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Being a caregiver for a family member can be as taxing as it is rewarding, and the role often goes underappreciated. While a support netw...

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Being a caregiver for a family member can be as taxing as it is rewarding, and the role often goes underappreciated. While a support network of family and friends is crucial, apps can help alleviate some of the stresses that come with caregiving.</div>
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From helping to keep track of appointments to assisting in health emergencies, apps are tackling all areas of caregiving. Here are 10 notable apps that can help support caregivers every day.</div>
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1. AARP Caregiving</h2>
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This app comes from one of the most notable names in elderly care. AARP Caregiving is an app that empowers caregivers with information on how to effectively care for an aging loved one. </div>
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The app allows users to monitor symptoms, coordinate care with other family or caregivers, and keep track of appointments and medications. It also features a help center, where caregivers can find answers to urgent or commonly asked questions. </div>
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AARP Caregiving is available for <strong>free</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aarp-caregiving/id940668274?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.carezone.caredroid.careapp.aarp.caregiving&hl=en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a>.</div>
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2. CareZone</h2>
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Dubbed a "health info organizer," CareZone helps caregivers keep track of medical information by organizing medication, allergies, insurance cards and ID cards all in one place. </div>
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Through the app, caregivers can also create to-do lists to keep track of appointments and medication times. The app also curates news relevant to your loved one's illness, disability or condition. All features are private and secure, according to the company, meaning sensitive information stays private. </div>
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CareZone is available for <strong>free</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carezone-health-info-organizer/id829841726?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.carezone.caredroid.careapp.medications&hl=en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a>.</div>
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3. Alzheimer's Caregiver Buddy</h2>
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The <a href="http://www.alz.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Alzheimer's Association</a>, a leader in action and awareness around the disease, developed this "caregiver buddy" app to help caregivers manage their personal stress, navigate family conflict and reach a 24/7 helpline. </div>
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The app includes features like daily care tips for tasks related to hygiene and meal times, and fun activities that will stimulate the body and mind of someone living with dementia. It also covers how to cope with new and sometimes overwhelming behaviors, like aggression or hallucination.</div>
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Alzheimer's Caregiver Buddy is available for <strong>free</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alzheimers-caregiver-buddy/id994572444?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Alz_IL_Caregiver_Buddy_Application&hl=en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a>.</div>
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4. Care.com</h2>
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Need a helping hand? <a href="https://www.care.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Care.com</a>'s app helps you find temporary, qualified care for your loved ones — including caregivers specializing in the needs of people with disabilities and aging populations — with just a few taps of your finger.</div>
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Users of the app can search resumes and applications of local professional caregivers to find the right fit for their families. Primary caregivers can even book interviews and facilitate payment through the app, making hiring a professional easy when needed.</div>
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Care.com's app is available for <strong>free</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/care.com-find-nannies-babysitters/id328453619?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.care.android.careview&hl=en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a>.</div>
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5. Elder 411</h2>
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Elder 411, developed by award-winning geriatric doctor Marion Somers, has practical information for caregivers all in one place. </div>
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From safety in the home to communication tips, this app makes caregiving easier to navigate by starting with the basics. It even includes tips on how to manage stress as a caregiver.</div>
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Elder 411 is available for <strong>$.99</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/elder-411-senior-caregiving/id337794946?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a>.</div>
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6. First Aid by American Red Cross</h2>
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With so much to remember as a caregiver, it's helpful to have reminders of the basics — and that includes first aid and CPR. The First Aid app from the American Red Cross provides users with clear and concise first aid and CPR instructions to help in the event of an emergency.</div>
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The app also helps users identify health concerns by decoding symptoms, which is especially useful for people who are displaying physical symptoms but can't verbally describe what they are experiencing.</div>
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First Aid by American Red Cross is available for <strong>free</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-aid-by-american-red/id529160691?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.fa&hl=en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a>.</div>
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7. iPharmacy Pro</h2>
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People living with health challenges are sometimes prescribed numerous medications to help ease and manage symptoms. But keeping track of everything that comes with that can get difficult.</div>
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iPharmacy Pro helps caregivers easily identify medications, check for any potential drug interactions, and track prescriptions.</div>
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The app is available for <strong>$.99</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipharmacy-pro/id575982668?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sigmaphone.topmedfree&hl=en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a>.</div>
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8. CaringBridge</h2>
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Communication is critical when dividing caregiving duties among multiple people — and that's where CaringBridge can help. CaringBridge connects several caregivers through one app, allowing several people to keep track of appointments, changes in health and other essential information. </div>
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Users can also send each other inspiring messages and motivation through the app, which really helps pull together a team of caregivers in the toughest moments.</div>
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CaringBridge is available for <strong>free</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caringbridge/id365726944?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caringbridge.app&hl=en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a>.</div>
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9. Symple</h2>
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Symple is an easy way to keep track of your loved one's symptoms like anxiety, fatigue and pain over long periods of time. The app allows you to track up to 10 individual symptoms, recording how your loved one feels and documenting any possible contributing factors to mood or health shifts. </div>
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Symple features an interactive graph and spreadsheet that a caregiver can use independently, or send to a doctor for evaluation. Users <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/symple-symptom-tracker-health/id479818115?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">say</a> the app is simple to use, making it easy to remember sometimes vital health information in between office visits.</div>
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The app is available for <strong>free</strong> on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/symple-symptom-tracker-health/id479818115?mt=8" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>iPhone</strong></a>.</div>
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10. Pacifica</h2>
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Pacifica may not help with the routine tasks of a caregiver, but it does help them with something essential: self-care. Caregivers have to navigate a lot of responsibility, which <a href="https://www.caregiver.org/pilotIntegration/indexPersistent.html?uri=/caregiver-health" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">studies say</a>sometimes leads to and increased risk of depression, stress and other health impacts.</div>
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To best care for someone else, caregivers need to take care of themselves. Pacifica is a mindfulness app that aids in relief of anxiety, depression and stress. Users can track their moods and health, while also keeping track of moments during the day that trigger mood shifts. The app has in-app exercises, too, which help reduce stress and anxiety.</div>
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Most of us will admit we need a digital detox, but our fast-moving lives don't always allow for that. We still need to answer calls a...

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Most of us will admit we need a digital detox, but our fast-moving lives don't always allow for that. We still need to answer calls and respond to our boss' emails, so being completely unplugged can be difficult. Because of this, a research and design house in London believes we should adapt to our digital lifestyle instead of cut off our devices completely.</div>
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<a href="http://www.vinaya.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vinaya</a>, formerly known as Kovert, builds products and tools to help us manage that. On Nov. 1, the company opened a new lab in London to research the relationship between humans and technology. The company's three-story building houses a lab and studio, which will develop products based on the lab's research.</div>
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The company sees itself as a "modern science hub that encourages cross-pollination of a range of expertise in order to better understand the human psyche." Eventually, it'll open its third-floor doors as a sort of forum for experts and intellectuals to spend time and hold activities like science lectures and experiments.</div>
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"<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="we-wanted-to-create" style="color: #00aeef;"></a> <span class="microcontent" data-description="We wanted to create a modern-day version of the Lyceum in ancient Greece" data-fragment="we-wanted-to-create" data-micro="1">We wanted to create a modern-day version of the Lyceum in ancient Greece</span>, where Aristotle and Socrates used to hang out and learn from each other," founder and CEO Kate Unsworth told <em><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3052903/most-creative-people/this-new-lab-studies-how-tech-addiction-affects-your-body-and-brain?partner=rss&utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fast Company</a></em>. "We want people who come here to really begin to dig into each other's area of study, because experts in different disciplines don't typically have many opportunities to interact."</div>
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The lab's research focuses on areas such as hyperconnectivity, stress, human connection, happiness, tranquility, depression and productivity. The team currently consists of six neuroscientists, an anthropologist, a philosopher, and a psychologist, according to <em>Fast Company</em>. They'll also have access to a "Brain Board," experts from local universities who study areas such as sleep, ADHD and artificial intelligence. The lab also contains monitoring systems to track brain activity, heart rate, cortisol levels and technology-addiction loops.</div>
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Vinaya has already been in research mode, doing small studies prior to bigger ones in the lab. One looked at how people and businesses interact with email as a medium in order to find a remedy for the "<a href="http://www.vinaya.com/lab/#/insights-email-epidemic/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">email epidemic</a>." Their report explores how digital communication affects our productivity, habits and happiness, and also encourages us to think differently about our email etiquette.</div>
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The team also conducted a social experiment on eye contact in an effort to "shed light on a culture starved of presence." In the video shown below, "I See You," the team gathered 10 strangers to make eye contact and silently acknowledge each other for five minutes — though those five minutes might be nothing compared to a sitting with <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/mar/19/art-marina-abramovic-moma" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Marina Abramovic</a>.</div>
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While the lab will provide its research to the design studio, the company has already introduced a a new tech product. <a href="http://www.vinaya.com/studio/#/altruis/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Altrius</a> is a Bluetooth-enabled piece of jewelry, like Ringly, that pairs with an app to notify you of calls, text messages and emails. It vibrates when a specific person contacts you or when a keyword is used in a message.</div>
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Unsworth said the design team is in the midst of developing other products, though the next one won't be a wearable but another device that will promote a healthy relationship with technology.</div>
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