Shelter operations resource
Special-needs placement checklist
Keep daily care needs, medical context, home fit, and adopter education visible through a special-needs placement.
The condition is rarely the hard part. The scattered story is. This checklist keeps the pieces in one place before a reviewer decides.
01
Daily care and medical context
- Note daily care needs and routine.
- Record medication and dosing schedule, if any.
- Note mobility, vision, and hearing considerations.
- Daily care needs
- Medication
02
Home fit
- Note existing pets in the household.
- Note whether children are in the household.
- Note home layout — stairs, yard, litter box or crate placement.
- Note the noise level the animal needs.
- Home layout
- Existing pets
03
Sources
- Attach the vet relationship or medical source.
- Attach the latest foster observations.
- Note what adopter education is still needed.
- Vet relationship
- Foster observations
04
Reviewer decision
- Record reviewer concerns before a decision.
- Set the follow-up plan and owner.
- Record the human decision and reason.
- Reviewer concerns
- Human decision notes
If this worksheet surfaces a specific handoff problem, WhiskerMatch can start with that one workflow while the rest of your tools stay in place.
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