Vital records and documents

Any official documents and papers (e.g. identity cards, property papers, insurance, education documents, etc.) should be safely stored and easy to reach in case of an emergency.

• If persons with disabilities are using assistive technology, they should store their prescriptions.
• Persons with disabilities or older persons receiving disability allowance, pensions or other social security benefits should keep copies of their disability- and social security cards.
• Persons with chronic diseases and other individuals on regular medications should save copies of important medical records and medicine prescriptions.
• Women who are pregnant should store copies of prenatal medical records.
• Parents should store copies of important medical and immunization records for their infants.
• If a person has allergies, a copy of a list of allergies should be saved.
• For extra security, consider saving copies of the important documents in both, hard and electronic formats (e.g. online clouds).