Engaging in Senior Care mobile app targets the largest and fastest growing population in our country. Baby Boomers are retiring at the rate of 8,000 a day for the next fifteen years! DovetailCare.us and Healthfinders.gov join in the mission of informing, engaging and empowering senior health.
Aging is a journey best travelled with a map and emergency kit for the road ahead. Your retirement health journey requires the same careful planning. Engaging in Senior Care mobile app empowers you to use your Medicare, Medicaid and health resources for your journey. BON VOYAGE!
healthfinders mobile app Engaging in Senior Care with Dovetail Care and Healthfinders.gov
1. Aging is a journey best Engaging in Senior Care
travelled with a map and mobile app targets the
emergency kit for the road largest and fastest growing
ahead. Your retirement population in our country.
health journey requires the Baby Boomers are retiring at
same careful planning. the rate of 8,000 a day for
Engaging in Senior Care the next fifteen years!
mobile app empowers you DovetailCare.us and
to use your Medicare, Healthfinders.gov join in the
Medicaid and health mission of informing,
resources for your journey. engaging and empowering
BON VOYAGE! senior health.
2. Usability Factors Portable
Quick and easy mastery,
builds confidence
Engaging and Empowering
Efficient, effective
information
Predictable intuitive
navigation
Simplified use of smartphone
technology
Forgiveness, limited click
backs
3. Knowledge is Engaging in Senior Care
Supports the principals of the
Power! National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
(1) everyone has the right to health information that helps
them make informed decisions and
(2) health services should be delivered in ways that are
understandable and beneficial to health, longevity, and
quality of life.
Proactive planning for future health needs
Selecting care providers
Learning how to manage chronic conditions
Financial requirements
ACA changes
This mobile app benefits:
Seniors
Family members
Caregivers
Physicians
Facilities
Community based service
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities
4. Using Prevention Engaging in Senior Care
and Wellness Medicare and Medicaid tabs call Seniors to action
Benefits Empowering seniors and their caregivers with the health
care system
Encouraging seniors to take ownership of their personal
health destiny
Outlining the elements for creating a personal wellness
plan
Engage in Prevention:
Physical Activity
Falls
Nutrition and Diet
Manage chronic conditions
Become an active health team member
Eligibility requirements for additional resources
All using the Healthfinder.gov linked
resources displayed in a portable format
5. Comments received from Health Tech Hatch testers:
Submitted by Chris Selecky on Wed January 16th 2013I
am not clear whether this is an app or a website. The
screen shots above are pretty but I don't understand Evidence of co-Design
what they do. Perhaps you can write a description of
each shot in the profile section.
Submitted by Barry Messersmith on Thu January 24th Submitted by Monica Stynchula on Fri January 25th 2013
2013Dovetail Care helps retired seniors by identifying Thanks to all the tester of Dovetail Care. We so appreciate
and activating resources specific to their needs for your feedback!! updates will be posted very soon.
successful aging at home in the safest and least Yours in Health, Monica
restrictive environment. Each senior invites family,
friends and professionals into their Circle of Care in Good morning Testers! Let me extend my heart felt
one secure and private cloud based storage. appreciation for your comments on my first post for the
This app helps connect retired seniors connect with healthfinders.gov mobile app challenge. Portability is the first
family, friends and services in secure virtual priority of this challenge as I read it. Senior citizens have real
environment. It needs to be broader to meet the accessibility and usability issues of mobile technology. That
HealthFinder requirements. The screen that displays doesn't mean that we ignore their needs. My best solution is
icons for various indicators of elder limitations needs
much explanation and links to more real details. They to provide education and engagement on a mobile app that
have a mature website but the app needs more physician, nurses. social workers, health plans, all community
development and broader focus. based service can refer seniors and their social network for
Submitted by Patricia Green on Thu January 24th 2013 navigating the maze we call Medicare and Medicaid.
Interesting approach to senior care. Who would have The 2.0 version will be used to extend this concept to tablets
this app? Senior and caregiver? Liked having all the and the web where seniors are more comfortable using
info accessible...colorful easy to read and understand. technology. This will lead them into dovetailcare.us featured
Liked the photos--sometimes seniors faces better for on your 1/18/2013 blog by John Velles.
recognition than names
6. Senior Mobile App leads to Dovetailcare.us
Press about Dovetail Care
Perhaps Dovetail Care’s best feature is its accessibility.
With a plan of working with medical institutions and
insurance companies, Dovetail endeavors to become
financially accessible to seniors as a value-added service.
Recognizing that the elder population is both in need of
the most assistance and often the least able to afford it,
Dovetail Care is working to make its software part of a
combination of care, one that is not an extra cost, but
another tool available to those that need it most.
The elder population is in a unique position. It is growing
and in need of the most help, but in the position to help
itself the least. After hospitalization, their recovery times
are longer, their complications are greater and the
resources at their disposal to deal with these problems
are fewer than for the younger population. Managing
these problems is important to all of us, and Dovetail
Care is a tool to help do just that.
http://www.thedoctorweighsin.com/dovetail-and-senior-care-a-match-made-in-
the-cloud/
7. healthfinder.gov Look and Feel
Engaging in Senior Care Mobile App 2.0
Functionality improvements
Responsive to changes in health care law and benefits
Interactivity with CMS geographic service locators
Accessibility enhancements to ADA standards
HHS code integration for healthfinders
Widgets
Closer integration with http://dovetailcare.us/
Perfect fit for State Health Insurance Exchanges