Hospital to Home Trail Guide

This hospital to home trail guide brings together practical tools for organizing discharge information and keeping caregivers connected. Bring important information home with the Hospital-to-Home Trail Guide. This paired collection includes Hospital Discharge Compass and Caregiver Handoff Compass—two fillable PDF guides that help patients, families, and support people organize discharge information and communicate during changes in care.

Hospital Discharge Compass gives you a place to record the instructions provided by your healthcare team before leaving the hospital. Organize medication changes, pharmacy information, home support, daily-life instructions, follow-up appointments, and the guidance you received about when to call for help. Additional pages help you record questions and check your understanding of the discharge plan.

Caregiver Handoff Compass helps you pass along the details the next support person needs. Record a care snapshot, medications and treatments, appointments, daily routines, updates, and unfinished tasks. Dedicated pages provide space for the symptoms the care team said to watch for and questions that need follow-up.

Use the guides together when someone is returning home from the hospital or when family members and caregivers are sharing responsibilities. Type into the fillable fields and save your copy, or print the pages for a home-care folder.

Includes two complete fillable PDF guides totaling 20 pages. These educational organizers support the care plan provided by healthcare professionals; they do not replace discharge instructions or clinical training.