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Record for more than one resident

Select up to 10 residents for one recording. In review, the care notes show in a section for each resident.

This article helps you make one recording for more than one resident, for example after an activity with a group. You can select up to 10 residents from one care home.

Select the residents

  1. On the Record tab, tap Find a resident or room. If a resident shows already, tap Change.

  2. Tap each resident. A tick shows next to each resident that you select.

  3. Tap Select 3 residents. The number on the button is the number of residents that you selected.

  4. Tap the record button.

The resident list with three ticks marked 1 and Select 3 residents marked 2, then the Record tab with Arthur D. + 2 and the record button marked 3

To remove a resident from the selection, tap the resident again. When you have 10 residents, the list shows "You can select up to 10 residents."

Speak about each resident

Say the name of the resident for each thing that you did. For example: "Arthur and Maggie played bingo. Maggie drank a cup of tea." BetterCare uses the names to put each care note with the correct resident.

Pause and finish as usual. Finish this recording? shows all the residents.

Review the care notes

The review shows a section for each resident, with the name and the room. The line next to the name, for example 1 of 2 ready, tells you how many notes are ready. An amber dot shows that a note needs a detail.

  1. Check the care notes in each section. Read Review your care notes.

  2. If a care note is with the wrong resident, tap the name of the resident at the top of the section.

  3. Tap Change and the first name to put a different resident in place of this resident.

  4. Tap Remove and the first name to take this resident out of the recording. The app asks you to confirm. The care notes of this resident are discarded.

A group review with the Maggie Byrne section header marked 4, and the panel with Change Maggie marked 5 and Remove Maggie marked 6

If BetterCare found no care for a resident, the section shows "No care actions found for" and the first name.

Approve

Tap Approve notes. The panel shows the number of care notes for each resident. A resident with no care notes shows "No care notes. Nothing is saved." Tap Approve notes again.

After approval, each resident gets their own care notes. A manager sees the care notes of each resident separately.

Notes

  • All the residents must be in one care home. If you select residents from two care homes, the app shows "Select residents from one care home."

  • The care time question asks for the care time for all the residents together.

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