6 Technology Ideas For Long Distance Care Providers

December 22, 2019

Long-Distance Family Stocking Brimming with Coal

Christmas and Hanukkah are upon us, and many long-distance families will be celebrating with elderly parents. They may call an aging life or geriatric care manager after coming across piles of junk mail, consistently dirty clothes or a house and/or aging parent that looks like lumpy turkey gravy.

Technology Pushes Coal Out of Stocking

If you get that call, there is excellent new technology for caregivers at a distance. When they visit you might suggest one of these high tech items a part of an older family member’s life. These gero-technologies can help an older parent or relative age in place and improve communicating with loved ones.

Videoconferencing

Videoconferencing is a great way to keep elderly parents connected. It can also be a good tool for adult siblings who live apart to have chats or meetings about Mom or Dad. Free programs like Skype or another parent-friendly plus easy choice Facetime and the built-in webcams on many computers, make this easy on elders. Amazon Echo uses Alexa, by activating Amazon’s voice. An older standard telephone conference service is still highly rated and still free, as well. Freeconferencecall.com

Med Dispensers

Medialert automatic pill dispenser This product is recommended is recommended by the Alzheimers Asso and working well with dementia.

A device that is very appropriate for elders who have medication abuse problems is Hero Electronic Pill Dispenser

Alexa of Amazon has a new medication management feature for Alexa owners

A more modest choice is Electronic Pill Box with Flasing Reminders

Caregiver Video Cameras

Cameras like Google Nest can monitor an individual’s activities of daily living and provide caregivers with direct video feed on a smartphone, tablet app, or the Web to check on the status of a family member. You should know why as a caregiver you need a camera and how to evaluate the best one.

Monitoring sensors

Wireless systems. Cameras can be viewed remotely from a smartphone or computer. You may be able to get video motion alerts and the ability to pan and zoom

Canary Care. lets you place wireless sensors around the house to monitor the activity of an elderly parent who is declining, while the family is long distance. The information is sent to your Canary Care portal. The sensors are battery powered and the hub uses mobile data to send the information, so no need for a landline or broadband.

TruSense – can alert long distance or even local adult children if a probable fall occurs. An alert is triggered when TruSense detects that your loved one has not moved from high-risk fall areas (such as a stairwell or restroom) in an unusually long time. Other alerts include doors where the older person could wander.

Sensor Products

Sensor products can check a number of items within a house: motion patterns, stove on/off status, carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide levels, air quality, and presence of smoke or fire. They can also lock doors and control other items in the home remotely.

Daily activity monitoring. Activity sensors can be placed on the refrigerator, stove, door, and other objects around the home. Your relative may also wear a watch that monitors activity. You can allow caregivers and physicians to access the data. Set up notifications to be delivered by e-mail, text, or mobile app.: Live!y is a good choice

GCM Technology Guide

Technology moves in nano-seconds and changes almost as fast. Give clients and their families the updated information. For a totally overhauled technology chapter,” Technologies That Support Aging in Place “, by GCM Julie Menack and Berkeley’s head of the Center for Aging and Technology, David Lindeman Ph.D. Get the new Handbook of Geriatric Care Management 4th edition

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What are Long Distance Technology — How &What Way to Evaluate?

November 19, 2019

The Challange For The Right Technology

Aging life and geriatric Care managers must challenge themselves to think about a new paradigm of caregiving for elders that includes technology-based tools. especially with long-distance care providers In order to be able to recommend products for a client, the care manager should be aware of and be willing to experiment with currently available products. It is also important for the care manager to have a process based on specific criteria to “evaluate the technology. GCM Julie Menack co-author of the new chapter Technologies That Support Aging in Place, in the Handbook of Geriatric Care Management suggest you use these benchmarks

Benchmarks for Technology Tools for Long-Distance Care Providers

· Efficacy—Does the technology perform substantially according to expectations?

· Return on investment and cost-effectiveness—Does the end result justify the means?

· Ease of use—Do the care providers, family members, or elders using the technology day to day find it intuitive and user-friendly?

· Low maintenance—Does the solution require significant time and resources to maintain?

· Improved accountability—Does the solution help the care provider to improve accountability and quality of care?

· Connection, Contribution, or Legacy? – Does the technology support the client’s feeling of contribution and connection to their family, community, or society? Does the technology allow the client to transmit their experiences to future generations?

Monitoring sensors

Daily activity monitoring. Activity sensors can be placed on the refrigerator, stove, door, and other objects around the home. Your relative may also wear a watch that monitors activity. You can allow caregivers and physicians to access the data. Set up notifications to be delivered by e-mail, text, or mobile app.

Example: Live!y, $50 plus $28 per month.

Video monitoring

Cameras can monitor an individual’s activities of daily living and provide caregivers with direct video feed on a smartphone, tablet app, or the Web to check on the status of a family member.

Wireless systems. Cameras can be viewed remotely from a smartphone or computer. You may be able to get video motion alerts and the ability to pan and zoom.

Example: Netgear VueZone, $130 and more plus service that costs up to $100 monthly.

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How Do You Find the Best Care Management Billing Data Base?

July 19, 2019

You Need a Fully Loaded Billing Data Base to be Profitable

Some care managers still function on paper instead of using a care management database That is a bad business decision. You need to give clients gold standard service to retain them and arming your care managers with the most user-friendly fully loaded client database makes their concierge care so much easier to deliver. This gives your business a more profitable bottom line in running a business. So spending money on a client database makes you more money

What are Your Choices?

There are only f significant aging life geriatric care management client databases? So the choices for client software are slim. Jewel Code and Care Manager Pro more have been around for many years A more recent addition is Care Tree. A recent addition is I Health Home Geriatric care managers But the very newest is My Junna.ALCA managers, who employ their own caregivers are fans of Clear Care, which offers staffing. if you also have private duty home care but is not really as user-friendly for care management needs.If you are a geriatric or aging life care manager or a private duty home care agency doing geriatric care management- which one should you use and why. Find what you need in your client database and check out each product to see if it has what you want.

Here is a list of what a care management database should do for you

Track all client information
Create and update a care plan
Create a client activity log
Tracks billable hours
Document client activities
Interface with a calendar for client and care manager appointments
Track client referrals
Track guardianship information
Track medications
Reconcile medications
Create a client face sheet with all demographics
Creates a care community
Upload document and pictures
Do real-time updates
Be HIPPA compliant
Store historical client records
Create reports and export data
Create medication and text message reminders
Add custom patient field
digitalize patient paper records
go paperless
interface with care providers in the home via phone
Increase billing by making it easy to bill in the field
Patient portal
Have a calendar

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Uber Technology Transforms Senior Transportation

June 18, 2015

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According to Julie Menack and Dr. David Lindeman in their new chapter on GCM Technology ,in Handbook of Geriatric Care Management 4th edition ,senior transportation has been revolutionized by technology.

New technology-enabled services and programs are emerging that are creating significant new opportunities for older adults and their family caregivers. Ride sharing services such as Lyft and Uber are reducing the cost and increasing accessibility for individuals to improve socialization and improve access to care and services.

Variations of these programs have begun in California through Lift Hero and Silverride, that provide scheduled pickups and specially trained drivers. In the foreseeable future, the greatest game changer that care managers should monitor will be self-driving cars. This technology breakthrough will result in significant independence for older adults and greater support for family caregivers.

Technology # 5 Success Factor Aging Life or Geriatric Care Management

May 27, 2015

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6 Technology Ideas For Long Distance Care Providers

Long-Distance Family Stocking Brimming with Coal

Technology Pushes Coal Out of Stocking

Videoconferencing

Med Dispensers

Caregiver Video Cameras

Monitoring sensors

Sensor Products

GCM Technology Guide

Social media links

Last Day to Sign Up For Free Webinar on Long Distance Care Providers Challenge Answers on Holidays

Uber Technology Transforms Senior Transportation

Technology # 5 Success Factor Aging Life or Geriatric Care Management

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