Starter Care Plan: ADLs and More

Successful caregiving depends on having the goals set and the tasks (medications, ADLs, etc.) laid in a routine that you can follow every single day. At Care3, we call this routine your “groove.” Getting into your caregiving groove means you’ve integrated caregiving into your personal and professional life. When you’re in the groove, you’re efficient, effective, and your stress level is manageable.

To help you get into your caregiving groove, Care3 has created a FREE customized experience specifically for people in the Sandwich Generation as family caregivers.

Health Timelines for Family

Each family member receives a Health Timeline. Post key health experiences on the timeline including appointments, activities of daily living (ADLs), symptoms and measures to track, and more.

Use the Plus Menu (+) in each Health Timeline to post health experiences.

Activities of Daily Living

• Daily grooming assistance (bathing, teeth, hair, dressing)
• Prepare and assist with meals
• Oversee prescribed exercises/rehab (walking, range of motion)
• Medications taken as prescribed (all meds)

Weekly or As Needed

• Shop for groceries
• Light housekeeping (laundry, bathroom/bedroom/kitchen)
• Change sheets and towels
• Set doctor appointments (primary care, specialists, therapists)

When you’re ready, you can invite others to the Health Timeline to get help with care activities, and send text messages to keep family in the loop. It’s all in one app.

That’s Care3. Simple. Powerful.

Create Actionable Data

The benefit of posting tasks, tracking symptoms and vitals, and adding media for context is to create actionable data. Care3 helps you learn from these experiences through helpful charts and graphs, to-do lists, and more. Care3 helps you become more efficient, and make adjustments to care as needed.

Because Care3 is HIPAA-compliant, you can share data with your doctors and care team in the app.

Sign up here (best to use computer or tablet) to bypass the pay wall and get FREE ACCESS to the Care3 For Families customized experience. You MUST sign up via this link or the button below to get FREE ACCESS.

Need More Ideas for Caregiving Actions?

Here's a comprehensive list of more potential caregiving actions (non-disease specific) that you can personalize based on your particular situation. We give you these ideas so you don't have to wrack your brain trying to figure out what to do!

Home Medical Activities

Activities (enter only those that apply)

• Assist with toileting
• Record fluid intake/output
• Inspect/change bandages
• Provide medication reminders
• Provide other medical care
• Administer medications
• Pick up/Refill medications

Rehab/Exercises

Assistance (enter only those that apply)

• Help transfer to wheelchair
• Help with walking (walker)
• Help with walking (cane)
• Help transfer to chair
• Help transfer to bed
• Help sit up and dangle feet
• Help transfer to bathtub

Range of Motion (ROM) (enter only those that apply)

• Lead active ROM exercises
• Perform ROM exercises
• Lead active ROM for right arm
• Lead active ROM for left arm
• Lead active ROM for right leg
• Lead active ROM for left leg
• Perform ROM for right arm
• Perform ROM for left arm
• Perform ROM for right leg
• Perform ROM for left leg

Other Rehab/Exercises

• Oversee prescribed exercises
• Help with other activities

Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

Bathing (enter only those that apply)

• Independent bath or shower
• Give sponge bath in bed
• Assist with bath or shower
• Provide other bathing help

Grooming (enter only those that apply)

• Assist with dressing
• Brush and/or style hair
• Wash and/or dry hair
• Provide skin care
• Provide foot care
• Brush teeth or dentures
• Clean gums/tongue/mouth
• Clean and Prepare dentures
• Provide other grooming help

Nutrition (enter only those that apply)

• Prepare meals and/or drinks
• Assist eating and drinking
• Limit fluid intake
• Encourage fluid intake
• Shop for groceries
• Other eating/drinking help

Light Housekeeping (enter only those that apply)

• Wash and fold laundry
• Tidy up the bedroom
• Tidy up the bathroom
• Tidy up the kitchen
• Change sheets and towels
• Provide equipment care
• Provide other housekeeping

Appointments

Doctors

• Primary Care
• Oncologist
• Psychiatrist

Therapists

• Rehab Specialist/Physical Therapist

Medications and Supplements

Prescribed (examples)

• Antibiotics

Over-the-counter (examples)

• Pain Medication (e.g., ibuprofen)

Supplements

• CoQ10