CLOSEST TO YOU: THE CAREGIVER’S NETWORK
E-caregivers is a support network which allows any caregiver or user to share and send an alert to people’s virtual community for assistance to other caregivers.
Caregivers are family people, volunteers or professionals dealing with a disabled person. By geotagging and instant messaging, you can very easily be helped.
Different types of alerts can be passed through this free and accessible tool both online and mobile application network:
– Everyday life (user need help at home for meals, cleaning, toilet …)
– Health (the assisted care needs, we go buy his medicine, which prevents a doctor’s appointment…)
– Material (helped needs a wheelchair, a particular hardware …)
– Presence at home – (caregiver needs someone to come take care of helped).
Join the community on www.e-aidants.com!
Help us by completing our survey on a proposed mobile application for caregivers.
Frequently asked questions
E-caregivers
What is E-caregivers?
E-caregivers is a support network that lets any caregiver or helped person share an alert with a virtual community of people in order to get assistance. It is designed for those who look after a disabled person and need support from other caregivers, whether family members, volunteers or professionals.
Who can use the E-caregivers network?
E-caregivers is open to any caregiver or helped person. The page defines caregivers as family members, volunteers or professionals dealing with a disabled person. Anyone in one of these situations can share and send an alert to the community to ask other caregivers for help.
How does E-caregivers help caregivers get assistance?
E-caregivers relies on geotagging and instant messaging. A caregiver or helped person sends an alert to the network's virtual community, and other members can respond. According to DYNSEO's presentation, this makes it very easy to be helped by people who are close to you.
What types of alerts can I send with E-caregivers?
E-caregivers offers four types of alerts. Everyday life covers help at home with meals, cleaning or the toilet. Health covers care needs, such as buying medicine. Material covers equipment like a wheelchair. Presence at home covers a caregiver who needs someone to look after the helped person.
Is E-caregivers free, and is there a mobile app?
Yes, E-caregivers is described as a free and accessible tool. It works both online and as a mobile application network. DYNSEO also invites visitors to complete a survey about a proposed mobile application for caregivers, which helps shape future developments of the service.
Can E-caregivers help if I need someone to take over at home for a while?
Yes, the Presence at home alert is made for this situation. When a caregiver needs someone to come and take care of the helped person, they can send this alert to the E-caregivers community. Members of the network, made up of other caregivers, can then respond to the request.
How do I join the E-caregivers community?
You can join the E-caregivers community on the website www.e-aidants.com. DYNSEO also asks visitors to help improve the service by completing its survey about a proposed mobile application for caregivers, so that the tool better matches the real needs of people who support a disabled person.
