How siblings can share a parent's care in CareLogger
Put every sibling in one care circle, agree who covers which days on Shifts, and end every turn with a handoff note. The next person then starts from what actually happened instead of from a phone call, and nobody has to remember who said what in the family chat.
Each sibling uses their own account on their own phone. Everyone sees the same care records, Handoff Board, shifts and Important Info, and anyone can add a record, so the parent's care lives in one place rather than with whoever was there last.
Bring everyone into the same care circle
One sibling sets up the parent as the care receiver, chooses Family members take turns when the app asks who does the day-to-day care, and then invites the others from Family → Invite Family → Create invite link. Send it with Send via LINE, Share Link or Copy link. A link works once and expires, so make one per sibling.
The invited sibling signs in with a Google or Apple account and joins. Everyone in the circle is listed under Family Members, and a sibling who was given a code rather than a link enters it under Family Members → Redeem an invite code.
- Family → Invite Family
- Create invite link
- Send via LINE, or Share Link / Copy link
Agree the rota on Shifts
Care → Shifts → Add Shift sets a day, a time and an Assignee, and the shift can repeat daily or weekly. The assignee gets a notification, which settles who has Saturday without another round of messages.
A rota is easier to keep when it is dull. Fixed days that repeat are easier to keep than a fresh negotiation every week, and the gaps (a sibling travelling, a week in hospital) show up on the schedule before they turn into a scramble.
End each turn with a handoff, start each one by reading it
Before you leave, open Care → Handoff → Write Handoff Note: what happened under Summary, what Needs Attention, and what is still Pending / To-do. Whoever comes next opens the same tab, reads it and taps I'm Taking Over, so the sibling who left knows the handoff landed.
Handoff History keeps the earlier notes. That helps when a question comes up a week later, such as when the cough started or which day the dressing was changed, and the answer is in a note rather than in somebody's memory.
Keep the shared facts in one folder
Important Info is where the facts siblings keep asking each other belong: the Primary Doctor, the Preferred Hospital, allergies under Medical Information, and the NHI card number and long-term care case number under Insurance & References. One sibling fills it in, everyone reads the same version, and nobody rings the wrong clinic.
When siblings disagree about a medicine or a change in care, the record lets you all bring the same facts to the doctor. It does not settle the question for you, and it should not be used to.
Each phone sets its own reminders
Reminders under Settings → Reminders appear only on the phone that set them; family members set up their own. If two of you want to be reminded of the same appointment, both of you add it.
A sibling who mostly wants to follow along can use Family → Email Digest for a daily or weekly email, or read the Timeline under Care when they have a minute, without having to log anything themselves.
CareLogger is an app for keeping and sharing care records. It is not a medical device: it does not diagnose, treat or replace professional advice. Take clinical questions to the doctor, pharmacist or care team, and in an emergency call your local emergency number first.
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