Medical

This is where the health side of caregiving lives — the appointments, the numbers, the medicines, the paperwork. CareHaven holds it so you can walk into a doctor's office with the whole story already gathered, instead of trying to remember it on the spot.

Everything here stays on your device. None of it diagnoses anything; it's there to help you notice, organize, and share what you're seeing with the people who can.

Doctor visits

A doctor visit can carry more than fits in your head. CareHaven keeps each one in one place. Available

For a single appointment you can hold:

• A typed note of what you want to ask, or what the doctor said.
• A dictated transcript — speak instead of type, and your words become text.
• Scanned documents — the visit summary, lab results, an imaging report (see Scan an IEP or doctor letter).
• Follow-ups the app pulls out for you, so the next step doesn't get lost.

When you create a visit, CareHaven gathers a summary from what you've already logged — medications, seizures, sleep, behaviors, vitals, goals, wins. Show it to the doctor, print it, or email it ahead of time. During the visit you can take notes as the doctor speaks.

Afterward, CareHaven can draft a short recap message you can share with family, so everyone knows how it went without a long phone call. The recap can be translated into another language before you send it.

If you delete a visit by mistake, it's recoverable — deleted visits sit in a recoverable state for 30 days before they're gone for good.

Vitals

Log temperature, weight, height, pulse, blood pressure, blood oxygen (SpO2), and head circumference, each with a timestamp. Fill in only what's relevant — every field is optional, and a note field lets you add context like "post-seizure day" or "before appointment." Available

Vitals sync with Apple Health, so a reading you take in CareHaven can flow to Health and back. See Across your Apple devices for how that connection works.

The trend across entries is the point. A weight tracked week to week, or a blood-oxygen number watched daily, shows whether things are steady, drifting, or spiking — and that trend goes straight into a doctor-visit summary.

Explain this reading. If a number worries you, you can open a short explainer for any logged vital. It puts the reading in plain language. It never diagnoses, and it points you toward emergency help if something looks urgent. Available

Growth percentiles

When a profile has a sex and a birthdate set, the Growth screen shows a percentile for the latest weight, height, or head circumference — for example, "14.2 kg, 45th percentile for age." These use the same references pediatricians use (the World Health Organization charts for children under 2, the CDC charts for ages 2 to 20), and they're calculated right on your device, fully offline. Available

A percentile is a position on a population curve, not a grade. CareHaven shows an honest caveat alongside it: many children — especially with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or a history of prematurity — grow steadily along their own curve, well above or below the average, and that can be perfectly healthy for them. The trend over time, and any sudden plateau or drop, is what's worth raising with your care team.

Seizures

Log a seizure in the moment, with the fewest taps possible. Pick the type, then start the built-in timer when it begins and stop it when it ends, so the duration is captured precisely. Afterward you can add notes — what came before, recovery time, behavior after — and check whether rescue medication was given or 911 was called. Available

The timer is built for the hardest moment. It runs as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you can watch the time without keeping the app open, and it gives you a "consider 911" warning at the five-minute mark — the point at which a seizure is less likely to stop on its own.

For the step-by-step, see Log a seizure with the timer. For a seizure plan that speaks each step aloud, see Build a crisis plan.

What to watch for (epilepsy)

If your person has epilepsy or seizure entries, a short, plain-language "What to watch for" card appears in the Medical area, right alongside the seizure tracker. It gathers the signs worth acting on: seizures more often than usual, a seizure that looks different from their normal, and a seizure that won't stop or repeats before they wake up between. That last one is an emergency, and the card links straight to seizure first aid. Available

The card also covers the everyday habits that keep seizures fewer and safer — tracking every episode, watching for common triggers like a missed dose or short sleep, and keeping rescue medication in date and within reach. It's caregiver education drawn from published guidance, not a diagnosis. The card only appears for a person with epilepsy or seizures.

Documents

Scanned papers — an after-visit summary, an IEP, an insurance card, a signed directive — organized by kind so you can find them when you need them. The scanner uses the same technology as the Notes and Files apps, so a scan comes out cropped and cleaned up rather than as a phone snapshot. Everything stays on your device, encrypted like the rest of your data. Available

The scanner lives wherever you'd want to attach a document — inside the doctor-visit screen, on a person's profile, and elsewhere — so the scan and the record save together. CareHaven can also read a scanned IEP or doctor letter and turn it into goals, follow-ups, and reminders you review before saving; see Scan an IEP or doctor letter.

Med supply

Keep track of what's actually in the cabinet, so you're never scrambling for a refill on a Friday afternoon. For each medication you can hold its name, dosage, how much is on hand, a low-supply alert threshold, the pharmacy, whether it's compounded, a side-effects log, and refill history. Available

When supply runs low — below the threshold you set — CareHaven lets you know. Tap Refill when you pick up a new prescription to reset the counter. Logging a dose as given lowers the count by one; a missed dose doesn't.

When you add a medication, CareHaven can autocomplete the name from a public U.S. medication database, and if two or more medications on your list have a known interaction, a warning banner appears with the details. CareHaven doesn't diagnose interactions — it surfaces well-established concerns from official labeling so you can bring them to your prescriber or pharmacist.

The supply tracker is a safety net, not a replacement for the pharmacy's own refill system. Prior authorizations, backorders, and insurance changes can all delay a refill beyond what the counter predicts.

Dose reminders

Set daily dose times for any medication, and CareHaven reminds you when each one is due. The reminder arrives as a notification with Mark as given and Snooze built right into the banner, so you can act without opening the app. The first time you set a reminder, your phone will ask permission to send notifications — allow it, and the reminders keep working even if the app is fully closed, because they're scheduled at the system level. Available

You can also mark a medication as "as needed," which keeps it in your list as a reference without scheduling an alert. Each device manages its own dose schedule, so the caregiver who handles the school run can keep different reminder times than the caregiver at home.

For the walkthrough, see Set medication reminders.

Plain-language explainers

Tap "What is this medication?" on a saved medicine, or "What is this condition?" on a diagnosis, to read a calm explainer written for families rather than clinicians. The text comes from MedlinePlus, the free patient-education service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine — the same source librarians and clinics point families to. Available

Looking something up sends only a generic code (the kind every patient on that medication or condition shares) — never your person's name or any of their details. After the first view it's saved on your device and opens instantly, even offline. It's background reading, not medical advice.

Catching what they can't tell you

When someone can't easily say "I hurt" — non-verbal, very young, or living with dementia — a change in behavior is often the first sign of pain or illness. These tools help you catch it and make a doctor take it seriously. All of them work on your device and none of them diagnose.

Baseline & Change Watch

Write down what's typical for your person across signals like sleep, appetite, energy, mood, breathing, and bathroom — plus a "pain signature," the particular way pain shows up for them (going quiet, rocking, guarding a spot). Then do a quick daily check and mark anything that's off. When two or more signals drift together, CareHaven flags it as worth a closer look. Available

The payoff is a dated, doctor-ready summary: what's normal for this person, plus every change in the last 30 days. It's the evidence that gets a new symptom taken seriously instead of waved off as "just the disability." Your baseline and change notes stay private on your device.

Could it be medical?

When someone suddenly acts different — more irritable, not eating, withdrawn — the cause is often something physical and treatable: a tooth, an ear, constipation, an infection. This is a calm checklist that walks you through the hidden causes worth ruling out first. Tap a possible cause to see a "check the body" prompt and a "when to call" note, then turn it into a doctor note you can share, or save it to your Change Watch. Available

For dementia and elder care, this connects with behavior episodes, PAINAD, Mealtime Watch, and What Helped rollups. See Dementia & elder care.

Health Watch

The recommended recurring health checks for your person — matched to their age and recorded needs — kept in one calm place so nothing quietly lapses. Things like thyroid tests, hearing and vision checks, hip surveillance, or a medication review. Tap "Add recommended checks" and CareHaven seeds the ones that fit. Mark a check done and its next due date rolls forward; snooze a check, or mark one not relevant to hide it. Available

It nudges what's coming up — never a red overdue wall — and it's reminders, not medical advice. Your clinician sets the right schedule.

Health Signals from Apple Health

A calm, read-only readout of the deeper numbers Apple Health already holds — last night's sleep stages, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, blood oxygen, breathing rate, and, where you track it, your cycle day. It shows only for the profile you've marked as "this is me," the one synced with Apple Health, because that data belongs to the phone's owner. A child's or care-recipient's profile won't show your watch numbers. Available

It comes with one honest note: for sleep, CareHaven compares last night against your own recent nights, not a population average — "less deep sleep than usual" is your pattern shown back to you, never a diagnosis. The data stays on your iPhone; CareHaven keeps no copy and sends nothing.

Mobility & swallowing

Plain-language "What to watch for" cards for Parkinson's (in the Body Care area) and for swallowing trouble, or dysphagia (in the Feeding area). Each gathers the signs worth acting on and the everyday steps that keep things safer — and the guidance can carry into a handoff so a sitter isn't left guessing. The cards appear only when they fit the person. Available

Adding a doctor to your team

When you add a care-team contact, you don't have to type a provider's phone and address by hand. CareHaven can look them up in the free U.S. provider directory by name (add a city or state to narrow it) and fill in the verified name, specialty, phone, and office address for you. Edit anything before you save. Only the provider's name leaves your device — never your person's information — and once looked up, they're saved for instant, offline access next time. Available

Allergen warnings

Set a person's food allergies once, and CareHaven watches your back at the table. When you scan a packaged food's barcode while logging a feeding, it warns you if the product contains one of their allergens. Add allergies from the common ones (the FDA "Big 9") or type in anything else. For foods it recognizes, it can also show a plain-language nutrition readout. The warning is a safety net, not a substitute for reading the label — especially for a severe allergy. Available

Fatal Five

The Fatal Five are the leading, often preventable causes of serious harm among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: aspiration and choking, severe constipation, dehydration, prolonged seizures, and infection — with reflux as a recognized added factor. Caregivers who recognize the early signs prevent most of these outcomes. Available

This is a reference, not a tracker. For each one it covers what to watch for, how to prevent it, and when to act. Read it before you need it — review it once a month, and any time a new caregiver joins, so the early signs are already familiar in the moment. It's general caregiver education and doesn't replace medical advice. The Fatal Five reference is hidden if you've turned on General Caregiver Mode.

Visit briefs

Before a specialist appointment, CareHaven can build a focused summary from what you've already logged — a Neurology brief, a Psychiatry brief, a "what's changed" brief, or a mealtime brief. Each is put together straight from your data, can be read aloud, and can be shared. Visit briefs are hidden if you've turned on General Caregiver Mode. Available

A note on what this is

Nothing in the Medical area diagnoses, prescribes, or replaces your doctor. It helps you notice patterns, keep the record straight, and hand a clear picture to the people who can act on it. When something seems urgent, call your doctor or emergency services.

For the bigger picture of how CareHaven thinks about your data, see Privacy comes first. To learn what's coming next, see Known limitations & what's coming.