Mavencare, Canada's newest home care agency, uses technology to improve elder care

"Connected home care" helps seniors stay at home longer

TORONTO, May 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Home is where the heart is, and for Canadian seniors, staying there for as long as possible is a significant contributor to their happiness and longevity. Mavencare - Canada's newest home care agency - is using proprietary technology to transform the way home care is delivered with convenience, quality and transparency. 

"My mother became ill quite suddenly and I needed full-time care immediately but was reluctant to hire just anyone," said Hildi Wolfish, Mavencare client. "Mavencare worked with us to get care within hours, answered all of our questions and provided regular updates to ensure we stayed connected, even if we couldn't be there personally. It gave me great peace-of-mind to know she was well taken care of during a difficult time."

With more than 20 years of experience working in elder care and hundreds of family interviews completed, Mavencare has identified three main opportunities to improve the delivery of home care: 

1. Access – providing rapid deployment of care when it is needed.
2. Quality – ensuring care is provided consistently by high quality care providers.
3. Transparency – obtaining regular contact and updates throughout the care service appointment.

Mavencare solves for these important issues by delivering a modernized approach to home care.  A service first company, Mavencare uses technology to screen and hire the best quality caregivers and optimize the match between client and caregiver.

"Adoption and usability of modern technology has finally reached a point where it can drastically improve elder care," added Nukul Bhasin, CTO and Co-Founder.

Using the latest mobile technology, Mavencare provides a new level of transparency, by providing selected family members (and close friends) regular updates to their mobile phone during the home care appointment. These updates include details on a loved one's activities and well-being, completed tasks such as taking medication, confirmed appointments, as well as delivering photos when appropriate.

"Our goal is to help seniors stay in their homes for as long as possible by providing easy access to the best quality home care," said James Cohen, Co-Founder of Mavencare. "Families are looking for a reliable, dependable, and affordable service delivered by people they can trust. As experienced senior care professionals, we deliver top quality care and technology enables us to provide a level of transparency through regular updates. We call it 'Connected Home Care'."

Mavencare's service is unique because its mobile technology connects caregivers (personal support workers), the client receiving the care, and the client's family. There is also an extensive screening process to select the highest quality caregivers and match them with clients. Using a proprietary algorithm, caregivers are matched to clients based on needs, experience, interests, hobbies, cultural backgrounds and language to ensure the best match possible. Care requirements are completely flexible so families can order several hours of care, daily or weekly support.

About Mavencare

Mavencare was conceived after the founders experienced similar challenges finding and managing quality home care for their grandparents. Collectively, the team decided there had to be a better way.  Using their combined experience in elder care, healthcare and technology, the company was born as an alternative to the "brick and mortar" home care agencies.  Mavencare believes that finding and monitoring high quality care for seniors should be simple, transparent and affordable.   Mavencare's vision is to revolutionize home healthcare and to create a world where people can live out their lives in the comfort of their own homes. To learn more, visit https://mavencare.com.

SOURCE Mavencare

Stephanie Cangelosi, Kaiser Lachance Communications, O: 647-725-2520 x 210, C: 647-272-1799, [email protected]