Caring Village: Caregiver App

We set up Caring Village for my family of 8 siblings to help monitor and manage our parent’s health. This site has everything we need and is so simple to use on your laptop, iPad or phone. The journal feature allows each of us to capture with our visits or calls with our parents to share with the family current health issues or follow up from doctor’s appointments. It’s so much better than just texting each other. We also use the Calendar feature to track appointments so that one of us can join them in person or on a call to make sure we capture all the notes for reference. The ability to upload documents and maintain all the information on each of their various Drs makes it really easy for us to coordinate. Most importantly, the team at Caring Village, particularly Linda, has been amazingly responsive whenever we needed clarify a process or make suggestions for improvements. Caring Village has been absolutely perfect for our family to be actively engaged in our parents health.

I spent the last few years caring for my mom while she was living with stage 4 lung cancer. Nothing truly prepares you for how overwhelming caregiving becomes — emotionally, physically, and mentally. Every day felt like a juggling act: driving back and forth for chemotherapy, managing medications, updating advance medical directives, coordinating travel so she could see friends and family, scheduling physical therapy, managing oxygen equipment, dealing with insurance and deductibles, and trying to secure medical appointments months in advance. It was exhausting. And often, it felt very lonely. Caring Village brought calm and clarity into a situation that otherwise felt like constant chaos. The medication management section alone was a godsend — one less thing to keep in my head when I was already running on fumes. Having a shared calendar to coordinate tasks gave structure to days that felt overwhelming, and being able to communicate with the caregiver we hired in the later months — all in one place — made an enormous difference. What mattered most was the peace of mind. Caring Village helped me feel supported, organized, and less alone at a time when everything felt heavy. It dramatically lowered my stress and allowed me to be more present with my mom, instead of constantly worrying about what I might be forgetting. This app is clearly built by people who understand caregiving not as a checklist, but as a deeply human experience. I’m profoundly grateful it existed when I needed it most. Thank you, Caring Village.

I used this app a couple years ago, and it was excellent. As things progressed with my dad, unfortunately, the time passed where we used it actively. A couple years later we are now caring for our mom, and so we immediately knew where to go. Caring Village keeps us connected. The app is great -- easy to use, and it clearly was built to do the things we need the most. The name is right on -- it does take a Village to care for a family member, particularly as they become ill as a senior. The various doctors, hospitals, EMRs (electronic med records), patient portals, pharmacies, etc. all seem to have their own way of doing things, and if there's one MAJOR lesson I've learned ... it's up to the family to play quarterback. If we don't do it, then it doesn't get done. Caring Village has been a tool that allows us to do that a lot easier, and for me and my 2 brothers to stay connected (the 3 of us are the key members of the village honestly, but docs and other folks are extended village members to us). 5 stars, and thank you Caring Village!