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You can send personal photos, videos, messages, emails, and set up appointment reminders for your loved one, or setup a Facebook feed with specified photo albums. One-button video chat (utilizing Skype) lets you easily connect the generations. Your loved one receives these communications on the touchscreen system. The communications are controlled so that there is no spam, and your loved one can only receive communications from approved contacts. Communications starts from the [[Care Menu|Care Menu]] for Caregivers, and from the [[Main Menu|Touchscreen]] for Residents.</td></tr>
You can send personal photos, videos, messages, emails, and set up appointment reminders for your loved one, or setup a Facebook feed with specified photo albums. One-button video chat lets you easily connect the generations. Your loved one receives these communications on the touchscreen system. The communications are controlled so that there is no spam, and your loved one can only receive communications from approved contacts. Communications starts from the [[Care Menu|Care Menu]] for Caregivers, and from the [[Main Menu|Touchscreen]] for Residents.</td></tr>
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<h3 style="display: inline-block; background:#ffffff; font-weight:bold; border-bottom:2px solid #6093cc; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Communication Options</h3>
===Communication Options===
* [[Adding Pictures|Adding Pictures]]
* [[Adding Photos|Adding Pictures]]
:: - family members and caregivers can upload pictures that can be [[Pictures|browsed like a picture album]], displayed as part of the [[Slide Show|digital slide show]], and even used by the Resident as part of a [[Brain Exercises|game]]
:: - family members and caregivers can upload pictures that can be [[Photos|browsed like a picture album]], displayed as part of the [[Slide Show|digital slide show]], and even used by the Resident as part of a [[Brain Exercises|game]]
* [[Facebook Picture Feed|Sharing Pictures from Facebook]]
* [[Facebook Photo Feed|Sharing Pictures from Facebook]]
:: - family members and caregivers can specify particular Facebook picture albums to share with a loved one - like uploaded pictures, these can be [[Pictures|browsed]], displayed in the [[Slide Show|slide show]], and used in a [[Brain Exercises|game]]. This feed is dynamic, so that every time pictures are added to or removed from that selected Facebook album, the feed is updated automatically
:: - family members and caregivers can specify particular Facebook picture albums to share with a loved one - like uploaded pictures, these can be [[Photos|browsed]], displayed in the [[Slide Show|slide show]], and used in a [[Brain Exercises|game]]. This feed is dynamic, so that every time pictures are added to or removed from that selected Facebook album, the feed is updated automatically
* [[Calendar|Calendar]]
* [[Calendar|Calendar]]
:: - events, appointments, and occasions can be added to the calendar, and displayed on the system
:: - events, appointments, and occasions can be added to the calendar, and displayed on the system
* [[Care Coordination Notes|Care Coordination Notes]]
* [[Care Notes|Care Coordination Notes]]
:: - caregivers can communicate with each other about your loved one's care using Care Coordination Notes
:: - caregivers can communicate with each other about your loved one's care using Care Coordination Notes
* [[Letters|Letters]]
* [[Letters|Letters]]
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:: - caregivers can send brief messages to the Touchscreen that can appear in the scrolling message bar on the home screen, and in the slide show - messages can appear at pre-set times or all the time
:: - caregivers can send brief messages to the Touchscreen that can appear in the scrolling message bar on the home screen, and in the slide show - messages can appear at pre-set times or all the time
* [[Video Chat|Video Chat]]
* [[Video Chat|Video Chat]]
:: - it is easy for the Resident to make and receive video calls on the Touchscreen system with approved contacts who are using Skype
:: - it is easy for the Resident to make and receive video calls on the Touchscreen system with approved contacts

Latest revision as of 19:15, 8 August 2017

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You can send personal photos, videos, messages, emails, and set up appointment reminders for your loved one, or setup a Facebook feed with specified photo albums. One-button video chat lets you easily connect the generations. Your loved one receives these communications on the touchscreen system. The communications are controlled so that there is no spam, and your loved one can only receive communications from approved contacts. Communications starts from the Care Menu for Caregivers, and from the Touchscreen for Residents.


Communication Options

- family members and caregivers can upload pictures that can be browsed like a picture album, displayed as part of the digital slide show, and even used by the Resident as part of a game
- family members and caregivers can specify particular Facebook picture albums to share with a loved one - like uploaded pictures, these can be browsed, displayed in the slide show, and used in a game. This feed is dynamic, so that every time pictures are added to or removed from that selected Facebook album, the feed is updated automatically
- events, appointments, and occasions can be added to the calendar, and displayed on the system
- caregivers can communicate with each other about your loved one's care using Care Coordination Notes
- your loved one can exchange electronic letters with approved contacts (no spam!) - the letters are delivered to the email accounts of the contacts, and arrive on the Touchscreen of your loved one's system
- caregivers can send brief messages to the Touchscreen that can appear in the scrolling message bar on the home screen, and in the slide show - messages can appear at pre-set times or all the time
- it is easy for the Resident to make and receive video calls on the Touchscreen system with approved contacts