Home Care Recordkeeping

 
Home Care Recordkeeping
Keeping track of your pet's diabetes management is very important. Some people use spreadsheets, notebooks, or daily journals. These notebook-type forms were developed based on a form an owner and her vet found very useful. One of them might suit your needs, or give you ideas about what types of information to record.

Each form has places where you can record:
  • the date
  • insulin dose
  • notes about meals or other daily events (vomiting, exercise)
  • record home testing results (blood glucose or urine testing)
  • your pet's name, insulin type, and your name - so if you take the form to the vet's they will know who the form is for.

The forms are PDF files, which means they will print on one page regardless of what type of computer or browser you use. If you need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4 or higher) or instructions on installing it, click here. When appropriate, the form should print in "landscape" orientation (sideways).  If it doesn't, adjust the layout properties in your print dialog box. 

Home Care Notebook Forms

For owners who don't home test, or who test infrequently
These forms may be more appropriate if you tend to note only when things change in your pet's routine or if you don't do daily home testing.

  • weekly calendar-type notebook (once or twice daily medications)
    each page has 7 blocks like the one on the left and one block like the one on the right.
    notebook preview - weekly calendar
       

For owners who home test frequently
These forms are designed for people who do frequent or daily home blood glucose or urine glucose/ketone monitoring. 

   

 

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