Free printable checklist

Hospital discharge checklist

When the discharge date is set and your parent cannot go home safely, this is what needs to happen, in roughly this order.

  • 19 items in 4 groups
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Patient in a hospital gown seated in a wheelchair in a hospital room

Today4 items

Documents the care home will need6 items

Before the move5 items

Move-in day4 items

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