Finding your way around

CareHaven has a lot inside it, but you only ever need to know a handful of spots to reach everything. This page is the map. Once these few pieces feel familiar, the rest of the app falls into place.

The bottom bar

The bar across the bottom of the screen is home base. It has five slots: four feature tabs you choose, and a central + button in the middle.

• The four side slots can be any features you like. Put your most-used daily logs here.
• The + button in the center opens quick logging (more on that below).
• Tap More ⋯ to see everything that isn't pinned to the bar.

You decide what lives on the bar, so it can be just the handful of things you reach for all day. Available

The quick-log + button

The + button in the center of the bottom bar is the fastest way to write something down. Tap it and a small grid of common entries opens, so you can jot a note, a behavior, a feeding, or whatever you log most without hunting through menus first. Available

It's meant for the in-the-moment moments: you log the thing, then get right back to your day.

The full menu (More ⋯)

Not everything fits on a four-slot bar, and that's fine. Tap More ⋯ to open the full map of the app: every feature, grouped into sections so related things sit together. Available

This is also where you reach SOS, which always sits at the top. SOS keeps your emergency contacts and your region's crisis lines one tap away. See Safety & crisis plans.

The hubs

CareHaven groups its features into a few hubs, so you're never staring at one long list. There's a place for today's logging, a place for medical records, a place for advocacy and goals, a place for safety and crisis plans, and a place for tools that are just for you. You reach them through the full menu, and you can pin the ones you use most to the bottom bar.

The hubs quietly fit the person you're caring for. A profile's age and diagnoses decide which sections show up, so you only see what's relevant and aren't wading through things that don't apply. You can override any of that per person if the defaults don't fit. See Make it yours.

Search and Ask

The search button takes you to one place that does three things: it finds your own entries, it understands plain-language requests, and it answers questions. You don't have to pick a mode up front; just start typing.

This is also where you ask CareHaven a question in everyday words. The full details, including how your privacy is protected, live on the Search & Ask CareHaven page. Available

The person switcher

If you care for more than one person, tap the colored pill in the top-right corner of the screen. It shows an initial and a name. Tap it to open the switcher, then tap any name to switch. Available

The whole app changes with you. Every log, record, and setting you then see belongs to the person you picked, kept completely separate from the others. See Setting up for the first time for adding more people.

The Home screen

Your Home screen is where you land. The top of it shows a few at-a-glance cards for the things that actually need you today, so you don't have to go looking for them. CareHaven shows at most two of these at once, most important first, and never buries your day under a stack of banners. The full tour of Home lives on The Home screen. Available

Making it your own

You're not stuck with the default layout. You can change which four tabs appear on the bottom bar, and you can hide individual items from the menus so the app only shows what you use.

• To rearrange the bar, tap More ⋯, then Edit (or press and hold the More button). Drag the handle to reorder, tap to add or remove a tab, then tap Done.
• To hide menu items or change which sections appear per person, open the customization settings.

It's worth setting this up early. A bar tuned to your routine means the few things you do all day are always one tap away. The full walkthrough is on Make it yours. Available

The first-time tour

The first time you open CareHaven, a short, calm walkthrough points out these pieces as they come up: the + button, the menus, and search show themselves the first time they matter, so you learn the app by using it rather than reading about it. You can replay the whole walkthrough anytime later from the app's Help settings. Available

If you ever want to wander before you commit, you can explore with demo data first.

Once you know the bottom bar, the + button, the full menu, search, and the person switcher, you can get anywhere. From here, dive into Daily tracking, Medical, or Caregiver tools.