Elder Care launches a new tool that allows family caregivers to photograph hospital discharge papers and automatically create a shared digital record, eliminating manual data entry and improving care coordination.
New family tool turns hospital packets into a shared record from a photo
LINCOLNTON, Ga. – Sept. 20, 2026 – ElderCare today opened a public capture flow that lets families photograph hospital discharge papers, pill bottles and appointment cards and turn them into one shared care record. The service is meant for the hours after a patient is sent home, when instructions still sit in a tote bag and one relative is asked to remember every dose and follow-up.
Adult children often leave a hospital with sheets they did not write and cannot easily pass to a sibling. Group texts fill with “any update?” The person holding the papers is then asked to type drug names, times and clinic details into a blank form. ElderCare starts with a different step: point a phone at the page.
A first page can be photographed before an account is created. The service reads what is on the paper or label and presents medications, appointment times and plain-language instructions next to the original image. Nothing is added to the family timeline until a person confirms it. The company describes the product as a family filing cabinet and memory, not a clinician. It does not diagnose conditions or say whether a medicine should be taken.
“Discharge is when the paperwork multiplies and the family still has to drive home,” said Chris Paulus, founder of ElderCare. “We are not replacing a doctor. We are giving the household one place to put what the hospital already printed, so a brother in another city can see the same list.”
A typical packet can include a discharge summary, new prescriptions, follow-up cards and handwritten notes. Families often drop those items into a camera roll no one else can search. See it work now. It files each capture on a family timeline that shows what is next and who has claimed it, including refills, rides and documents stored in a vault.
The family license is $99, paid once. Relatives and helpers invited to that family do not buy a separate license. A household can start without a card, use initial pages at no charge, and keep filed material readable even if it never pays. New captures stop if the license is not purchased.
Extracted text stays beside the source photo so a family member can check the paper. Confirmation remains a required human step. The launch is framed around a question many households ask in the parking garage: what to do with those discharge papers tonight.
About ElderCare
ElderCare App is a family care-record service based in Lincolnton, Georgia. It converts photographs of discharge papers, medication labels and appointment cards into a shared timeline. It does not provide medical advice. Details: ElderCare.website.
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