Cards4Life.com

Cards4Life is a wellness charting system designed by a registered nurse to facilitate healthcare communication. It links illness with wellness and serves as a communication tool when interfacing with health professionals. Cards4Life.com and the Women's Heart Foundation, a 501c3 charity, are collaborating to make this form more readily available to the public in order to enhance and simplify health care delivery. The information on the forms is the same information that is collected by health care institutions around the country. This collaboration represents an attempt to standardize the way that health information is stored and collected in order to make health care work better for you. The succinct information is printed on one side only so that it can be easily faxed or copied and shared with other health professionals. In an emergency, it could save your life!  download brochure.

Listed below are the four basic health “Cards” as your personal health file -- available as PDFs. Simply click on the link below to download.

• Medication Record;
• Health History Record;
• Child's Immunization Record;
• Organ Donor Card
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Five Wishes is an Advance Directive that may be added to your Cards4Life file. Five Wishes can help you communicate your final wishes for end-of-life decision-making. For more information or to download the Five Wishes form, go to www.FiveWishes.org.

The following hospital health "cards" are available for discharge planners.

• Hospital Plan of Care / Patient Discharge
• Electronic version of Hospital Plan of Care forms

The electronic version utilizes inexpensive Microsoft over-the-counter software with a merge feature for inserting client-specific text. For consultation and appointment, contact Bonnie@cards4life.com.

Store your personal health file in a magnetized Cards4Life Vinyl Holder
Vinyl holders for Cards4Life are available for purchase at $5 each or 3 for $10 (plus $5 shipping and handling). Send check or money order to Cards4Life, P.O. Box 7813, West Trenton, NJ 08628.

Cards4Life for Everyone
Complete a Cards4Life health file for every member of your family and place each into his/her personal vinyl file holder. Keep it updated and take it with you to every medical appointment. Ask your health professional to help you update it because its about YOU and you are the end-user and are to be considered the correct source for healthcare information about YOU. Store each individual's Cards4Life file in its own personal vinyl file holder in a file drawer with your other important papers. For seniors who live along, it may be especially useful to affix the file to a metal surface, such as the front of a refrigerator, by applying the furnished magnet with adhesive backing. The vinyl holder protects your medical information so that it can easily be transported in purse or glove box.

Use a #2 PENCIL when completing Cards4Life for those areas subject to frequent change. Please PRINT all information. Print your name on the front, upper left panel. This page should be folded so that it is easily visible when the card is placed into the file holder.

If you have questions about how to complete a Cards4Life health file, ask your public health nurse or health professional for assistance.