Skip to content
Resources

Setting up Corasom, one step at a time

Short guides for you, for the person you look after, and for anyone helping out. Each one takes a few minutes to read, and then you can put it down again.

Who’s reading?

I look after someone

Start with the first-week path, from signing up to seeing how their day is going.

Start the path

Someone looks after me

Six short guides to your side of Corasom, in large print. Your family can print them for you.

Open the large-print guides

I’ve been asked to help

For brothers, sisters, partners and paid carers joining a family’s circle.

Start here

New here? Your first week, step by step

Nine guides in the order you’ll need them. Day one gets you connected. The first week shows you what you’re looking at. After that, it’s about making it part of the week.

Day one

Get set up and see their first check-in.

  1. 1
    Create your account and invite them

    Sign up, then send the invitation that connects you to the person you look after.

    2 min read
  2. 2
    Set Corasom up on their tablet, phone or laptop

    Get Corasom onto the device they already use, signed in and one tap away.

    2 min read
  3. 3
    If you’re not with them Set it up from a distance

    Talk them through setup on a call, with the words to read out at each step.

    2 min read

First week

Set up their routine and learn to read their day.

  1. 4
    Plan their daily routine together

    Suggest the meals, drinks, walks and tablets that make up their day. They decide what goes in.

    2 min read Includes a tour
  2. 5
    Read their day: the timeline and quiet days

    What each line on your screen means, and what a quiet day does and doesn’t mean.

    2 min read
  3. 6
    When they press Need Help

    What you’ll see, what to do, and where Corasom’s help stops.

    2 min read Includes a tour

Making it stick

Bring the family in and get the weekly view.

  1. 7
    Read your weekly Peace of Mind score

    One number for the week, what goes into it, and what a dip does and doesn’t mean.

    Family plan 1 min read
  2. 8
    Invite siblings and paid carers

    Bring the people who share the caring into the same circle.

    Family plan 2 min read
  3. 9
    Use the family chat, tasks and journal

    Share the jobs, keep in touch, and take their journal to a GP appointment.

    Family plan 1 min read Includes a tour