fairfamilyShare the care of a parent fairly
A shared calendar for brothers, sisters and the rest of the family looking after an older relative: the visits, errands and appointments, who said they would do each one, and a plain summary of who has actually been doing the care.
No account needed to start. It works on this device straight away.
One person ends up doing everything
When a parent needs more help, it rarely gets shared out. One person lives closest, or answered the phone first, and the visits, the shopping, the prescriptions and the hospital appointments slowly become theirs.
Nobody decides it. Nobody quite sees it either — the others hear about the big things, not the dozen small ones each week. By the time it is said out loud, it is said in frustration.
fairfamily puts the care where the whole family can see it, so it can be shared before it becomes one person's job.
What it does
A care task calendar
Visits, errands and appointments on one month view, each with a time, a place, notes for whoever goes, and roughly how long it takes. A colour per person shows at a glance who has what.
Volunteer for tasks
Add a task with nobody on it and it shows as needing a volunteer. Send the family one link: they pick their name and take what they can, without creating an account.
An appointment list
Doctors, hospital, dentist and physiotherapy in one list — where, when, who goes along — with the appointment letter or prescription attached so whoever goes has it.
A fairness summary
Who did what over the last month, three months or year, weighed by the time it took. Care that was never on the calendar — a phone call, the paperwork — can be logged afterwards so it counts too.
Reminders
The calendar opens on what is coming up and what nobody has taken. With an account, an email the day before a task with no volunteer — and, if you ask, to each relative the day before a task they took.
How it works
- Add the people who share the care, starting with yourself.
- Add what is coming up: visits, shopping, appointments. Leave "who" empty when nobody has offered yet.
- Send the family link. Everyone sees the same calendar, takes tasks and marks them done.
- Look at the fairness summary together, and talk about it before anyone is worn out.
Try it without signing up
The free version works without an account: your calendar stays on this device. If you create an account later, everything you entered moves into it — nothing lost, nothing doubled — and from then on it opens on any device and can be shared with the family.
Pricing
Free
No charge, no time limit
- The care calendar and the appointment list
- Tasks that need a volunteer
- The fairness summary
- A family link, so relatives can volunteer without an account
- Reminders on screen, and by email to you
- Up to 20 attached documents
Pro
Monthly subscription — the price is shown before you pay
- Everything in Free
- Email reminders to each relative, the day before a task they took
- As many attached documents as you need
Questions
Does everyone in the family need an account?
No. One person keeps the calendar, with or without an account. To share it, they make a free account and send a family link; everyone else just opens the link.
Who can see the calendar?
You, on the devices you sign in on, and whoever you send a family link to. A link can be revoked at any time. Email addresses you keep for reminders are never shown on it.
Is the fairness summary meant to blame someone?
No. Families split care for good reasons — distance, work, children, health. The summary only makes the split visible, so it can be talked about and agreed on rather than assumed.
What if I already use a shared calendar?
A shared calendar shows what is planned. It does not show what has no volunteer, who actually did it, or how the care has been split over months — which is what fairfamily is for.