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Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.

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  • Wheelchair Seating

    Ensuring the Right Wheelchair Seating for Your Loved One: A Step-by-Step Guide

    Ensure your loved one gets the right wheelchair seating with this guide: gather info, secure a prescription, follow up, and use the Helpful app for support.

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  • Wheelchair Accessories

    Wheelchair Accessories: Quick and Effective Ways to Help Your Loved One Get the Right Prescription

    Remember, you're not alone. Every step brings your loved one closer to the care they need. Rely on your medical provider and ask questions to ensure they get the right wheelchair accessories.

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  • Manual Wheelchair

    Quick and Easy Steps to Ensure The Right Prescription for a Manual Wheelchair

    By following these steps and collaborating with your loved one’s medical provider, you’ll help ensure your loved one receives the appropriate wheelchair to meet their medical needs and improve their quality of life at home.

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  • cane

    Helping Your Loved One Get the Right Prescription for a Cane

    By following these steps and collaborating with your loved one’s medical provider, you’ll help ensure your loved one receives the appropriate cane to meet their medical needs and improve their quality of life at home.

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  • Heating Pads and Heat Lamps

    Assisting Your Loved One in Obtaining the Correct Prescription for Heating Pads and Heat Lamps

    Here’s a step-by-step guide to obtain the correct prescription faster

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  • Patient Lifts

    Ensuring the Best Prescription for Patient Lifts: A Guide to Supporting Your Loved One

    Navigating the process of ensuring your loved one receives the right Patient Lifts at home can feel overwhelming, but with the right guidance and information, you can make this transition smoother and more comfortable for them

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  • Glucose Monitors

    Helping Your Loved One Get the Right Prescription for Glucose Monitors

    Here’s a step-by-step guide to help ensure your loved one receives the right Glucose Monitors.

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  • Nebulizers

    Helping Your Loved One Get the Right Prescription for Nebulizers

    When it comes to ensuring your loved one receives the right Nebulizers at home, navigating the process can feel overwhelming. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you through this important process.

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  • walker

    Helping Your Loved One Get the Right Prescription for a Walker

    When it comes to ensuring your loved one receives the right walker at home, navigating the process can feel overwhelming. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you through this important process.

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  • Sons Caring for Parents

    More Men are Caring for Aging Parents

    If you are a son caring for your aging parents, you are not alone. More men are becoming family caregivers and they feel unprepared.

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  • Post-Stroke Side Effects

    What are Post-Stroke Side Effects?

    Post-stroke side effects are physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes that appear following a stroke.

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  • Foot and Eye Care

    Eyes, Feet, Retinas and Toes, Retinas and Toes

    "Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes." For your loved one with diabetes, the toes part is certainly right, and let's add the eyes.

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About us

Helpful is an app to make caregiving easier. We integrate your loved one’s insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving guides into an immediate, accessible and user-friendly experience. Helpful supports your care needs by eliminating administrative tasks and providing technology to support your caregiving experience.

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