26 May 2016 10 Online Tools for Providing Care to the Elderly Business
Providing care to the elderly is different than providing care to patients of other ages for many reasons owing to health, lifestyle and personal circumstance. For those who have been entrusted to look after an elderly person, they will find that there are numerous tools that to use in order to ensure they are providing the best care that is possible around the clock.
Care.com
This website provides several tools and resources that can help with a person taking care of those who are elderly. They will find these tools include:
- Fitness routines that are great for seniors
- Checklists to help meet the needs of seniors
- And even recreational activities for seniors
Balance App
This app is available on numerous devices and is meant to help those who are providing care for those elderly patients with Alzheimer’s. It has several features including:
- Scheduling features
- Breaking news about care with this disease
- Advice for caring
- Doctor’s diary that helps to keep track of issues to be talked about in the next appointment
CareZone App
This app is designed to help care for any elderly patient. It allows you to add on family members so that they can see what you have done, what is scheduled and the like. It even allows for you to get track of medications.
Caring Ties
This is not an app, but a desktop app to be used with your computer that is meant to help with keeping track of care provided, and sending this to the loved ones of the patient. It is also great for medication lists and medical information.
Elder 411
This app is more of a self-help app. For those who are taking care of elderly patients and have a concern, they will find that there are numerous lectures, tips and advice pieces that can help solve a medical issue or answer a question.
RX Personal Caregiver
This app is designed for medication use for patients. It will keep track of what medication, dosage and when to give this. It also alerts when it is time to refill and if there is a recall by the FDA on any of the medications you put into this app for a patient.
Unfrazzle
This app is more about ensuring that you check off all that you need to do with a patient. It is highly customisable, meaning that you can integrate this to how you see fit in your caregiving duties.
Dementia Caregiver Solutions
This is an app that is all about informing a caregiver who deals with elderly patients who have dementia. There is advice for dealing with these behaviours, along with breaking news on treatment and the like.
Lotsa Helping Hands
This app is really only good for those who give care with numerous other people. It is meant to be a way to easily schedule who does what for one patient. It can be helpful for prime caregivers if they need to get family members for appointments or the like. It also has a message board that can be utilised for encouragement.
Mobicare
This app is designed to have the information of the patient at hand, whenever needed. It is an app that allows you to set up a profile of the elderly patient, and then track basic symptoms that they may be having. There is also a basic medication tracking tool involved with this app.
The information in this article was provided by the team at FirstCare, one of Ireland’s leading nursing home specialist.