How to use Remindly

Remindly speaks reminders aloud at the right time for a senior, and lets the people who care for them set those reminders up from anywhere. Here's how the main pieces fit together.

There is no password to remember — you sign in by entering your email and following a secure link we send you, which expires after a short time. The first time you sign in, Remindly asks whether you are a caregiver setting things up for someone or the person who will receive the reminders, and takes you straight in. You can change that choice later from your profile.

Reminders

Reminders help seniors stay on track with their daily routines. Caregivers can set up recurring reminders for medication, hydration, and everyday routines. Each reminder can be customized with:

• Custom schedules — daily, weekly, or a frequency you choose.
• Specific times — set the exact time for each reminder.
• Categories — organize by medication, hydration, or routine.
• Voice announcements — seniors hear the reminder spoken aloud on their device.
• Acknowledgement — the senior marks a reminder done or snoozes it, and caregivers can see what was completed and what was missed.

Keeping caregivers informed

You don't have to open the app to know how things are going. When a reminder is completed — or missed — Remindly tells the caregivers linked to that senior, both in the app and by email.

• Completed and missed — a message goes out when a reminder is marked done, and again if one is missed.
• Your choice of categories — each caregiver picks which kinds of reminders notify them (medication, hydration, or routine) from their profile. Medication is on by default; hydration and routine happen many times a day, so they are off unless you turn them on.
• In the app and by email — alerts appear on your dashboard and arrive in your inbox.

Tasks

Tasks help caregivers coordinate care. Unlike reminders, which repeat, a task is a specific thing to be done once or on a schedule.

• Assignment — give a task to a specific caregiver, or leave it open.
• Scheduling — set a due date and time.
• Priority — mark a task low, medium, or high.
• Comments — add notes and updates as it progresses.
• Visibility — choose whether the senior can see a given task.
• Status — track pending, in progress, and completed.

Connecting — and ending a connection

A caregiver and a senior are linked with a one-time pairing code (the videos below walk through it). Once linked, the caregiver can set up reminders and see how the senior is doing.

• Pairing — the senior generates a code and shares it; the caregiver enters it to connect.
• Ending it, from either side — a senior can end a caregiver's access at any time with Remove Access on their dashboard, and a caregiver can remove themselves from a senior. Access ends right away.

Video tutorials

Short guides to walk you through the basics. Each opens in a new tab:

• How to log in (no password needed) — watch the video.
• How a senior starts a request to connect with a caregiver — watch the video.
• How a caregiver connects with a senior — watch the video.

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