It asks only the questions that fit your situation, instead of all of them.
  • It saves as you go, so ten minutes at a time is enough.
  • It writes all three documents at once, from one set of answers.
  • It makes the eight care cards, as images for your phone. No form can.
  • No box to overflow: an answer can be as long as it needs to be.
Try the builder instead

It is free, there is no account, and you can stop after one section and come back. If it is not for you, the forms above are here.