Assisting seniors as a caregiver brings many challenges, including the challenge of communicating with both the senior, their family members and their medical doctors. Now, senior caregivers and their senior clients can make communicating with their doctors easy by using the MayoClinic app. Users of the app can search locations, schedule appointments, see their medical records and view publications.
Making a doctor’s appointment for a senior client can potentially result in a game of phone tag between the patient and the medical office. With the Mayo Clinic app, senior caregivers can help their senior clients make appointments within the app. Further communication with the doctor’s office within the app includes recommended health actions by their physician.
Another useful area of the app once an appointment is made allows users to plan for their visit to the clinic by reading about specific information on the clinic and hospital buildings, maps and parking. Lodging and restaurant information also makes it easy for patients who may be traveling to their appointments to find accommodations. A video guide also shows users various aspects of the clinics, from arriving at the local airports to tours of the downtown area and entering the clinic.
The My Health section of the app allows users access to their medical records and health information on demand, as well as to see recommendations for health actions from their doctor. This function comes in handy when senior clients may be visiting a different doctor for an regular exam, such as the dentist, and they ask for any changes in medical history. Caregivers can help senior clients pull up the medical history on the app to compare with the data on file at that office.
Patients can also message their doctors through the app if they have a minor health question, such as a clarification on the instructions for taking a medication. In the Our Locations sections you can also search all Mayo Clinic locations in case of a need to see a physician while away from home. The flip through organization of the categories of the app with subcategory descriptions below allows for easy navigation.
The Mayo Clinic app is available for free for Apple and Android platforms.
Senior caregivers, let us know your feedback on this app and keep us posted if you discover additional apps that assist with caregiving duties and help relieve caregiver stress. You may also refer-a-friend to a senior caregiving job and win prizes weekly and monthly on Caregiverlist.
