I listed ten smart phone applications for caregiving use in Ten iPhone Apps for Creative Caregivers. Here are five more apps that may be helpful for caregivers with iPhones.
1. Cleveland Clinic Stress Meditations (Cost: $1.99) You can choose from eight different meditations including a Body Scan Relaxation, a Mindfulness Meditation and a Calm Mind Meditation. Play the tracks for yourself to ease stress, or for your loved one, to promote comfort and healing.
2. Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Recipe Finder (Cost: FREE ) In A Caregiver’s Cookbook, I recommended using a slow cooker to create tasty meals with minimal preparation and cook times. This app allows you to find some recipes for a slow cooker with ease. You can search by meal course, ingredient or even size of the meal, in quarts. Unfortunately, recipes are not specific to health conditions, so use with caution. (As soon as I find an app with that function, I’ll post it here.)
3. Green Smoothies (Cost: $1.99) This app allows you to create smoothies from ingredients available to you. Nutritional information is also listed for each smoothie.
4. Family Health Notebook (Cost: $0.99) Log medical appointments for you and your loved ones including doctor’s name, reason for visit, symptoms, diagnosis by physician and treatment or medications ordered during the visit. You can also write additional notes pertaining to the visit, then email the entire encounter to yourself or other family members.
5. Mindfulness Meditation (Cost: $1.99) Need help learning how to be more mindful? Try this app to practice mindfulness in 5 to 40 minute increments. The app also includes useful tips to cultivate mindfulness.
Test them out and tell me what you think. Do you have any suggestions for apps that are useful for caregivers? Please share them below.