Food and fluid tracker
Log meals, fluids and appetite changes to spot poor intake or dehydration before it becomes urgent.
Using this planning tool
Fill this in together with the person receiving care where possible, and describe what you can observe: how much help standing from a chair takes, what a mealtime actually looks like. Observable descriptions transfer to a caregiver; labels like “high needs” do not.
Treat this resource as a working record for the household. Update it whenever routines, written instructions, contacts or responsibilities change.
Keep the completed record where authorised family members and caregivers can find the current version. Date every update, remove obsolete instructions and avoid storing identity documents or unrelated medical information with a routine planning sheet.
Use the completed resource during a WhatsApp enquiry conversation. It will not replace an assessment, but it can reduce omissions and help the family explain location, hours, daily-living support and any task that needs a qualified healthcare professional.
Before you fill it in
- Where the finished record will be kept
- Any current professional instruction to reflect
- The exact situation the tool is meant to capture
- How often the record needs updating
- Who will read or receive the completed record
Food and fluid tracker
This tool stays in your browser. Nothing entered here is sent or stored by this website.
Questions this tool helps answer
- Is the language clear for whoever reads it next?
- How will it be kept current as needs change?
- What decision or handover is this record for?
- Does anything here belong in a secure record instead?
- Who needs to see it, and what should stay private?
Continue planning
Discuss your care request
Share the location and broad daily-support need. Add detailed or sensitive information only after the first questions and recipient are clear.
Discuss your care request