It’s normal for our parents or loved ones to need help getting through their day as they grow older. This can include assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), managing medication, scheduling doctor’s appointments, assisting with health emergencies and more.
At StoryPoint Group communities, we understand caring for a family member can get overwhelming — which is why you need all the support you can get. We’ve compiled 15 of the best caregiver apps to help you stay organized and ease your caregiver duties.
Benefits Of Using Caregiver Apps
While friends and family may offer much-needed extra help, caregiver apps can be a great way to help you optimize your loved one’s care. Some key benefits of using care apps include:
- Enhanced communication
- Better information management
- Coordinated care
- Caregiver support and education
- Remote monitoring
Medication Management Apps
Assisting your loved one with their prescriptions helps safeguard their safety and well-being.
Here are a few of the best caregiver apps to help you manage their medication:
Medisafe
App Store Rating: 4.7/5
Play Store Rating: 4.6/5
Available for both iOS and Android, Medisafe is a senior care app that helps you create customizable medication reminders to help ensure your family member doesn’t miss a dose. The app offers some key extra features, including medication identification, refill reminders, medication history and more.
Download Medisafe from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Med Guide – Illuminate Health
App Store Rating: 4.6/5
Med Guide can be a great companion for family caregivers. The app can automatically schedule medication times to ensure your family member takes their meds at the best part of the day for optimal effectiveness. Med Guide also incorporates features that facilitate seamless communication between you, your care network and health care providers to ensure the best possible care.
Download Med Guide from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Drugs.com
App Store Rating: 4.7/5
Play Store Rating: 4.7/5
Drugs.com helps you identify medications by providing a free, peer-reviewed and comprehensive database. It also incorporates features that can help you keep track of dosages and remind you when it’s time for your loved one to take their medications.
Download Drugs.com from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Monitoring Apps
These apps run on smartphones, tablets or wearables, and track vital signs, symptoms, activity levels and more to help you analyze your family member’s well-being.
Here are a few key examples:
PainScale
App Store Rating: 4.5/5
Play Store Rating: 4.5/5
Caring for a loved one who’s experiencing chronic pain can be an emotional and stressful journey. PainScale is a senior care app that can help analyze pain by logging its location, intensity, triggers, duration and more. The app helps to process this information and display actionable insights like frequency of pain, effective treatments, most used treatments, effect of pain on activity or sleep and more.
PainScale also features educational and informative resources for numerous pain conditions, such as chronic pain, lower back pain, neck pain and more, to help your loved one manage pain.
Download PainScale from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Symple
App Store Rating: 4.3/5
Available for iOS devices only, Symple enables you to track up to 20 symptoms daily, helping you detect fresh symptoms and triggers. It also keeps track of disease progression, if your loved one is dealing with a chronic illness.
Download Symple from the App Store.
Connected Caregiver
App Store Rating: 4.7/5
Play Store Rating: 4.9/5
We understand you’re not always able to be physically present for your loved one. Connected Caregiver’s remote monitoring feature keeps you up-to-date on your family member’s vitals, such as blood sugar, activity levels and pulse, helping to give you peace of mind when you can’t be there in person.
Download Connected Caregiver from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Caregiver Scheduling Apps
As a family caregiver, time can be your most precious resource. Here are some of the best caregiver apps to help you organize your caregiving schedule:
CaringBridge
App Store Rating: 4.9/5
Play Store Rating: 4.8/5
It can be challenging to keep track of numerous phone calls, emails and texts from other family caregivers. CaringBridge provides a great calendar feature to help you manage appointments and tasks. Additionally, the app allows family caregivers to request assistance with tasks and assign responsibilities to others. What’s even more impressive, is the ability to sync appointments to your device’s calendar, so you never miss a task!
Download CaringBridge from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Carely Family
App Store Rating: 3.5/5
Play Store Rating: 4.2/5
Sometimes caring for a family member may require assistance from other people. Carely Family is a caregiver app that helps you share and coordinate caregiver responsibilities, such as household chores, hygiene and refilling prescriptions, through a robust shared calendar. Carely Family also includes an instant messaging feature, helping you and your family members stay on the same page regarding your loved one’s care.
Download Carely Family from the App Store or Google Play Store.
ianacare – Caregiving Support
App Store Rating: 4.7/5
Play Store Rating: 4/5
Staying in touch with your care network helps you get the assistance and support you may need when caring for a family member. Through a centralized, collaborative calendar, ianacare helps you coordinate caregiving tasks with other family members — so everyone in your care network knows how and when they can offer help.
Download ianacare — Caregiving Support from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Apps For Memory Care Caregivers
Managing the unique needs of a family member with dementia or memory loss can be challenging. Fortunately, there are several helpful care apps specifically designed to support memory care caregivers. Here are a few examples:
Iridis
App Store Rating: 5/5
Research suggests that thoughtfully-designed environments can help improve quality of life for seniors suffering from dementia and other memory-related illnesses. Iridis helps take you through a series of questions about surroundings and provides possible design improvements, such as noise levels and lighting, to make your loved one’s space more pleasant.
Download Iridis from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Dementia Guide Expert
App Store Rating: 5/5
Play Store Rating: 4.8/5
Created by dementia specialists, Dementia Guide Expert is a free caregiver app that provides a wealth of expert tips and educational resources on dementia to help you provide the best possible care for your loved one. The app provides helpful information on dementia diagnosis, treatment options, how to care for a person with dementia and more, to help you in your caregiving journey.
Download Dementia Guide Expert from the App Store or Google Play Store.
MindMate
App Store Rating: 4.7
If your loved one is dealing with memory-related issues, MindMate can be a great all-in-one companion tool. When you first sign in, the app asks a series of questions, such as age and eating habits. Then, you’re prompted to take your family member through a memory test. MindMate helps to curate a personalized program that includes brain games, recipes, health tips, educational videos and workouts to help maintain and improve your family member’s physical and cognitive well-being.
Download MindMate for PC or iOS.
Self-Care Apps For Caregivers
As a family caregiver, self-care is crucial to maintaining good mental health and preventing burnout. Luckily, there are several apps for caregivers to help you prioritize your own health and well-being. Here are a few great options:
Headspace
App Store Rating: 4.8/5
Play Store Rating: 4.5/5
When you’re scheduling doctor’s appointments, assisting with personal care, managing medication and more, caregiving can quickly become stressful. Headspace is an app that provides access to guided meditation and mindfulness exercises to help you relieve stress and anxiety, so you can be in the right mental state to offer the best care to your family member.
Download Headspace from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Insight Timer
App Store Rating: 4.9/5
Play Store Rating: 4.8/5
Meditation has been known to relieve stress and anxiety. Insight Timer helps you stay focused by providing access to guided meditations, talks and more, all delivered by professional psychologists and experts. The app also has a wide selection of soothing music tracks from world-renowned artists to help you relax.
Download Insight Timer from the App Store or Google Play Store.
Sanvello
App Store Rating: 4.7/5
Play Store Rating: 4.6/5
Sanvello is a caregiver app that aims to improve mental health through mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. The app offers expert-led meditations, courses and journals designed to help improve your mental well-being. Additionally, Sanvello provides a community forum to help you connect with other family caregivers.
Download Sanvello from the App Store or Google Play Store.
StoryPoint Group Is Here For You And Your Loved One
Caregiver apps can provide many useful tools to help you care for a family member. However, sometimes your loved one’s needs may grow beyond what you can provide at home. If you think your loved one could benefit from a senior living community, we’re here to help.
Our vibrant communities focus on each resident’s unique needs by providing a supportive environment where they can enjoy their golden years. To learn more about StoryPoint Group communities, give us a call today at 1-844-403-6569 or schedule a tour of your nearest community.
