To ease the stress of caregiving, it helps to have a system to organize the information you need. Develop a system that works for you. Here’s what I organized to have access at my fingertips and to keep my sanity:

A big 3-ring binder that I carried to medical visits included:

• Doctors’ and nurses’ contact information (I put their business cards in a plastic binder with slots made for 20 cards per page.)