Add Medication/Supplements to your Care Plan in Care at Home

To independently add Medication/Supplements to your care plan in Care at Home: Regardless of being a patient or a consumer, the process for adding elements to your Care Plan are the same.

1. Login to your Care at Home app.

2. Tap the Medications icon at the top of your home screen.

   1. If you are a patient in a Provider’s Directed Care Program, and your Care at Home Provider has included medication(s) in your Care Template, you will see them listed. Otherwise, the medication list will be empty.

   2. If you are a consumer using Care at Home from Lifeguard™, and have not previously added any medications or supplements, the mediation list screen will not have any entries.

3. Tap on the “add medication” icon with the plus sign (+) in the upper right of the screen.

4. On the Medication Setup screen enter the name of your medication or supplement in the “Search” box and after a few seconds, you will be presented with options from which to select the most appropriate choice. (You may need to scroll down your screen to reveal all options on this screen.) Make your selection by tapping on the appropriate name on the list presented. Note: if you enter less than the full name of the medication, the search may present many more options from which to choose.

   1. Note: If your medication or supplement is not included on the list presented, recheck the search box for proper spelling or re-enter the full name of the prescription, over the counter medication, vitamin, nutritional or other supplement. If the proper selection is still not presented, enter the name as you would like it to appear in Care at Home and then tap “Add” in the lower right of the screen. This will allow you to enter a custom medication or supplement to your self-reporting portion of your care plan.

5. On the next screen, complete or modify all of the fields below the medication name. (If you just added a custom medication or supplement, the medication field will be blank. It will be published only after you complete the process). After the fields have been completed, check the box if medication is a prescription (or leave it unchecked, if for example, you are adding a non-prescription supplement). Then tap “Next” in the lower right of the screen.

6. On the next screen, you can select the condition for which this medication or supplement is supporting. Enter the name of the condition in the Search box and after a few seconds, you will be presented with options from which to select the most appropriate choice. (You may need to scroll down your screen to reveal all options on this screen.)  Make your selection then tap “Next”. If you don’t see your condition tap on the name of the condition you just entered, then tap “Next” in the lower right of the screen to make a custom entry. If the condition is not listed you may also delete your entry in the search box and tap Next. This will then list the entry as “None”.

7. Next you will have an opportunity to take a picture of your medication, supplement or label (or bottle or device, etc.) or, select an image from your phone’s Gallery (Android) or Photos (iOS/iPhone]

   · To take a photo, (You may see a pop up window asking for permission – you will need to allow permission to take a photo.) You can use the slide bar under the picture window to enlarge or reduce the size of the image on your screen.  When ready, tap the round shutter button under the image on your screen to take the picture. Then tap Next in the lower right of the screen.

   · To select an image already captured on your smartphone, “Select from Gallery” (Android) / “Select from Photos” (iPhone) and follow the appropriate steps to add a photo for your medication. Then tap Next in the lower right of the screen.

8. On the next screen, tap in the “Quantity” box, then enter the count of your dose (or check the box “Quantity as directed”).  Continue to complete this screen with how often you will be taking this medication or supplement, and at what time(s) of day. (You may need to scroll down your screen to reveal all fields on this screen.) This screen also has a check box that defaults to “on” for sending you reminders through your Care at Home app. You can uncheck the box if you do not want reminders sent to you.  (Note: if you check “Quantity as directed” you will not receive any reminders.) To complete this screen, tap “Next” in the lower right of the screen.

9. You will need to indicate when you will start and end your medication (or supplement) therapy on the next screen.  The default start date is the current date (you cannot set a date earlier than the current date, but you can select a date in the future), and the end date defaults to “never ends”. To modify either the start or end date, tap on the calendar icon for each to present a calendar on which you can select your start and end dates.  After your dates are selected tap “Next” in the lower right of the screen.

10. On the next screen you can indicate special instructions.  Tap on the down arrow under the “Meal Instructions” heading to reveal options, and make the appropriate selection(s) – if any; then tap on the down arrow under the “Other instructions” heading to reveal options, and make the appropriate selection(s) ,if any (you may need to scroll to reveal all fields).  There is also a heading for Custom instructions, under which you can enter unique information.  When all fields are completed, tap “Next” in the lower right of the screen.

11. The next screen is the Medication Summary screen on which you may make edits for any of your entries by tapping on the pencil icon to the right of each element of your entry for your medication or supplements.  Note: if you edit your original entries, you may have to confirm all additional entries (by tapping on “Next” for each element presented) to complete the editing process.

12. When all entries listed on the Medication Summary page are completed, tap “Done” in the lower right of the screen (you may need to scroll) to save your entry and complete the process.

Repeat this process for each individual medication or supplement you wish to schedule for yourself. Each individual medication and supplement is independently scheduled so that you can manage each uniquely according to your own requirements.

Your newly added Medication and/or Supplement can be accessed for recording by tapping the Check in icon in the upper right corner of your home screen listed under the heading of “(your name) / Self”. (Note: If you have past due actions pending, your new mediation [and other elements of your care plan] may not appear until after you have recorded your past due actions.)

If you set up a schedule for your self-managed medications/supplements, and selected to be reminded, you will receive schedule reminders (push notifications and badges on your smartphone) when it is time to take your medication – as you have established for yourself.