Many people, particularly senior citizens, rely on home healthcare workers or private nursing services to assist with both their medical and personal needs. These caregivers are often hired by family members or friends that live too far away to care for the patient themselves.
According to a study done by the AARP Knowledge Management Study, 29% of caregivers fortunately live in the same household, 38% of live within 20 minutes nearby, 18% live farther away, 5% live more than an hour away, and 9% live more than two hours away. Since most caregivers live far away from their patients, an efficient and effective way to monitor a patient’s health is lacking when they aren’t in the patient’s home. According to the same study only 45% of caregivers can provide one to eight hours a week.
It’s also important to remember assistance can be delivered by several different caregivers in any given week, or even on a single day. Keeping track of each aide’s responsibilities and schedules can be quite a challenge, often leading to unnecessary stress for the remote family members, and concern on the part of the patient whether caregivers will arrive on time, or be there when needed.
RememberItNow! provides patients and their far-away family members with a simple solution to coordinate, manage, and track all caregiver activities. Because it is Web-based, any authorized person who has a PC with an Internet connection can access or add data to the system. They can store details of each aide – who they are, where they live, what type of assistance they have been hired to provide, related fees, etc. Additionally, they can coordinate schedules and keep track of who’s coming, when they’ll arrive, and what they’ll be doing.
Patients can also give any caregiver access to their calendars enabling them to check their schedules, confirm appointments, and stay on top of any important patient activities taking place when they are not around. It will also allow them to enter important notes in the health journal for the patient, family members, and other caregivers. patient’s overall wellness, activity, meals, rest, and health statistics.
Friends and family members can be given access to the information in RememberItNow! too, so they can assist in setting and coordinating assistance from various aides, scheduling physician visits, or setting reminders for medications, to ensure that all the patient’s needs are being met. Through the care community, everyone can be keep up to date, and can help to participate in a patient’s care, no matter where they are located.
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