# Elder care

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## How it’s going

### Longest walk and missed evening doses

- Longest walk: 22 minutes
- Missed evening: 2 doses

### Daily walk minutes

- Sep 19, 2026: 5 minutes, Sep 20, 2026: 5 minutes, Sep 21, 2026: 8 minutes, Sep 22, 2026: 10 minutes, Sep 24, 2026: 10 minutes, Sep 25, 2026: 12 minutes, Sep 26, 2026: 12 minutes, Sep 27, 2026: 15 minutes, Sep 28, 2026: 0 minutes, Sep 29, 2026: 5 minutes, Sep 30, 2026: 8 minutes, Oct 1, 2026: 10 minutes, Oct 2, 2026: 12 minutes, Oct 4, 2026: 14 minutes, Oct 5, 2026: 15 minutes, Oct 6, 2026: 15 minutes, Oct 7, 2026: 16 minutes, Oct 8, 2026: 17 minutes, Oct 9, 2026: 18 minutes, Oct 10, 2026: 18 minutes, Oct 11, 2026: 40 minutes

## Plans

### Loretta’s routine

- [ ] Walk goal: 25 min (Every day at 10:30 AM)
- [ ] Evening checklist with Mom (Every day at 7:00 PM)

## Templates

### Day

Tags: Day

```
**Morning meds:** [checkbox:Taken]
**Evening meds:** [checkbox:Taken]
**Meals:** [number] of 3
**Walk:** [duration]
**Mood:** [text]
**Sleep:** [text]

[paragraph]
```

## Tags

Day

## Latest records

### Oct 11, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Missed
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 18 min
**Mood:** Tired
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Mom dozed off in her chair before 7, so the alarm didn’t catch her. Her evening pills are still in the organizer. Marcus is stopping by after dinner.

Tags: Day

### Oct 11, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 22 min
**Mood:** Proud
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Mom walked all the way to the corner café with me and ordered her own tea. Her longest walk since we started, and she already wants to go again Saturday.

Tags: Day

### Oct 10, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 18 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Every dose on time since the pill organizer went in.

Tags: Day

### Oct 9, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 18 min
**Mood:** Cheerful
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Took the long way past the park.

Tags: Day

### Oct 8, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 17 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 8 hrs

Slept through the night. First time in a while.

Tags: Day

### Oct 7, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 16 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Bev came over for tea and walked with us.

Tags: Day

### Oct 6, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 2 of 3
**Walk:** 15 min
**Mood:** Tired
**Sleep:** 6 hrs

A slower day. Light lunch, but she still wanted her walk.

Tags: Day

### Oct 5, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 15 min
**Mood:** Cheerful
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Fifteen minutes again, and she didn’t need to rest on the bench.

Tags: Day

### Oct 4, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 14 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs, up once

Marcus covered the evening and checked off everything on the list. No gaps.

Tags: Day

### Oct 2, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 12 min
**Mood:** Chatty
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Back to her usual walk. Stopped to talk to the kids next door.

Tags: Day

### Oct 1, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 10 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Marcus and I made a shared checklist so whoever is here knows the evening routine.

Tags: Day

### Sep 30, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 8 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

The alarm went off and she took her evening meds before I even asked.

Tags: Day

### Sep 29, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 2 of 3
**Walk:** 5 min
**Mood:** Better
**Sleep:** 6 hrs

Back home. Helen helped us set up a pill organizer with a 7 PM alarm. Just a short walk today.

Tags: Day

### Sep 28, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Missed
**Meals:** 1 of 3
**Walk:** 0 min
**Mood:** Low
**Sleep:** 5 hrs, up three times

I was out of town and Marcus had her. She was in bed before he got there, so evening meds got missed, and she barely ate.

Tags: Day

### Sep 27, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 15 min
**Mood:** Proud
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Fifteen minutes, around the block and back. She made me promise to write that down.

Tags: Day

### Sep 26, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 12 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Easy day. She folded laundry with me after lunch.

Tags: Day

### Sep 25, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 2 of 3
**Walk:** 12 min
**Mood:** Cheerful
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Her friend Bev called, and Mom was in a great mood all afternoon.

Tags: Day

### Sep 24, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 10 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs, up once

Marcus took her out today. Same walk, and she set the pace.

Tags: Day

### Sep 22, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 10 min
**Mood:** Good
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

Walked to the end of the block with her cane. Told me about the old neighbors the whole way.

Tags: Day

### Sep 21, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 3 of 3
**Walk:** 8 min
**Mood:** Chatty
**Sleep:** 7 hrs

All three meals! Lunch at the kitchen table instead of on a tray, like Helen suggested, really helped.

Tags: Day

### Sep 20, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 2 of 3
**Walk:** 5 min
**Mood:** Tired
**Sleep:** 6 hrs

Skipped lunch again. Said she wasn’t hungry, but ate all of her dinner.

Tags: Day

### Sep 19, 2026

**Morning meds:** Taken
**Evening meds:** Taken
**Meals:** 2 of 3
**Walk:** 5 min
**Mood:** Quiet
**Sleep:** 6 hrs, up twice

First day logging. Mom walked to the mailbox and back, then wanted to sit on the porch.

Tags: Day
