Karantis Ltd has partnered with DCSL Software to create the Karantis Care App for carers and families across the world. Karantis provide solutions that increase the productivity, quality of service, transparency and accountability of the global care industry – particularly focused on those with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Loneliness and Depression.
Having worked closely with carers and families, Karantis were aware of the main care challenges both sides were facing. Carers felt too much time was spent manually filling out paperwork reports when they could be spending more time with their client, and families were worried that they had no visibility of, or connection with, the people caring for their loved ones, especially if some family members were not located nearby.
It was this visibility of the ongoing challenges that led Karantis to work closely with carers and the team at DCSL Software to create an app that improves service, support and transparency, bringing families and on-duty care staff together – allowing more time for interaction between client and carer. The app also assists care agencies to manage staff performance, schedule daily plans and quickly establish if there were any concerns over a client’s health or well-being.
Helen Dempster, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Karantis comments, “DCSL have been great to work with and they were enthusiastically engaged right from the start, adding value in many ways, including contributing in-house healthcare expertise.”
Together DCSL Software and Karantis have designed an app that not only adds value to care agencies, carers, clients and their families, but that is highly secure. The last 18 months have seen some of the most dramatic data breaches, including several across NHS Trusts. As a result those using carer services have been more conscious than ever of the security of the data that’s held and subsequently agencies have felt added liability pressures. To address this need Karantis Care encrypts all of the data it stores.
Having worked closely with the Karantis team to design and implement the Karantis Care app, Nick Thompson, Managing Director, DCSL Software has now also invested in the initiative. Discussing this move Thompson says, “The negative experiences some have when trusting care workers with their loved ones can cause concern for families employing care agencies. But by using this app family members can monitor the health and happiness of a loved one from anywhere in the world; receiving frequent photographs and messages in a secure way. We truly believe that the Karantis Care app will have a positive impact on care agencies, carers, clients and their families. We look forward to continuing to advance the functionalities of the app and helping to improve the experiences of carers, clients and their families.”
