What to include on a daily schedule for adult and aged caregivers

When an adult or aged caregiver comes to your loved one’s home, there are lots of new routines and instructions for them to learn and follow. You can help familiarise your caregiver with your loved one’s schedule from the very start by providing them with a detailed list.

A good daily schedule will take the caregiver’s shift(s) into account—whether they work three hours or 12 hours, daily or weekly, or even overnight. The schedule may include things like when your loved one wakes up, any preferred resting, nap or meal times or even favourite television shows to help keep everything moving smoothly.

Another crucial thing to include on your daily schedule is a medication prompting section, which describes everything your caregiver needs to know about the person’s medication needs. Keep in mind that most caregivers will only be able to prompt your loved one to take medications and will not actually administer them.

When your schedule is complete, make sure to include it in your adult and aged care contract.

Sample daily schedule

We’ve put together a sample daily schedule for your convenience. Here’s what to do next.

Copy the text below and paste it into a Word document.
Fill out your loved one’s schedule.
Go over the rules with your caregiver and discuss questions.
Create an adult and aged care contract.

Sample Daily Schedule for Adult and Aged Caregivers

Date: _____________________________

A.M.

12:00 (midnight)_______________________________________________

1:00_________________________________________________________

2:00_________________________________________________________

3:00_________________________________________________________

4:00_________________________________________________________

5:00_________________________________________________________

6:00_________________________________________________________

7:00_________________________________________________________

8:00_________________________________________________________

9:00_________________________________________________________

10:00_________________________________________________________

11:00_________________________________________________________

P.M.

12:00 (noon)__________________________________________________