Care Bird‪s‬ 4+

This is a great app for coordinating care of your loved one and keeping in touch with family / care team. Use the calendar to set appointments, assign tasks to different people, chat within the app. I usually used the iPhone calendar for appointments and care, then had to message or email people, then used reminders for various things. This replaces them all. And it’s thoughtful. Create a “care nest” for your loved one. From there you can not only coordinate tasks, etc... You can “send a hug” to each other, and there are gentle quotes about caregiving. Lovely little things to help prop you up. Those of us in the caregiving role know how difficult it can be to juggle everything. This app puts everything in one place and provides a central location to stay truly connected to care team and/ or family members.

The hardest part of Caregiving is making sure that my family is on the same page and that we are aware of issues with my grandma immediately and can either give the right guidance or assign responsibility.

Care Birds made our hardships trivial. We went from miscommunications to over communication, which is by the far an asset when it comes to taking care of my grandmother. Having all her information in one “nest” gives us peace of mind in knowing how to best manage our grandmother’s caregiving against our own busy schedules.

I’m new to caregiving and was feeling completely overwhelmed. Especially this past month during the ever changing COVID-19 to work around. A friend suggested Care Birds largely due to the caregiving coach and the app ability to loop in the whole family at once. It has saved my month, it has saved my mental health, and it has allowed me to take better care of my family.

5 stores will give 5 more if I could!