CAREgivers Insight Team:

Our experiences, while unique, are all very similar. We decided to use our awareness and address the issues that many will inevitably face in their future. We are a team of passionate caregivers that know the stress and concern many will go through in caring for a loved one.  We assist families by thoroughly and completely answering the question, “How’s your loved one doing?”.

CGI was inspired by co-founder Christopher Jue’s father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He was hospitalized four times in two years due to dehydration. Though he had caregivers helping him around the clock, warning signs were missed. Action was not taken primarily because there is not a good way to track needs and see caregiving trends. Paper forms to track a loved one’s care are used and kept in a binder. However, they are rarely referenced. They only displayed a part of the picture of Christopher’s dad’s health. Christopher thought there had to be a better way to see trends, track new issues and avoid any unnecessary hospitalizations. His story inspired others on our team to join in the effort to create a solution to a widespread, yet unsolved, problem.

For over seven years, co-founder Thomas Moore has served as a formal caregiver in a variety of environments and witnessed many issues throughout caregiving cases, including Christopher’s dad’s case. He and Christopher developed a tool to enhance caregivers’ ability to recognize potential issues early on.

Doug Houtman joined the team as a co-founder when he saw the impact of the CGI app while he cared for his own mother who was suffering with Alzheimer’s. The functions of our mobile app could have been extremely useful in caring for his mother and communicating with other family members as to how she was doing.

Co-founder Tom Perry assisted in caring for his mother-in-law as her health was declining. Sticky notes, notebooks and loose pieces of paper were tools the family used to track and document her constantly changing condition.

The CAREgivers Insight team have all experienced the many difficulties caregivers experience daily.  The difficulties most children will experience at some point in their lives as their parents age.  The CAREgivers Insight team is commited to helping others through this journey.