CareGiver360

According to the National Association for Home Care and Hospice latest estimates, over 7.6 million individuals required adult in-home care. This statistic is expected to rise as hospitals and health care facilities are under increasing financial pressure to raise their rates or reduce services by sending patients home sooner with home care. Friends and family who take on the responsibility of caring for a loved one in their own homes find that adult family home care comes with increased challenges, but also great benefits.

The challenges:

• Increased responsibilities/stress for caregivers leads to burnout
• Added financial burden for caregivers
• Respite care can be difficult to find and train
• Communicating daily needs with multiple care team members is problematic and time-consuming

The benefits:

• Increased comfort level for care recipient, who can recover in familiar settings
• Cost savings over traditional hospitals or institutional settings
• Reduced severity of depression and alienation in care recipients
• Increased confidence in level of care—family caregivers can rest easier knowing that they are the ones providing care, not a stranger who doesn’t know or care about their loved one.

Experienced caregivers know that access to consistent, high-quality care instructions is a great way to minimize the pressures of caregiving while maximizing the benefits. Quality of care also increases when those instructions are tailored to the needs of the individual. CareGiver360® allows you to create a detailed Care Guide that is customized to your loved one. This sharable, secure guide combines what you know about the person with industry-leading care procedures and resources. CareGiver360® is the ideal tool to communicate specific needs and bring respite caregivers up to speed when someone else is helping. When you can quickly and efficiently orient others to providing care, you reduce the burden of caregiving and the likelihood of burnout. When you know your care team is familiar with your loved one, you can rest easier knowing your family is in good hands. Click here to sign up for a free trial of CareGiver360®.