I had an unusual experience today. My mother, who is 91 lives on her own but has several personal support workers visit her through the day to help her with medicine and meals, etc. She does not wish to live in a Senior’s facility, and so we are doing our best to accomodate her.

Every time she gets a cold, it quickly becomes bronchitis and then pneumonia. So today when I visited I was disappointed to hear a deep cough. Her doctor could not make an appointment to see her until next week. My mother did not wish to go to the walk in clinic, I could not find a house call doctor (although I have seen ads for them), and her pharmacist can’t dispense medications without a doctor’s prescription.

While searching for a solution, I came across an App called GetMaple –…