Table 1 Elder Tree services
Purpose of service for user | Challenge being addressed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isolation and loneliness | Driving and transportation | Caregiving | Medication management | Falls prevention | |
Learn | Creating and sharing tips | ||||
Links to resources | |||||
Training to use the site (video tutorials, group training, paper manual) | |||||
Tips from driving coach | Tips from caregiver coach | Tips from diabetes diet coach | Tips from falls coach | ||
Videos for exercise and falls prevention | |||||
Communicate | Discussion groups, photo-sharing | ||||
Family and Friends (a discussion group for only a participant’s invited family and friends. Family and friends do not have access to the rest of Elder Tree) | |||||
Private messages | |||||
Ask a Coach: Elder Tree has four: a driving coach, caregiver support coach, diabetes diet coach, and falls prevention coach | |||||
Bulletin Board (a place where users post recipes, announcements of local events, and other information) | |||||
Self-assess | During setup: personal assets and needs | ||||
For ongoing use: My Health Tracker and My Services. ‘My Health Tracker’ has 18 health measures (weight, blood pressure, quality of sleep, falls, and so on). Users choose which (if any) to track and how frequently they will respond to questions about the measures they select. The user sees results over time reported in graphic displays. In ‘My Services’, participants enter in-home services they receive. Then they get reminders about upcoming services and satisfaction surveys to complete, results of which users can track over time | |||||
Use tools | Links to games | ||||
To-do list with reminders | |||||
Challenges from coaches to try healthy behaviors (for example, strength exercises) | |||||
Route planner | |||||