I'm struggling to balance work with providing the care that my mother deserves. The most challenging aspect is handling healthcare coordination tasks that must be done during standard business hours, including contacting doctors, insurance companies, and pharmacies. Has anyone discovered strategies or tools for managing both a full-time job and caregiving?
I saw cembla.com manages appointments and does daily wellness phone calls. Has anyone used this?
Medical offices started doing their own "portals" to save time and trouble dealing with patients (late arrivals, cancellations, reminders) and staying organized. It eliminates a full time Receptionist.
Medical offices use their own specialized software to track patients, their personal info, insurance, billing and payments, plus their medical summaries, labs, test results and more. There's no "patient" type software available to my knowledge.
Why it's so hard to manage caregiving and work full time. Even harder to handle the hands on care included. Why relatives get placed in professional facilities to get 24/7 care, since one person simply CANNOT do it. They need to sleep 8 hrs a night for starters!
... And a year later, when I need to retrieve some information or test result, I of course can't find the password anymore!