Caregiving is a full-time role. Even if you’re not providing direct care around the clock, you as the primary caregiver are responsible for ensuring your loved one’s needs are met—and that he/she is safe—24 hours a day.

Many caregivers are thinking about the person in their care every second: What if she tried to walk to the mailbox and fell? What if he couldn’t reach something in the kitchen? What if I can’t keep caring for him as time goes on?

Whether you’re present in your loved one’s home on a daily basis or not, the emotional and mental weight of bearing full responsibility for another person can be overwhelming. And over time, if you don’t add support and help, carrying that weight alone will lead to burnout.

But today’s technology can reduce a caregiver’s stress level.

We’ll outline several tech tools to make your caregiving life more manageable:

On any given day, you’re communicating with doctors, therapists, family and friends, meal providers and more. Today’s tech allows constant communication via emails, texts, phone calls, and more—which is great for today’s on-the-go, multitasking caregivers.

And video technology (Skype, FaceTime, or Zoom, for example, all of which are free to use at a basic level) makes it easy for a family separated by miles to SEE each other regularly.

But if your loved one is hospitalized, family and friends will want updates and news. And for caregivers, that can mean a ton of phone calls or texts.

CaringBridge is a free tool that helps you create a private website to which you can post all the details you want to share, including pictures or requests for/restrictions on visits, and share the link with the people of your choosing. You can also coordinate help through the site as well.

Even if you’re good at asking others for help or delegating tasks, it can be a challenge keeping everyone on the same page and all the appointments and care tasks in one place. The “Care Calendar” by Lotsa Helping Hands is a great option, as are calendar programs tied to automated email/phone reminders, like Google, Outlook, or Apple. All are free.

Hint: Make sure to include reminders for yourself too, i.e. “take a self-care day” or “go get a massage” or “schedule lunch with a friend.”