In this episode host Elizabeth Miller shares which smart phone apps have been helpful for her as a family caregiver. You’ve got them with you all the time. Your phone is essentially a caregiver toolbox that contains a variety of resources – from practical, to self-care to just plan fun.
Listen to the show: Best Smart Phone Apps for Family Caregivers
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Links & Resources Mentioned
- Waze – helping you navigate to and from anywhere while saving you time and managing expectations.
- Calm – providing you guided meditations, masterclasses, bedtime stories, calming music and more
- Fitbit – giving you data to help you manage your self-care activities particularly your sleep and activity
- Audible – allowing you to rediscover reading again while giving you options to ‘read’ while driving and being active
- Apple Podcast – providing you a wealth of learning in your pocket. Search any name or topic and voila!
- Instagram – following others who are in sync with your hobbies and interests is uplifting and encouraging and the story filters are fun, too!
- Facebook – connecting with family and friends and with others in caregiving support groups keeps us from being isolated
- Caringbridge – providing you an option to easily keep family and friends looped in with your care recipients well being
- Connected Caregiver – Get the new all-in-one family caregiver app from Connected Caregiver. Take control of all the details, stay organized and streamline communication with your family and loved ones.
- CircleOf – A place for family to gather and connect around care
- AARP mobile app – empowering caregivers with information to track appointments and medications, ask questions, and connect with other caregivers
- Care.com – helping caregivers find qualified, temporary care for our care recipients
- Lotsa Helping Hands – helping caregivers create a community of care for your care team with an interactive calendar and message board
- CareZone – keeping you organized around all the health information for your care recipient including reminders, health cards, and health vitals.
- iPharmacy – tracking medications can be a challenge for a care recipient to ensure that one medication doesn’t interfere with another
- Allrecipes – Searching for an ingredient you have on hand at home and get recipes using that ingredient.
- Related Podcast episodes:
- Mashable’s list: Need help juggling caregiving responsibilities? These apps have you covered.
- Top 10 Caregiver Apps in 2018 (including the mention of the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast!)
- AARP’s list: Apps to Help Caregivers Stay Organized
- Caregiver’s Toolkit: 10 Smartphone Apps to Help Caregivers
- Caring.com’s list: Best Caregiving Apps fo 2018 to Help Steer You Through Caregiving
- While I didn’t talk about my favorite money-saving apps on the show – I do love and use them! Here are a few that I recommend: Retail Me Not, Target app, Starbucks app (earn free drinks!) and Rakuten (earn cashback while you shop!)
- What are your favorite apps to help caregivers? We want to know! Contact us here.
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