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From "Undercover Boss" Comes CareTogether™

  
  
  
  

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CareTogether™ is a free and secure online care manager geared toward helping the upwards of 50 million family caregivers nationwide to organize and work with friends and family to deliver all aspects of care through scheduling, messaging, task lists and resources, all so that the family caregiver can ensure they have all the support they need to provide the best care possible for their loved one(s).

BrightStar Co-Founders JD and Shelly Sun recently went "undercover" with BrightStar caregivers on hit CBS series "Undercover Boss" to get back in touch with those on the front line providing care for the thousands of families we serve each and every day.

One of the caregivers that Shelly joined was James, who provided KidCare services for the 2-year-old quadruplets of a military family. During her time with the family, Shelly helped facilitate a Skype call between the children and their father, who was serving overseas, so he could stay in the loop on the care BrightStar was providing. She was so moved by the experience that she wanted to find a way to help other families connect to organize care and keep friends and loved ones in the loop.

Shelly's experience with James and the military family helped bring CareTogether™ as a family resource Website to fruition. Whether it's your children or an aging parent, using CareTogether™ to manage appointments, ask others for help, send updates and more is easy, free and completely private. Get started now at www.caretogether.com!

Comments

This message is for Shelly Sun- coowner of BrightStar. I just watched the "Undercover Boss" segment with Mrs. Sun and her husband. It may sound weird, but I'm proud of her. I'm pretty sure her daddy is lookin' down from heaven with a great big smile on his face. I'm so glad there is an organization with the care for and of people as their core value. Before my mom & dad passed away in 2008 & 2009, in helping my dad take care of mom- in & outside a nursing home, it's a huge challenge that the medical community places on the families. I hate to say that so many care facilities & nursing homes are centered on numbers & the amount of money they can pull in. I've seen personally that if there is a good worker, an organization will literally put up road blocks or put so much stress on that person to "break them" to conform, & overload them with numbers (number of patients in their wing) to make the employee not want to care. Your company is like a breath of fresh air. May your company continue to grow as long as the focus is on people. Thank you Shelly & Mr. Sun for doing what you do. God bless you!!! PS. Glad you've got an office coming to the Ankeny/Des Moines, Iowa.
Posted @ Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:40 PM by Sandy Pilger
Great job and interesting product. Good luck!
Posted @ Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:39 AM by Angela Miller
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