Reminders for meals and daily routines

Add meals, walks or other routines as a repeating Task assigned to the person who should do them. Keep medications for real medications.

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Reminders for meals and daily routines

Step 1 of 6: Add meals and routines as a Task. Tap New. Tap Task. Meals and routines are tasks, not medications.

Step 2 of 6: Enter a title. Tap Title. Type a title, for example Lunch.

Step 3 of 6: Choose who gets the reminder. Under Assigned to, tap the person to remind. Tom gets this reminder.

Step 4 of 6: Set the date, time and Repeat. Tap the date. Pick tomorrow, then tap Confirm. Tap Select time. Set 12:00 PM, then tap Confirm. Tap Repeat. Tap Daily.

Step 5 of 6: Check Reminders. Enable notifications is on, with At the scheduled time. Tap 30 minutes before for an earlier reminder.

Step 6 of 6: Tap Create Task. Tap Create Task. Task added. Tap Done. On Home, tap Tasks. Lunch is in Tasks, for Tom, at 12:00 PM.

Free on iOS and Android.

Steps

  1. Tap New, then Task.
  2. Enter a Title, such as Lunch.
  3. Under Assigned to, choose the person who should be reminded.
  4. Under Date & time, set the date and time, then under Repeat choose Daily or Days of the week.
  5. Check Reminders: At the scheduled time is on, and you can add an earlier reminder.
  6. Tap Create Task.

Why a task and not a medication

Adding a meal as a medication fills the medication list, the adherence numbers and the care summary with things that aren't medications. A doctor reading that summary would see "Lunch" next to real prescriptions. A repeating task reminds the same way and keeps medication records clean.

Who gets the reminder

  • The person in Assigned to gets it.
  • If you leave it on Anyone, everyone in the circle who can edit gets it.
  • Reminders are push notifications on phones. The web app doesn't send them.

Good to know

  • Tick the task off when it's done. The circle sees who did it.
  • If you have quiet hours set, task reminders during those hours are not sent.
  • To change the routine later, edit the task. Changes apply to upcoming tasks only.

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