Stress relief for senior caregivers plays an important role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. One good way to take your mind off a tough day and relieve stress is to sit down with a good book and read for a while. The GoodReads App asks users to rate books they’ve already read and suggests similar titles for them to read next.
When users first create an account, the app asks them to select from existing categories of the types of books they enjoy reading. Popular options include classics, contemporary, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction and young adult.
The next step asks users to rate different titles on a scale of one stars through five stars in the selected genres so the app can get a sense of which books the user enjoys and make suggestions to read next. The more books a user rates, the better matched the suggestions for what to read next become. If users don’t rate the suggested 20 titles to start off with, then they can still browse through the most popular titles and fun lists such as “Best Women-authored Books.”
Other areas of the app include “My Books,” which allows users to keep a running list of titles they’ve read previously, are currently reading or would like to read in the future, “Scan,” which pulls up book info easily with a quick scan of the bar code on the back, and “Challenge,” which asks users to set their own 2014 reading goal for number of books they would like to read this year.
Senior caregivers can use the app to find books for themselves to read for stress relief, whether it’s before bed, in a waiting room or on a quick break from caregiving. They can also try sharing book recommendations with their senior clients. If a senior client particularly likes to read, create them their own account on GoodReads and become friends with them on your own profile so you can share recommendations between one another.
The GoodReads app is available for Apple and Android products.
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.
