Is it time to get help for your loved one?
An entrepreneur from North Carolina has partnered with a Danville business and created an online service to help you with that process.
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Danielle Staub, dstaub@wdbj7.com
Dec 30, 2015
DANVILLE, Va. -
Noticing that a family member may be getting a little more confused or doesn't drive the way they used to, isn't always the easiest thing to tell them.
Or is it even the right time?
An entrepreneur from North Carolina has partnered with a Danville business and created an online service to help you with that process.
Nate O'Keefe saw a need.
"There are 90 million family care givers in this country and the vast majority of them are helping to care for an older adult," Roobrik Co-founder and CEO Nate O'Keefe said.
He wanted a way to make what comes as a hard life change for many families, just a little bit easier.
"These folks that are out there furiously surfing the internet, trying to get information. They may not have talked with a doctor, they may not have even talked with other family members about this because it's a concern that not a lot of people want to talk about," O'Keefe said.
O'Keefe has created a simple online questionnaire called, "Is it time to get help?"
Answering questions like: Should mom still be driving? Is dad getting confused lately?
"Four minutes you will get personalized answers and a set of concrete steps you can take," O'Keefe said.
He is growing Roobrik with the help of the Launch Place in Danville. An area that has many options to help after you realize it is time for your loved one to seek medical attention.
"Be proactive, look at resources available. Call Home Health, we can help you walk through those things. We can make recommendations to what might be the next step," Home Health Market Director Cynthia Robotti said.
Home Health is one of those options. Their services come into play after the patient has seen a doctor and focuses not only on them but the caregiver and family.
"Families will say, no we don't need that. We can take care of mom or dad and then they get home and that's the crisis situation," Robotti said.
Roobrik providing an easy new way to take that first step to awareness and help.
"One of the hardest things about being a care giver is knowing that you are making the right decisions at the right time," O'Keefe said.
Click here to check out the free service.
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