In the coming months, we will be updating a number of aspects of AgingCare.com in order to improve the usability of the site for you, our members. The two most significant pending changes are a new navigation bar along the top of the site and an improved layout for our articles. These will be applied towards the end of July/beginning of August.
It will take a bit of getting used to, but it is our hope that this simplified navigation will help members and newcomers alike locate the information they are looking for. All of our articles, questions, answers, discussions, etc. are still live and intact, but they will be organized a bit differently moving forward.
For your reference, we have provided a quick guide to using the new navigation below. (NOTE: These details may not make complete sense until we publish the updates and you see them.)
-The Caregiver Forum (Support Groups and Discussions) can be found under “Ask a Question.”
-You can find information on all types of Senior Living under “Find Care.”
-To access content that was previously filed under Caregiver Support (Caregiver Burnout, Emotional Wellbeing, Tough Issues, etc.), click on “Caregiving.”
-Content that was previously filed under Elder Care (Daily Care, Health Conditions, End of Life and Hospice, etc.) can be found under “Healthy Aging.”
-The Money and Legal Section is located in a drop-down menu that appears when you click on the three lines next to our logo on the far left of the blue navigation bar.
-The search box can also be located in the drop-down menu.
To ensure you are logged into your account, look for your avatar in the top right of the navigation bar. (If you are not logged in, you will see the “LOGIN” link in that spot instead.) Once you are logged in, you can access your account information, news feed and public profile by either clicking on your avatar or using any of the “Membership” links in the drop-down menu described above. You can log out by using the link in the drop-down as well.
Improvements to our articles include larger, easier-to-read text, clearer formatting, and an accessible “share bar.”
As always, when it comes to upgrading or trying something new, there are bound to be a few kinks that will pop up and need to be ironed out. We sincerely appreciate your patience while we work through this process to make AgingCare as user-friendly and informative as possible. The entire AgingCare team has been working hard on these changes, and we are excited to finally share them with you!
We appreciate your feedback and will be actively monitoring this thread. If you have any questions or concerns about these updates, please feel free to post them below. Thank you!
-AgingCareEditor
Here is what they said, 19 hours ago:
AgingCareEditor
Give a Hug
19 hrs ago
Hi all,
The time stamp bug only seems to be affecting answers to questions. Discussions (like this one) and comments on articles appear to be unaffected. I have notified our tech team of the issue. Thank you for your attention to detail and for letting us know!
-AgingCareEditor
Dear Editor, You are so very welcome!
Time stamp on so many threads is not available.
When caregivers discuss a current use of a medication that has worked, or why it has not worked for their case, that information can change or become outdated so quickly. People know not to rely on medication advice, because every case is different and to check with the doctor. However, having a heads up through the experience from others is valuable, but it must be timely. Reading from years ago and not knowing that is just wrong.
AC could prioritize the date/time stamp issue to the top priority.
imo. Maybe if tech would date/time stamp the advertisements, this would assist in allowing the code generation. The date/time stamp is in the database, afterall.
Think-simplicity, continuity, who is your target audience?
My husband explained this forum is bare bones technolgy-, so can you keep it simple?
He also says to "Step trace the access of the data base" looking for bugs? But I don't know what he means.
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6:26 pm EST, 24 Aug.
All because there is no date/time stamp on our posts.
Dear Admin, are you trying to have this fixed?
We just released some more updates to the site. Most of these are behind-the-scenes changes that will not affect things on your end. The one exception is that the date and time stamps on questions have been restored! If you encounter any errors or bugs, as usual, you can let us know here.
Thank you for your patience!
-AgingCareEditor
BTW, I read a few articles and quit after not even finishing them. That formatting is something Microsoft might have developed.