I Ally

I Ally

Holistic support app for family caregivers

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I Ally empowers young family caregivers by connecting users to mutual aid, administrative advocacy, Telehealth, a database of providers, financial & legal counsel, access to clinical trials and more.
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Kat Kajderowicz🦀
This is a great idea -- do you provide support for a variety of conditions caregivers are helping with? with re: trials, have you looked into connecting ones from individual hospitals, or just national level trials?
Kat Kajderowicz🦀
Tried to sign up, says my email is in use (kathrinkajderowicz@gmail.com) -- very unique email, so this seems to be a bug. Otherwise would love to try it out!
Lucinda Rogers Koza
Maker
Fixing this bug now!
Lucinda Rogers Koza
Maker
@kkajderowicz The issue is fixed now!! If you refresh the page it will work! Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
Lucinda Rogers Koza
Maker
@kkajderowicz For clinical trials, we have partnered with Antidote.me, which is like a digital matching service for clinical trials and patients. We provide support for any condition -- and when using Antidote, you would enter the condition along with zip code, etc., and that is how you would find any available clinical trials in your area for the person you care for.
Kat Kajderowicz🦀
@lucinda_rogers awesome thanks so much!! great product / idea :)
Lucinda Rogers Koza
Maker
Hi everyone! When I became my father's caregiver after he had a stroke in late 2018, I felt very isolated and noticed a lack of advocacy and resources available. I became determined to change that. I created I Ally to connect caregivers with resources and with each other, so that others don't have to go through this alone.
Erica Halpern
Looks like a really cool app that is especially needed for caregivers during the current times. I am curious, what forms of support do you provide? Legal assistance, counseling etc?
Lucinda Rogers Koza
Maker
@ericahal Thanks for asking! The main resource I wanted to provide was access to mental health treatment for the caregiver, remotely through Telehealth and/or text therapy, and with providers who specialize in caregiver stress and caregiver burden. Usually, full-time family caregivers don't have time to take care of their own health, and they also don't put their health & wellbeing first -- they are too focused on the person they care for. Over half of unpaid family caregivers report moderate to severe burden -- so providing easy access to care is a crucial part of I Ally's mission. In addition to that, I Ally provides customized access to attorneys all over the country, including those who provide pro-bono counsel for caregivers especially. The mutual aid platform means that any user can also ask the community for help or for advice.