December 2009
19 posts
“I couldn’t live without…” By Brett Bakshis in... →
“Problems stemming from poor communications with a resident or family member can be a huge driver of lawsuits or other potential avoidable issues. But keeping in constant contact with the family isn’t always practical or easy.”
“That’s why Lori Storey, general manager of Columbus, OH-based Right At Home, uses the Internet-based communication service ‘Connect for Healthcare’ to keep in touch with...
Web-based Networking Keeps Families In Touch - By... →
“A survey of 200 family members revealed that they want information about how their loved ones are doing in a number of wellness categories (metrics) of the family’s own choosing like feeling, eating, taking medication, etc.”
“Our system allows family members to log in and select up to 10 of the 46 wellness metrics our families have recommended,’ said Craig Gordon, director of business...
New Service Helps Bridge the Communication Gap... →
One of the reasons experiences break down in healthcare is lack of communication. And that lack of communication leads to misinformation, lack of trust and other issues. A new service helps bridge the communication gap between care providers and the families and caregivers of those receiving care.
Connect for Healthcare helps providers communicate with family members via email and text messaging....
At Your Side Home Care announces an exclusive... →
At Your Side Home Care announces an exclusive service for their clients…A HIPAA compliant web based Connect4Healthcare informational updates for seniors families anywhere in the world! Call us for details 281-335-4882 or email us at clearlaketx@atyoursidehomecare.com This service is especially beneficial for home care clients with children want to be kept abreast of changes in their parents...
Connect for Healthcare - By AgingCare.com – The... →
Connect for Healthcare is a desirable alternative for family members who live long distances from their elderly loved ones. If an aging parent is receiving hospice care or lives in an assisted living or a skilled nursing facility in another city or even another state, family members can feel disconnected from their loved one’s life, health and well-being.
Connect for Healthcare allows for the...
Neil Moore Eases Long Distance Caregiver Stress... →
My mother lives in San Diego. I live about an hour north in Orange County. One sister lives an hour north of Los Angeles. My other sister lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
As one might imagine, long distance caregiving is an issue with which my family continuously grapples. It’s the peace of mind and communication that always seems to be the toughest to maintain. Who calls the community? Who calls...
Connect for Healthcare: A New Service Lets... →
Connect for Healthcare is a web-based company that allows professional caregivers to send out weekly or twice weekly notifications via text, email or post updates on a website to family members of a person that is receiving care either at home or in a senior care community. This service is great for adult children, who either due to distance or circumstance, are unable to visit or check in with a...
Service helps ‘Connect’ loved ones in long-term... →
Service helps ‘Connect’ loved ones in long-term care
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:33 PM
By CHRIS BOURNEA ThisWeek Staff Writer
Four former school buddies from Upper Arlington have formed a service that makes it easier for families to receive regular updates about loved ones who are in long-term care facilities.
Connect for Healthcare is a subscription-based Web...
Connect for Healthcare: helping care providers... →
Connect for Healthcare: helping care providers communicate with families
Submitted by Laurie Orlov on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 08:16
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I can hear objections already — yet another tool for adult children to avoid talking with or visiting aging Mom or Dad. But founder Neil Moore (many years in Health IT) may be onto something with Connect for...
Communication Is Key To Better Care, Happy... →
Communication is Key to Better Care, Happy Families
You are traveling. Your mom is in an assisted living community. She isn’t sleeping well or taking her medications. You have three sisters, who also lead busy lives. You are constantly playing phone tag between flights and meetings to find out the most recent update about her health and in turn, call each of your sisters to keep them up to...
Westmoreland families can stay close to their... →
“…Communication with families has always been very important to us. Our residents need their families to know how they are doing and what they need.” said David Dixon, Westmoreland’s administrator. “Before today, the only way families could do that was to call or visit.”
“Everyone’s lives are so hectic, and there are so many family members that live out of...
Your Eyes and Ears: Connect for Healthcare By... →
Your Eyes and Ears: Connect for Healthcare
by Ryan Malone on February 9, 2009
Here’s a problem that many of us face — obtaining wellness updates about your loved one without troubling the staff or being intrusive to your loved. And the problem is compounded if you are the primary caregiver and have friends and family living out of the area.
How do you minimize the phone calls, get more usable...
Connect for Healthcare: By Eugene Borukhovich in... →
There are usually not many groundbreaking uses of technology in long term care, though it is an industry that desperately needs it. There are efforts to improve technology in LTC such as LTC HIT Summit. While not directly focused on solving the inefficiencies in the LTC market, a startup called “Connected for Healthcare” is attempting to focus on the families of the patients that are...
From Reuters: New Internet Service Delivers Relief... →
Service delivers benefits to Seniors, families and care-providers COLUMBUS, Ohio and PHOENIX, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a new Internet service available that changes the communication paradigm in long-term care. Addressing the family's basic need to stay informed, it allows long-term care providers to give them regular proactive wellness updates through a secure web page, by email and text...
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Placing and keeping a loved one in long-term care is nationally recognized as one of the most difficult circumstances families face because we are giving up the care of someone we love (parent, grandparent, sibling, child) to strangers. The only way we have to stay informed about their well-being is to either call their caregivers (and hope we get to talk to someone that knows) or make...