Choose the interval
Review care since your last acknowledged handoff, the previous 24 hours, three days or a custom period.
Caregiver handoffs
Give the next caregiver a structured handoff, not a message hunt
Alongside creates a deterministic handoff from real care activity: unresolved items, important changes, missed or skipped care, observations, completed work and what is due next.
Download AlongsideWhy families use Alongside
Make the change between caregivers safer and calmer
A useful handoff answers three questions: what happened, what still needs attention and what comes next. Alongside builds that briefing from structured records while keeping every summary item linked to its source.
Inside Alongside
Choose the period, review the record and acknowledge it
Caregivers can review since the last handoff, a recent interval or a custom start, then acknowledge the briefing or take over eligible unassigned care.
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What Alongside helps you do
Keep the current state of care understandable
Lead with exceptions
Unresolved, missed and changed care appears before routine history.
Keep source context
Open the underlying activity or care item instead of trusting an unexplained summary.
Take over eligible work
Caregivers can claim eligible unassigned care coming up when they assume responsibility.
A practical example
Useful for rotating family coverage
When one sibling finishes a weekend visit, the next caregiver can see the medication outcomes, an appointment change, a notable observation and the tasks due Monday without scheduling a separate recap call.
Alongside can fit
- Families rotating daily or weekly caregiving
- Relatives returning after time away
- Paid and family caregivers working in sequence
- Care organizers who need unresolved work acknowledged
Common questions
Questions about caregiver handoffs
What should a caregiver handoff include?
A practical handoff should make unresolved concerns, changes, missed or skipped care, useful observations, completed work and upcoming priorities easy to find.
Does Alongside use AI to write handoffs?
No. The current Handoff is generated deterministically from structured care records, and source events remain available.
Can a caregiver acknowledge a handoff?
Yes. Eligible caregivers can acknowledge the briefing, creating a clear checkpoint for the next handoff interval.
A little less to carry alone
Bring your family’s care together.
Start with Alongside Free. Add more room with Plus when you need it.
