AstonCare Features
AstonCare
contains five key modules plus one optional add-on module (Invoicing),
each of which represents an aspect of the administration of a care
home, as well as general functions that operate across the application.
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Module 1: Enquiries
Easily monitor enquiries from prospective residents, family members
or social workers.
Key features: Enquirer Details,
Prospective Resident Details, Care and Booking Details, Follow-ups,
Visits and an archiving facility.
Module 2: Residents
Residents are considered to be the core of the AstonCare
system and the application has been designed to make the management
of residents as efficient and as comprehensive as possible.
Key features: Resident Details,
Doctor and Social Worker Details, Requirements, Contacts, Visits,
Pocket Money and Control Account, Incidents, Valuables and Discharge
Details.
Module 3: Staff
Staff form an integral part of a care home and managing staff efficiently
is of equal importance.
Staff Rota
This module organises staff rotas easily and with minimal effort.
With scope for multiple pay rates, shifts, and departments it uses
a template to paste your data which can then be fine tuned manually.
You can record sickness, lateness and holidays in a visual format
for ease of reference and it has predefined reports for payroll input
and management of staff absence,lateness,holidays. in real time
Key features: Employee Details,Training,
Visits, Incidents, Holidays, Sickness, Bank Details, Next of Kin and
Leaver Information.
Contacts can range from resident friends and family to professionals
such as doctors and social workers.
AstonCare organises contacts in groups
that you define.
Key features: Recording of Home
and Business addresses, email and web site addresses, Visits, and
an archiving facility.
Module 5: Companies
The Companies module is used for managing the details of the various
companies that come into contact with the staff of your establishment.
Key features: Business Details,
Company Contacts and Product Information.
Module 6: Invoicing (not included
in standard version))
The invoicing module makes care home invoicing much faster and considerably
easier - never again will you have to manually calculate backdated
rate change adjustments.
More Exciting Features …
Care Planning
A comprehensive suite of forms allows the collection and review
of various data relating to the resident's care planning, including:
Profile Waterlow Risk Assessment
Initial Assessment On-going Assessment Therapeutic
Assessment Therapeutic Plan Prescriptions
Medical Administration Functional Evaluation
There is also the facility to store multiple photographs in
each resident's care plan together with related notes.
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Room Management
Efficiently manage your rooms; AstonCare
will provide you with visual information regarding:
- current occupancy and room availability
- future bookings/reservations
- room details such as type, rate, decor, etc.
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Reports
Predefined reports:
Enquiry Record Resident Record Visits
Outstanding Reminders Resident Pocket Money Account
Resident Birthday List Resident Contacts
Resident Incidents Resident's Valuables Staff
Record Staff Incidents Staff Holidays Staff
Sickness Company Product List etc
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Reminders
Use the reminder facility to set actions and 'to do' items.
AstonCare will also automatically
generate reminders for key events such as sending a brochure
to an enquirer.
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Visits
Easily manage the many different types of visitor that your
establishment receives using a centralised visit register.
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Search Facility
Find any record quickly by simply entering a name, address,
postcode or telephone number.
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Multi-User
AstonCare has been designed to
be used within a multi-user enviroment. You can setup multiple
users and assign them different access rights to the software
- discounted rates apply if you require further copies of AstonCare.
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Mail Merge
Create targeted mailings or standard response letters in seconds
using the Mail Merge Wizard. Further standard letters can also
be created in addition to those supplied with AstonCare.
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Crib List
At the press of a button you can view a user-defined list of
the services and facilities that your establishment provides,
which can be referred to when talking to enquirers.
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Context Sensitive Help
Call up help pages that deal specifically with the part of
AstonCare that you are using.
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Tutorials
Several short tutorials on key aspects of the application have
been included to help you get started.
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