Staying One Step Ahead

Family caregiving is not a one-person job.  Fortunately, there are several extremely useful webtools to help you coordinate communication and support for the entire caregiving team. Some services can, for example: bring together caregivers and volunteers through online communities; create a Help Calendar; set up communications with health care providers; and provide public message boards.  These services can help you stay on top of it all and help restore some balance in the life of the family caregiver. 

Lotsa Helping Hands: You and your loved ones can create a free, private, web-based community to organize family, friends, neighbors and colleagues during times of need. Use this tool to easily coordinate activities and manage offers of help.

Saturing: A suite of tools designed to help you improve medication management, provide a secure way to communicate with others, coordinate in-home care services, and locate additional resources and ease the burden of care on you, as you provide the care you've promised.

CareZone: CareZone simplifies the lives of those caring for children, partners and aging parents. CareZone’s cloud services help you organize and manage information on tablets, smartphones and computers, and stay connected to family and other helpers with whom you may share care responsibilities. 

Cozi: A free app and website that helps you manage appointments and tasks.

Caregiver’s Touch: Whether you’re caring for an elderly parent, a child with special needs or managing the varied needs of a large family, Caregiver’s Touch keeps critical information at your fingertips and allows you to safely and seamlessly share it with others. 

Care.com: Respite care. An online community where you can find quality care providers each one reviewed by Care.com, including background checks, and references. Visit Care.com to find respite caregivers for seniors, special needs children and adults, housekeepers, help with errands and more.

CareLinx: Respite care. Find and manage a compatible caregiver that matches your specific home care needs and budget.

Delta Health Technologies: A solution that allows you to create and view a patient-centric electronic medical record for home health, hospice and private duty. 

AXSMap: Is a website and app dedicated to searching for accessible spots such as, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, beauty and spas, hotels, public services, fitness and much more.

Sunlight Health App:  Sunlight Health helps you make more informed health care choices by putting trusted information from multiple sources at your fingertips.

iBiomed: An app that allows a caregiver to keep a detailed log of a care recipient's medical information.

Elder 411 and Elder 911: Two separate apps created by the same geriatric care manager and, as their name suggests, are both elder-focused. Tips to help you provide care.

Other coordination tools include: