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Home-care agency · 38 clients · 12 caregivers
New client · Margaret Doyle
Photograph anything — discharge papers, prescriptions, pill bottles
Discharge summary
Furosemide 40mg PO QAM (incr from 20mg)
1. Photograph the discharge packet
Why it helps: Intake drops from about two hours to ten minutes, and families stop ringing the office to ask how the visit went.
Check what we read
Your mother was in hospital for three days with fluid around the heart. Her water tablet has been increased and a new one added. She has a heart clinic appointment on 2 October, and she should be weighed every morning.
The document names MARGARET A. DOYLE.
Watch for these
From the discharge instructions.
Return to the emergency department for chest pain, shortness of breath, or a weight gain of more than 3 pounds in 24 hours.
Call 911 rather than driving.
“RETURN PRECAUTIONS: ED for CP, SOB, or wt gain >3lb/24h”
Weigh her each morning before breakfast and write it down.
Bring the list to the cardiology follow-up.
“Daily wts qAM prior to breakfast, record”
Medications
Check each dose against the bottle before you confirm.
Furosemide 40 mg
Dose increased from 20 mgOnce daily in the morning
“Furosemide 40mg PO QAM (incr from 20mg)”
Metoprolol succinate 25 mg
Twice daily · with food
Metoprolol succinate 25 mg is already on the list. Two entries for one medicine usually means a double dose.
“Metoprolol succ 25mg PO BID w/ food”
Spironolactone 12.5 mg
Please check this oneNewOnce daily
“Spironolact— 12.5mg daily [handwritten, partly cut off]”
Penicillin V 250 mg
Worth a glanceNewFour times daily
Penicillin V looks like a recorded allergy: penicillin. Check with the prescriber before giving this.
“Pen VK 250mg PO QID x7d”
Appointments
Cardiology follow-up
Fri, Oct 2 · 10:30 · Dr. Anita Rao
“F/u cardiology 10/02/2026 10:30 Dr. Rao”
People and places
Walgreens — Comm Ave
(617) 555-0142
“Rx: Walgreens Comm Ave 617-555-0142”
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