Aging well and in place is a top priority for senior caregivers and the senior clients they serve on a daily basis. Living healthy doesn’t mean you and your clients need to make drastic changes in the way you’re living, though. Sometimes making a few small changes to your daily routine can have a profound difference in your health. The 101 Revolutionary Ways to Be Healthy app presents 101 categories of health tips and several more subcategories that break the tips down into actions for a healthier life.
When users first open the app, they are presented with all 101 tips in a tiled fashion. Caregivers can swipe left or right to browse through the tips, which include “Make Time,” “Ditch Debt,” and “Break a Sweat.” Once users see a tip that interests them, they can click on the tile to get more information and specific actions to improve health. Under the “Break a Sweat” tip, the subcategories include “One Crazy Workout,” “Fit in a Flash,” and “Test Your Endurance.” Between the six subcategories, caregivers can pick the one action that most interests them and click on it and go to an article with further details- in this case, a high intensity work out.
Not all tips in the app will apply to every user. The high intensity workout under Break a Sweat probably isn’t appropriate for a senior, but other sections include tips on how to naturally dispel heartburn, change or create new habits and intuitive eating to lose weight. The app features a “Surprise Me” function that takes the user to a random tip. Sit down with a senior client once a day and let the app take you to a new random tip, then together pick a subcategory to read about. It will give you a chance to learn about healthy living together and possibly find a new change you can make together for healthy aging.
The 101 Revolutionary Ways to Be Healthy app is available for Apple and Andriod 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.
