What healthcare professionals think about Jodacare

 

“I work with a boy with autism who lives in a private home. We are a team of 10 people who work with the boy. For us, Jodacare is an important tool in several ways. Among other things, we use Jodacare as an overlap procedure so that staff on duty can quickly get to know the current situation. It is very time-saving for us. We also use the calendar feature as a planning tool for the entire team. Jodacare also provides great value for the mother who feels that she is a much larger part of her son's everyday life. This also means that our staff receive less inquiries from the family, which in turn allows us to spend our time on care. I look at Jodacare as a much needed welfare technology solution. " “

— Aleksander Sether - employee at HAVA institute

“I have been using Jodacare since the summer of 2019. I find it much more fun to share information with parents when I have the opportunity to attach pictures. It is very important for me that I can convey to the parents that their children are doing well. It's much easier after we started using Jodacare and can view daily activities with pictures. Not long ago, one of the user families went on vacation to Spain. It was extremely valuable for them to be able to keep up with their child's well-being while they were traveling. It allowed them to relax in a completely different way. I hope many more get the opportunity to use this fantastic tool. ”

— Laila Indal Sivertsen - nurse in Levanger municipality

“Everyday life would have been much more gray and boring without Jodacare. It's fun to come to work on Monday and get an update on what happened this weekend with our residents. It is very nice to be able to share everyday activities with the relatives, and it is nice for us to get feedback on what we post in the form of likes and comments. I feel that we as employees receive less inquiries from relatives in the form of telephones and emails because their information needs are in many ways covered by Jodacare.

— community worker, Vegard - employee at Sognsveien 66A

Stories from the real world

 

Conversation with Malin Vigdis Bjerkestuen - Gaupeveien bokollektiv

  • What is your main reason for using Jodacare?

“Our main argument for using Jodacare is the security in the information flow. There is a lot of information shared about our users that is very sensitive. We used to use school books in the past, and it was often uncertain whether the information in these books could be lost. Now we have the assurance that all information shared is handled correctly and that only the people who need the information get it. The relatives greatly appreciate getting pictures and feedback from the service, and we as employees get important information from home and from the network of the users. For service receivers who do not have speech, we are completely dependent on information from homes, assistants, schools, physical therapists etc to ensure optimal care performance and care assistance. "

 

Coversation with Birgitte Øgrey - mother of child with special healtcare needs

  • What do you think is the best feature of Jodacare?

We are SUPER SATISFIED with Jodacare. Our daughter lives 100% in an institution and has an extensive network of employees around her. The communication around her is so much better after the "blue book" was replaced. The most important thing is that the information flow is much simpler and that we can both write and read about Anniken's everyday life at ease. Jodacare is the first thing I check in the morning, and the information I can read takes away a lot of the stress and uncertainty I had before when using written books."

Converstaion with Terese Asting - mother of child with special healtcare needs

  • What do you think is the best feauture of Jodacare?

"Everyone who works with Miriam uses Jodacare for daily communication. The features most commonly used are pictures and text in the "book". Every day I look forward to logging in to Jodacare and get an update on whats going on. Before, we used written books, and we were not able to participate in her life the same way we do now. It is very reassuring for me to be able to keep up with the disease picture and how things are going with Miriam without being afraid that the information will go astray. All practical stuff to send etc. has made everyday life easier for both the staff and us. We get to take a much more significant share in Miriam's life after we started using Jodacare."

 

Coversation with Anne-Berit Eide - mother of child with special healtcare needs

  • What do you like most about Jodacare?

"Life before and after Jodacare is like day and night. We find that everything has become so much easier after we started using Jodacare. It means so much to be able to keep track of how Caroline's day has been when she herself can't tell. Jodacare is the best thing that has happened to us and Caroline over the past year. We have a completely different assurance that she is doing well and it feels like we are present even though she is in assisted housing and school. For a mother, that means everything. "

Conversation with Jeanette Andersen - mother of child with special healtcare needs

  • How are you using Jodacare?

“Family, school and the assisted living facility use Jodacare in daily communication. We receive daily messages and pictures from both school and home, and we send back both pictures and messages. This ensures that both the family and those working with Jonas are constantly updated. We often show the pictures posted in Jodacare to Jonas. He gets to take a bigger part in his own everyday life because of this, and he often smiles from ear to ear as we go through the pictures. Previously, we used written books that were sent physically between us, school, and the assisted living facility. We printed pictures and pasted them into the book. This was very cumbersome, and there were so many books that we had to store. With Jodacare, we get a notification on the phone every time something new is written. It works very well, and we are thrilled with the solution. ”

 

Conversation with Cecilie Kristiansen - employee Ytre Enebakk school

  • What do you like most about Jodacare?

We are using Jodacare in the 2nd year, and we are delighted with the solution. At Ytre Enebakk school, we have four users. Jodacare is extremely time-saving for us. The number of phone calls from parents who want information is significantly reduced, and we can update ourselves on what happened in the morning before the kids arrive. We use the messaging function actively to give and receive messages to and from relatives and assistants, and have much better control over what may be the deviation, etc. All practical tasks are communicated via messages, and all everyday events are entered in the "book." It is handy for us to read all the messages every morning. We don't have to spend time figuring out practical things after the kids arrive. We also use the picture function in the book actively, and it is a lovely way to convey how the children feel during the day to parents and family. Once every six months, we collect images that are posted to Jodacare and show and distribute them to the parents. Parents appreciate that very much.

 

 

The Silver Wave is her - start running!

When I started my company, Jodacare 5 years ago, we talked about the coming wave of aging. We were all aware that it was happening and not a fantasy or an opportunity. The aging population is today's reality, and it is we who are younger who must help when the elderly need support. You already see today that there is too much to do for you who are care professionals, too little time, and too few hands. The rest of us who have a full-time job and school-age children do the best we can for our parents and grandparents but see that the time is not enough.

Think about it - that in 1936 it was a historically low year of birth. This year, less than 40,000 people were born in Norway. These pre-war cohorts fill elderly care today, and the work pressure for the health service is relatively low with what is to come. In 1947, close to 70,000 were born in Norway, and most of these are today healthy 73-year-olds. This generation will, in a few years, need almost a doubling of today's care. Who will provide this care; Robots, apps, drones, or maybe smartwatches? We will probably have a lot of new technology to deal with in the years to come. Regardless of technology, we will need people, both to control the robots, but also for physical contact and tasks. There must be an interaction between the professionals in the health service and the relatives.

In Asker and Bærum, where I live, there are currently 10,000 people over 80. Over the next 30 years, this number will increase to 28,000, i.e., almost a tripling. Already in 2027, we will see a sharp increase due to the post-war children. We will first see a small decline due to low birth rates during the war and then get a rapid growth when the post-war cohorts enter the 80s at the same time.

Most people will still want to live at home but in need of help and support. This support comes primarily from daughters and sons who see a growing request for their service and care. The post-war cohorts children are now in the middle of working life with their children and young people in the house. They are in a time crunch that was difficult to imagine a couple of decades ago. This generation must take care of both their children and their parents. I will probably retire in 2042 when I am 72 years old. How will it be for me? Who will give me the support I need? Will it be my two children who probably have their children to take care of? If it turns out as we hope, they have both got their families and where they all work as nurses in the home service (!). If we are to continue as today, many more young people must choose the nursing profession. Otherwise, it will not work. There are not enough people to take care of us.

What do we do then? A lot of innovation is done in the health sector. There have been a boom in pilots, tests, innovation partnerships, and projects. NOW it's time for action! We who are part of the health industry must take matters into our own hands for our future to look reasonably bright.

Jodacare has ensured good interaction between relatives and health personnel since 2016. We have delivered this technology to employees and relatives. So what is care? Caring is taking care of and caring for someone. When you show consideration for a person, you care about how they feel, and you try to do what is best for them. It is common to distinguish between natural and professional care. Real care requires empathy and to be empathetic, and you need information and communication. Ergo, the municipalities must now get on the field to have better communication between the professional part of the care and the natural.

Both my local municipalities, Asker and Bærum, have been involved in the innovation around Jodacare. They have also tested Jodacare in various stages of product development. None of the municipalities are current customers. It is, of course, nice to get a pat on the back for good entrepreneurship, but it does not provide finances for growth in the company, nor does it provide good interaction between relatives and employees. Jodacare lives for the hundreds of users we have today, but we cannot grow without customers daring to invest.

It is not the intention that society alone should take care of you when you grow old, but we must talk together to share the task!

Source: article in NDLA and Trond Halvorsen, researcher at SINTEF,

 https://www.sintef.no/alle-ansatte/ansatt/?empid=5033

https://www.dagensmedisin.no/artikler/2020/09/02/eldrebolgen--og-de-ufodtes-dal/