Care shared
is care that
actually gets done.

Caregiving burns people out because one person carries it. CaresCircle builds a real circle — family, friends, neighbors, professional caregivers — coordinated by Sage AI. When everyone knows their role, nobody disappears.

53 million Americans are family caregivers. Most carry it alone. That's the problem we're fixing.

Demo circle

Robert's circle

4 caregivers, 3 family, 1 physician — last sync 2h ago

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Sarah M. logged morning visit — vitals stable, appetite good, walked to mailbox

co-op.care caregiver · 2h ago

Dr. Emdur reviewed week — adjusted Lisinopril, no new flags

Physician · 4h ago

Diane (daughter) picked up prescription, dropped off groceries

Family · yesterday

Kevin (son, NYC) confirmed Medicare Part D refill on file

Family · yesterday

Live • all members in sync

Yours starts blank — Sage builds it with you

What changes when you have a circle

The group text that never ends

One shared care timeline everyone can see

"I didn't know she had an appointment"

Shared calendar with automatic updates

One sibling does everything

Tasks divided, visible, acknowledged

"How was Mom today?"

Caregiver notes after every visit

Guilt about not doing enough

See exactly how everyone contributes

No idea what the doctor said

Medical updates shared with the whole circle

Who belongs in the circle

Everyone who cares. Not just family.

The daughter who lives nearby

Coordinates daily care, talks to doctors, manages medications

The son across the country

Handles finances, insurance calls, researches options

The neighbor who checks in

Brings meals, notices changes, sends quick updates

The professional caregiver

Provides companion care through co-op.care, logs every visit

The grandchild who visits weekends

Records stories, brings joy, learns family history

The physician

Reviews care plans, signs LMNs, monitors from a distance

How it works

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Name your person

Tell Sage one sentence about who you're caring for. "My mom has early Alzheimer's and lives alone in Denver." That's enough to start.

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Build the circle

Add family, neighbors, caregivers, physicians. Everyone gets their own view. The daughter sees the full picture. The neighbor sees Tuesday tasks. The physician sees clinical updates.

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Share the load

Tasks, updates, appointments, stories — everything flows through the circle. When someone does something, everyone knows. When someone needs help, the circle sees it.

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Get real help when you need it

When the circle needs reinforcement — a trained caregiver, respite care, a physician review — co-op.care is right there. Worker-owned. HSA/FSA eligible. Already connected.

Create Your Care Circle

Build a circle of support around someone you love. Takes about two minutes.

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Who needs care?

The real cost of caregiving alone

$7,242

Average annual out-of-pocket cost per family caregiver

24 hrs

Average hours per week spent caregiving

36%

Of family caregivers rate their situation as highly stressful

The circle doesn't eliminate the work. It makes sure nobody carries it alone.

Get the CaresCircle connector

Add the SolvingHealth connector to Claude and coordinate care from your AI. Manage tasks, check on your person, update the circle.

Claude Desktop MCP Config

"carescircle": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@anthropic-ai/mcp-remote",
    "https://www.solvinghealth.com/mcp"]
}

Don't have Claude? Get it free at claude.ai or use the chat and voice widgets on this page.

Start your circle

Free to start. One sentence about your person is all it takes.

Reviewed by a physician

Content reviewed by Josh Emdur, DO — Board-Certified Hospitalist, 50-state licensed. Last reviewed April 2026. Sources: National Alliance for Caregiving 2020, AARP, CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Understanding Family Caregiving Coordination

The Hidden Burden of Informal Caregiving

The National Alliance for Caregiving estimates that 53 million Americans provide unpaid care to an adult family member. The economic value of this care exceeds $470 billion annually — more than total Medicaid spending on long-term care. Yet this workforce is largely invisible, uncoordinated, and unsupported. Most family caregivers report that their greatest source of stress is not the physical demands of care, but the logistical and communicative burden: missed information, duplicated effort, and the guilt of feeling they are never doing enough.

The primary coordination failure is fragmentation. One sibling handles medical appointments, another manages finances, a neighbor checks in informally, and a professional caregiver visits twice a week — but none of them are on the same page. CaresCircle provides the shared layer that connects all of these people around a single care story, without requiring everyone to use the same app or attend the same meeting.

How Coordination Reduces Caregiver Burnout

Caregiver burnout — characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced sense of personal accomplishment — affects an estimated 40–70% of family caregivers (AARP, 2020). The strongest predictors are not the severity of care needs but the absence of support, the perception of being alone in the role, and the lack of recognition for invisible contributions.

Research on co-caregiving models finds that distributing tasks explicitly — with visibility into who is doing what — reduces both objective burden and subjective guilt. When every family member can see the full picture, the conversation shifts from "why don't you do more?" to "what can I take off your plate?" CaresCircle makes contributions visible, tasks assignable, and care timelines shared — so the emotional weight is distributed alongside the practical one.

Coordinating Care Across Multiple Family Members

Effective family care coordination requires four information streams to stay synchronized: medical updates (appointments, diagnoses, medication changes), daily observations (behavioral changes, functional status, mood), logistical tasks (transportation, household management, prescription pickups), and emotional check-ins (how is Mom really doing; how is the nearby sibling holding up). Most families manage all four through a combination of text threads, phone calls, and memory — a system that fails predictably under stress.

CaresCircle structures these streams into a shared care timeline. Professional caregivers from co-op.care log notes after every visit. The CareGoals advance directive lives alongside daily care notes so the long-term wishes inform the daily decisions. ComfortCard stores emergency information accessible to any care team member from any device.

The Professional Caregiver in the Family Circle

A professional caregiver who is integrated into the family circle — rather than operating as a separate contractor unknown to most family members — provides dramatically better care. They observe more, report more accurately, and feel more accountable when they know their observations reach the entire care team. Worker-owned caregivers through co-op.care earn $25–28/hour with benefits and equity, producing caregiver retention rates far above the 77% annual industry turnover average.

CaresCircle is designed so that a professional caregiver can be added to the circle with the same interface as a family member. Their visit notes, observations, and alerts appear in the shared timeline alongside family updates — creating a seamless handoff between the people who are paid to care and the people who love the person being cared for.

When to Start a Care Circle

The best time to set up a care circle is before a crisis. A hospitalization, a fall, a new serious diagnosis, or the first noticeable cognitive decline are all natural triggers — but by then, the family is already in reactive mode. Starting a circle when a parent is still largely independent allows the family to establish communication patterns, document baseline function, and build the shared context that makes urgent decisions easier.

The FallRisks home safety assessment is a natural starting point — a structured walkthrough that gives the family a shared picture of the home environment and produces a concrete action list. The Quality Death advance care planning conversation ensures that when hard decisions come, the family already knows what their loved one would want.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I coordinate care across multiple family members?
Start by assigning a primary coordinator — the person with the most time or proximity — and give them explicit authority to make day-to-day decisions. Use CaresCircle to create a shared timeline where all other family members can see updates without being overwhelmed by every detail. Define which decisions require consensus and which can be made unilaterally. Review the timeline together weekly, even briefly.
What if family members disagree about care decisions?
Disagreement about care is common and usually reflects different risk tolerances, different relationships with the care recipient, and different amounts of direct involvement. CaresCircle makes all contributions visible, which often reduces conflict by showing what is already being done. For clinical decisions, a physician mediator — available through co-op.care — can provide objective guidance that depersonalizes the disagreement.
Can a non-family member — like a neighbor or friend — join the circle?
Yes. CaresCircle is designed for anyone in the care ecosystem: family members, neighbors, friends, professional caregivers, and physicians. Each circle member has a role and level of visibility appropriate to their relationship. A neighbor who checks in informally can log a quick note; a co-op.care caregiver logs structured visit notes; a distant family member sees summaries.
Is CaresCircle HIPAA compliant?
CaresCircle is built on HIPAA-eligible infrastructure with encryption at rest and in transit. Access to a person's care circle requires explicit invitation from the care recipient or their designated coordinator. The platform complies with HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements for the sharing of protected health information within a care team.
How does CaresCircle connect to co-op.care caregivers?
co-op.care companion caregivers log structured notes after every visit directly into CaresCircle. Families see caregiver notes in real time alongside their own updates. The caregiver is a full member of the circle — not a separate contractor operating in isolation. This integration is part of the co-op.care $59/month membership.
What is the difference between CaresCircle and a group text?
A group text is ephemeral, unstructured, and easily overwhelming. CaresCircle maintains a persistent, searchable care timeline. Tasks are assigned and tracked, not just mentioned. Medical updates are flagged separately from logistics. Visit notes are structured and retrievable. When a new family member joins the care situation, they can read the entire history — not scroll back through 3,000 messages.
Can I share CaresCircle updates with my parent's physician?
Yes. CaresCircle generates shareable care summaries that can be provided to physicians, hospital discharge planners, and other clinical team members. The summary includes recent observations, medication notes, and functional status changes — the information clinicians most need but rarely receive from family caregivers. Integration with the SolvingHealth EHR connector enables direct FHIR export to participating health systems.
How does CaresCircle connect to advance care planning?
The CareGoals advance directive lives in CaresCircle alongside daily care notes. When a family member needs to make an urgent medical decision, the directive is immediately accessible — not in a filing cabinet. The co-op.care physician partner can facilitate advance care planning conversations via telehealth as part of the membership, and the resulting directive is stored in the ComfortCard digital wallet.

Sources: National Alliance for Caregiving 2020, AARP Caregiving in the US 2020, CDC NCHS, JAGS. Not a substitute for medical advice. Content reviewed by Josh Emdur, DO, April 2026.

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