Daily care events

Daily care events are items of care that can be recorded for a client.

  • To add a Daily care event, click on the Add button.
  • To edit an existing daily care event, click on the Edit button next to that entry.

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Daily care event types

There are currently four different types of daily care events available for selection, with several sub-sections available for each (which appear depending on what is selected):

  • Personal
  • Meal
  • Chores
  • Medication (Taken / Not taken)

Specifying the date and time of the event

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You can click on either �Today� or �Yesterday� for events or click on �Earlier� to open a calendar popup. Note that it is not possible to record a daily care event in the future. The time defaults to the current time, or you can click in the field and edit the time.

Recording mood

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You can optionally record a mood observation for each daily care event. Click on the button that corresponds to the observed mood.

Notes

Case notes may be added to each daily care event. These notes appear in the client Notes tab, in the same way as other notes in Recordbase.

Saving daily care events

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To save your daily care event, either click on the �Add daily care event� button to save your data and return to the previous screen or use the �Add this and start another� button to save the current daily care event recording, and immediately start to record another.