CaringBridge vs RAZ Care

CaringBridge is a no-cost, 501(c)(3) nonprofit health platform that surrounds family caregivers with support while they care for a loved one on a health journey. A donor-supported nonprofit founded in 1997, the organization offers tools to share and document a health journey, simplify care coordination, and connect caregivers with a supportive community. CaringBridge addresses feelings of overwhelm, isolation, and loneliness by improving emotional health and social connectedness, helping people come together in support of healing. With over 300,000 people on the platform every day sending or receiving support, there are over 1,600 messages of love, hope, and compassion posted every hour. And every 12 minutes a new CaringBridge page is started. The CaringBridge community includes all 50 states and more than 242 countries around the world. To learn more visit www.caringbridge.org. Private, protected, and ad-free · A trusted, private, and ad-free space that only a nonprofit like CaringBridge can provide to support family caregivers and their loved ones on a health journey. Communicate to everyone all at once · Communicate to everyone all at once in a safe and private space, relieving the burden of individually updating people. Capture and process every step of the health journey · The very act of capturing a loved one’s health journey improves emotional health and social support. Coordinate care with family and friends · Making it easy to ask for help, because we know it’s often the most difficult thing to ask for.

Enhance your caregiving with the RAZ Care App, now with an improved experience and a fresh new look. The essential tool for managing from afar the easy-to-use RAZ Memory Cell Phone, a device specially designed for individuals with dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or visual impairments. It's also perfect for seniors seeking the most intuitive cell phone experience. Caregivers: With the RAZ Care app, you can manage contacts, settings and monitor all aspects of the phone right from your own iPhone or iPad. Contacts: With the RAZ Care app, you can video call the RAZ Memory Cell Phone user (requires setup by caregiver). With the RAZ Care app, the caregiver is in control. You can enable or disable features according to your senior's ability and needs. Here's what you can do as the caregiver: - Add and edit contacts; - Place video calls; - Block unwanted incoming calls; - Set 'Quiet hours' to prevent calls during certain times; - Control repetitive calls; - Create reminders that appear on their phone as sticky notes or sticky notes & audio; - Set charging reminders and stay informed with low battery text alerts; - Enable automatic answering of calls, including a speakerphone option; - Keep track of how many calls your senior is involved, preventing loneliness; - Track the phone's location, battery life, and network status; - Utilize the screen auto-lock feature for added simplicity; - Enable announcements like charging status and name of the caller; - Activate option for low vision and hand tremors; - Choose and adjust ringtone and its volume; - Access call history; - Switch between light and dark background modes; - Manage repetitive 911 calls with different emergency calling options, or the RAZ Emergency Service subscription, including caregiver notifications; - Control all settings and aspects of the RAZ Memory Cell Phone. The app allows the management of multiple phones by one caregiver or multiple caregivers for a single phone, adding flexibility to your caregiving routine. The RAZ Memory Cell Phone is all about ease - no confusing apps, notifications or distractions. The senior just taps the picture of the person they want to call. It's that simple. Download now and start managing the RAZ Memory Cell Phone remotely!