Boosting Productivity: Tools and Strategies for care

By Eric Tress

Do you care for a loved one? Caring for persons with disabilities is a monumental task. It requires tremendous resources; financially, physically and mentally. 

You will feel concerned about their safety, worry about money, get tired at times and grapple with overwhelming feelings that may you feeling angry and  overburdened. 

However, a good strategy coupled with various resources will help you to develop a robust support system that makes the caregiving work flow easier.

Let’s explore some ways to boost your productivity as you care for a loved one.

1. Effective Planning and organizing

When taking care of a person with a disability, it’s advisable to plan before to avoid pilling of workload that may become overwhelming and trigger stress.

 Decluttering and getting organized helps you to stay up to date and have all the equipment you need on hand. 

Keeping up with medical appointments, school schedules, and therapy appointments is a daunting task on a good day, and it can become impossible on a not so good one.

However, integrating simple tools in your daily routine can make your day more efficient, giving you peace of mind. Some notable tools include

•    Google Calendar

A free mobile app and internet calendar that helps in tracking your events and sharing them with others. It’s a powerful and simple interface that helps in managing medical and therapy appointments and other life events.

•   Any. Do app

Any. Do app enables the user to create multiple files, different types of to-do, and reminders.

You can share the list with specific people, a great feature for keeping all the caregivers updated. It also allows the users to break down their tasks into subtasks, making them manageable and easily accomplished.

•    Awesome Note

Awesome Note is an easy to use app that helps in creating categorized task lists. The app organizes and stores tasks, files, and notes with an easy to navigate interface.

Keeping tabs of medication timing can become frustrating, but with various apps and tools, it becomes easy to avoid overdosing, under dosing, or missed doses.

• Pillboxes

Pillboxes can have a central unit, dedicated apps, dispensing modules, and alarms that help the care taker to administer medication at the right time, giving you peace of mind.

Some pillboxes have seven-day medication compartments with an alarm system; that may be a flash alarm, sound alarm, or personalized with particular messages.

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Eric Tress is with the Rosenfeld Foundation

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