Close Ranks

Small tools for a family holding up one household at a distance, and for the person doing the work up close. Each one does a single thing, keeps what you type on your own phone, and can be used by somebody who has never heard of the others.

• The Vouch

  Score a caregiver against the door before you pay for a visit, and hand her the introduction that gets her in.

  For the person arranging the care.

• Fire Drill

  Run the 3am scenario on paper and find the holes in the plan before the real one does.

  For the person arranging the care.

• First Hour

  Fill in one emergency card and send it as a link. Whoever gets there first opens it to everything a paramedic asks for, and to where their own authority ends.

  For whoever can be at the door within the hour.