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>> The Department of Defense designed the Special Care
Organizational Record, or SCOR,
to help military families organize medical
and educational records
for family members with special needs.
Military families can order the SCOR
through military one source.
The SCOR is designed to help you organize your loved one's
information and make it easier for someone to care
for your exceptional family member in your absence.
While the SCOR provides instructions for the care
of an individual, it is not legally binding in any way
and is not intended to replace official medical records.
The SCOR also contains private information
such as Social Security numbers as well as medical
and insurance information.
So to ensure your family's privacy keep it in a safe place.
There are four simple steps for setting up your SCOR.
Step one: gather information you already have, including reports
from recent doctor's visits, immunization records,
summaries of recent hospital stays, test results, and so on.
Step two: look through the SCOR.
In case of emergency is for listing emergency contacts,
current medications, medication allergies,
and how to handle emergencies.
Personal family history and information can be documented
in the birth section, including diagnoses
and surgical procedures,
and a copy of any individual family service plan
or IFSP information.
Growth charts and developmental milestones,
daily and personal care routines, food preferences
and diet, allergens, behavioral interventions,
social activities, pets
and service animal care instructions, and basic likes
and dislikes can be noted in the all about me section.
The school and employment section can include
vocational information.
If appropriate, attach a copy
of any individualized educational program, IEP,
or individual habilitation plan, IHP.
The medical information section should include doctor visits,
hospital stays, medications, immunizations,
necessary medical equipment and supplies,
current medical providers, and a brief synopsis
of your family's medical history.
The next two sections, care providers and support,
are for contact information for all providers
and support personnel such as occupational
or physical therapists, case managers,
early intervention services, EIS, coordinators,
exceptional family member program, EFMP contacts,
respite care providers,
and other service providers not listed elsewhere.
Health benefits and insurance is for details about TriCare
and all other insurance providers,
as well as for tracking medical bills.
A checklist to help you organize for a move is provided
in transitioning moving.
The estate future plans section organizes information
in the event that someone takes
over your care giving responsibilities permanently.
It can be used to facilitate discussion among your family
members or to organize your own thoughts.
The final section, other resources, provides a list
of useful websites and forms.
Step three: decide
which information is most important to keep in the SCOR.
Reorganize this document to accommodate your needs.
You may want to store less critical information
in a location where you can find it if needed.
Step four: Put the SCOR together.
Print the pertinent pages and organize the SCOR in a way
that makes the most sense for your family.
You may need a binder or accordion folder, tabs,
pocket dividers, and or plastic pages
for business cards and photographs.
You can order a hardcopy from military one source
at 1-800-342-9647 which will include tabs and a binder
or you can download a writeable PDF version
from the military one source website at http://www.military
onesource.mil/efmp.
With carefully kept information
in the SCOR it will be a little easier for someone to step
into your role as caregiver if needed.