Overview
Team
6 software developers
1 QA engineers
1 UI/UX designer
Platform
Web and mobile
Country
United Kingdom
Industry
Healthcare, Caregiving
Services
- Mobile development,
- web development,
- UI/UX design
Time
May 2020 - ongoing
About the client
More than ever before, families need help with long-term care for elderly adults who struggle with independent living due to health conditions. Constantine Karampatsos encountered this problem firsthand and was inspired to create a senior caregiving app to address it.Project idea
Entrusting your loved ones to other people might be challenging, even scary. Good Life Sorted is designed to alleviate families’ concerns. It’s a senior home care app that allows families to hire hand-picked, trained and dependable helpers residing within their community. The senior caregiving app enables customers to find and hire helpers to perform various tasks – from dog walking and cleaning to meal preparation and simple companionship.
Story
Each product has a unique appeal that turns first-time customers into loyal admirers. For GoodLifeSorted, that appeal is quality. GoodLifeSorted guarantees the highest quality of provided services through careful vetting, training and screening of helpers. The platform is passionate about quality, is highly demanding, and hand-picks all the candidates. In the end, just 5% of caregivers are allowed to join the home healthcare app.The same commitment to quality extends to their choice of a software development partner. At Apiko, we worked diligently to meet – and surpass – GoodLifeSorted’s caregiving app development standards. We met and exceeded expectations, building a refined app for home healthcare that perfectly met the client’s requirements.Challenges & solutions
Here are the challenges the project faced and solutions we’ve implemented- Review the source code of MVP, previously made on Bubble.io
- Rebuild the web platform from scratch on Node.js/React
- Work closely with a customer, to agree upon functional changes and make sure everything goes precisely according to his requirements
- Refine, simplify and improve the architecture of web/mobile apps
- Compile product development roadmap, set up the lists of needed features
Main features
We helped to deliver the following features
Availability tool
One of the core features that autonomizes and smoothes the experience of platform's users is an availability tool that contains, proceeds and collects information concerning appointments and helper's schedule. Based on the provided data, dedicated managers are able to pick up the most appropriate carer for everyone and immediately check his/her available time slots to eliminate confusion and disruption.
Job creation
To start the search, users have to type in their postcodes, check out the availability of local helpers in certain areas and specify what they need (put in the details according to a type of service, preferred days and times, frequency of visits and additional personal data). Moreover, visitors can browse helpers' profiles, but cannot choose a carer by themselves. The most appropriate person will be assigned by the admins of the platform.
Custom software solution
We delivered a custom-built functionality to accomplish client's goals without the need for compromises to build the site around the plugin, rather than the other way around. When you develop a new feature customly, you can remain confident that it will continue to work seamlessly. Vulnerabilities will likely be limited to those that are targeting your site specifically, rather than the system on which it's built, so you can count on increased security.
Helper onboarding management
What we really love about Good Life Sorted is their concern for the highest quality. For our customer, the onboarding process is a thorough, crucial procedure of hand-picking helpers, so only 5% of applicants can make the cut and join the platform. Great attention is paid to their social and communicative skills, that's why to apply for a position, candidates have to fill in the form, upload their resumes, provide a cover letter, describe their job preferences and availability and after that they will be carefully interviewed.
Picking time and days for a visit
Use filtering options to specify how often you would like the helper to visit you and point out what times and days are the best. Also choose a preferred visit duration (one hour minimum) to make the most out of a helper's services and meet your needs.
Helper profile
Good Life Sorted supports transparent policy, so you are absolutely free to look through the profiles of available caregivers, examine their resumes, courses and certifications, but one more time - the final decision is on moderators behalf. On the other hand, this fact is beneficial for consumers, as managers, who interviewed applicants personally, know exactly what they have to offer and can match help-seekers with the most suitable carers perfectly.
Accounting module
Our team added the accounting module to simplify and make the company's financial management much more efficient. Earlier, the process had been done manually in an Excel spreadsheet. It takes a lot of time and becomes very tedious if you have to create reports, calculate each visit, and sum it up monthly for every helper and customer by hand. That's why our client wanted to expand the functionality of an admin system so that he could automate how the company deals with finances.
Statement and invoice generation
In the documents section, you can see all the invoices and statements with financial details of visits, a total that has to be paid by each customer and received by each helper during a specific time frame. There are four types of documents that you can create: customer statements, helper statements, GLS invoices, and helper invoices. These documents can be easily generated in the system with a few clicks and then sent to clients and helpers accordingly.
