Family and friends
Invites, the feed, the Love Bucket, My People, notifications and what each person can see.
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- The memorial page: a place to remember your loved one, and the memories people shareWhen the family is ready, whoever runs the account can open a memorial page at Remembering: a photo of your loved one, the dates, a few words from the family, the service, and below it the memories people share, with a photo if they like.4 min read
- The care chapter: when care moves to hospice, and when the patient has passedThe care chapter page holds where the patient's care is now: everyday care, hospice care with its details, or that the patient has passed. Changing it is one switch behind a confirmation that says in plain words what changes and what does not, and the app quiets the reminders that no longer fit.5 min read
- Plan a family gathering: the date, who is coming, travel, foodFamily gatherings is one event the family hosts around the patient, Thanksgiving, a birthday, a reunion: the owner or caregiver role sets the date and the words as a draft only the hosts see, sends the invitations only after a confirm step, Invitations send each person one email and one text with a link straight to the answer, every circle login books to attend with a headcount and arrival days, guests record their trips and what they eat, claim a dish to bring, and the host sees it all rolled up.17 min read
- Games and the gift exchange at a gatheringOn a gathering's Games & gifts tab the host shuffles everyone who is coming into teams, opens one or more gift exchanges (with a price range or Basic, Mid and Luxury tiers) where each person sees only the one name they drew, and keeps the giveaways (scanned, photographed or typed; a drawing, a game prize, a door prize or one for everyone; secret until revealed if you like).8 min read
- Put the patient's calendar on your phoneA private link your own calendar app follows, so every visit on the patient's Schedule shows in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook; one visit at a time with Add to my calendar; and what happens when a slot is filled: the line on the feed, New on the calendar, the phone notification and the reminders.5 min read
- Invite family and friendsEach person gets a personal link that works once and a role — caregiver, family or extended; until they finish signing up a reminder goes out once a day. For the wider circle, anyone in the circle can share one friends link.2 min read
- A public page for friendsThe circle's owner can turn on one public page at expressagain.com/ plus a link name, from the patient's profile: the photo, the name and About, followers, lives in, languages, veteran, badges, photos, videos, education, favorites, social and support links, a note anyone can leave without an account, friends' posts and Comeback Stories when the owner allows, and the page's own QR code; friends open it from a link or the QR code to join the friends circle.10 min read
- The ExpressAgain communityAt expressagain.com/community, the public pages of patients whose families chose to list them: a photo, a name, where the patient lives, the followers and the first sentence of About, with Open the page and Send some love, so patients can find each other for support.3 min read
- The family feed and the friends feedTwo feeds: the inner ring sees both and can mark a post for immediate family only; friends only ever see the friends feed.1 min read
- The daily note: the app writes up the day for the feedEvery evening a short note about the day — readings in words, the mood, who came, what the patient did — written by rules from what was logged, one version for family and a gentler one for friends, reviewed by you before it posts.3 min read
- The Love BucketThe patient's private inbox of love: family send notes and voice messages from their own accounts, your loved one replays them when alone, and can answer back.1 min read
- My People: reach the people who matter with one tapFamily, friends, church, school and work with real Call, FaceTime and Text buttons; the family edits anyone from their card, sends their invite or a new sign-in link, corrects a sign-in email, and sees the family's sign-ins.4 min read
- Feel Good and Comeback StoriesA scroll of pure positive energy, and recovery stories of people who came through — rest and fuel.1 min read
- Support communities on MeetMindzTalk with other families going through the same thing, in groups on MeetMindz, a separate site with its own sign-up.1 min read
- Notifications, daily moments and Circle Updates textsThe Notifications page shows real activity; the circle's daily moments arrive by phone notification, email or text, each person's choice; members switch circle texts on or off themselves, and every text says Reply STOP.5 min read
- Phone notifications on iPhone and AndroidGet a notification on your phone when activity happens (posts, comments, Love Bucket notes, the daily note, care alerts, the care-team feed, a visit booked on the Schedule, medication sets due or not logged, Get Help Now alerts) and for the daily moments, with no app to download: on iPhone add ExpressAgain to the Home Screen first, on Android just turn them on in Chrome. Send a test notification shows it works.13 min read
- A member's own Profile and SettingsTheir photo, their relationship to the patient, notification preferences, journal privacy, and leaving the circle or deleting the account.1 min read
- Share with an organization using a share codeType the six-character share code an approved facility, agency or health plan gives you, see who it is, pick exactly what they may read or add, revoke any time.1 min read
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