In the coming months, we will be updating a number of aspects of AgingCare.com in order to improve the usability of the site for you, our members. The two most significant pending changes are a new navigation bar along the top of the site and an improved layout for our articles. These will be applied towards the end of July/beginning of August.
It will take a bit of getting used to, but it is our hope that this simplified navigation will help members and newcomers alike locate the information they are looking for. All of our articles, questions, answers, discussions, etc. are still live and intact, but they will be organized a bit differently moving forward.
For your reference, we have provided a quick guide to using the new navigation below. (NOTE: These details may not make complete sense until we publish the updates and you see them.)
-The Caregiver Forum (Support Groups and Discussions) can be found under “Ask a Question.”
-You can find information on all types of Senior Living under “Find Care.”
-To access content that was previously filed under Caregiver Support (Caregiver Burnout, Emotional Wellbeing, Tough Issues, etc.), click on “Caregiving.”
-Content that was previously filed under Elder Care (Daily Care, Health Conditions, End of Life and Hospice, etc.) can be found under “Healthy Aging.”
-The Money and Legal Section is located in a drop-down menu that appears when you click on the three lines next to our logo on the far left of the blue navigation bar.
-The search box can also be located in the drop-down menu.
To ensure you are logged into your account, look for your avatar in the top right of the navigation bar. (If you are not logged in, you will see the “LOGIN” link in that spot instead.) Once you are logged in, you can access your account information, news feed and public profile by either clicking on your avatar or using any of the “Membership” links in the drop-down menu described above. You can log out by using the link in the drop-down as well.
Improvements to our articles include larger, easier-to-read text, clearer formatting, and an accessible “share bar.”
As always, when it comes to upgrading or trying something new, there are bound to be a few kinks that will pop up and need to be ironed out. We sincerely appreciate your patience while we work through this process to make AgingCare as user-friendly and informative as possible. The entire AgingCare team has been working hard on these changes, and we are excited to finally share them with you!
We appreciate your feedback and will be actively monitoring this thread. If you have any questions or concerns about these updates, please feel free to post them below. Thank you!
-AgingCareEditor
What I have appreciated is that when a troll, scammer, or spammer checks in on the usual Fridays, we can 'report this post', but in addition, there is a box to check to prevent further posts to that question until admin checks the thread. It was a big waste of everyone's time to warn others not to waste their time. The checkbox was a good solution, imo.
"My Parent Won’t Shower or Change Clothes. What Should I Do?" by Carol Bradley Bursack. Just try scrolling through over 160 comments one page at a time... on second thought I don't think I'm really that interested.
I don't understand why searching for housing and care gets THREE places on the mainpage, and this search is hidden. I guess it's the money from the advertisers...
If the "search box" doesn't show, you need to make the page font much smaller than try to scroll down enough to see it. What is fun is trying to re-set the font back to the size you had previously.
I've read on DIY forums that white walls are undesirable for the same reason - better something a bit off white.
I secretly wish new format coding would be done by coders and designers who are 50+ years old. They have a better understanding about our demographics and what is user friendly or not.
I would like to be able to use italics, bold, underlining and emoticons or emojies (sic?).
♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥ Thanks to AC for being so understanding, we'll be patient, and the end result will be "a win-win" for all.
M88
As you've seen, the updates are now live. Thank you so much for your support and suggestions.
While the changes may seem somewhat limited in scope, we have been working on these items for many, many weeks. Behind all of what you see on the front end of AgingCare, there is an immense amount of detailed work and testing that must be done by our team behind the scenes.
Since revamping the site as a whole is such a huge undertaking, we will be working on these updates in chunks. Unfortunately, this means that some areas of the site will not totally "match" for a while. (Sorry, freqflyer!)
The caregiver forum is yet another large piece of this project. Our community moderator has been keeping a running list of your suggestions and desires for a very long time. When we're ready to tackle those changes and additions, I promise that you all have someone here to present your case!
I hope this clarifies things a bit and provides some reassurance. We know how important AC is to you all, so we will keep you informed as new updates are planned for publication.
Thank you again for your patience!
-AgingCareEditor
Once I found Search, in order to use the "Search" mode I have to shrink the page way down before it shows up. Anyway the Search can be put on the blue bar?
For those looking for "Search" I wouldn't be surprised if they use the browser's search mode at the very top of the page, but that takes one out into the Internet. And once a person goes back out to the Internet, you usually lose them to another website :P
Whew, finally found it, I noticed my screen name photo was on top [could barely make it out], and found the board there.
Another thing I wish would show on the Aging Care articles, when was the article written. Such as under the section on "how to get paid", I wouldn't be surprised if some of the website links and telephone numbers are out of date because of the age of that article.
Please do not go offline for more than 24 hours at a time, or people needing a lifeline to advice and help may freak out!
There have been many times I've wished to edit my responses, but then had to begin a whole new comment to correct my previous message! Thank you in advance! Stacey B
If I could request anything, it would be these:
1. Larger response box so it's easier to proofread, and
2. Edit function. It's easier for people to read responses and avoid confusion because of accidental omissions, misspellings, or autocorrect gremlins - sometimes I've read posts that seemed too inaccurate or inappropriate and skipped them, only to see that there were subsequent posts which corrected the errors.
An edit function could be added w/o also adding a delete function, which I think might be an underlying concern.
On the other hand, sometimes posts are made in an emotional state and someone later regrets having written what could be embarassing, inaccurate or offensive.
Thanks again for your attention to upgrading the site.
I don't suppose that an edit function, that so many want, has been added yet?