Creator watches his caregiver app featured on local news with familyfrom @tim.otis

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Caring for a relative with a receding and massaging. Of our time can be really isolating. And when it comes to Parkinson's patients, symptoms usually become more difficult to control, making life harder for everybody involved. A Nolensville son caring for his father turned to tech, though. Created an app for those like him. Our Hannah McDonald shows us this twenty four seven support system. You wanna go on the swings? Fine. Caring for someone. How high do you wanna go? Always building something with his hands. So now that he's got Parkinson's, a lot of that ability to do any of those things pays it's completely robbed of them. Tim's father, Best, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease about six years ago. At the time, he had uncontrollable shaking in his hand. His dad's condition is only going to get worse. I'm not breaking a loss yet because my dad is still intact. But as it progresses, it's going to get worse. And that's the thing about this is this is a long term debilitating journey. This is not something that is quick. It's very, very, very long. So, this is the app. Tim recently created an app for people like him. There's a comprehensive Parkinson's stage assessment. Relatives who are primary caregivers for loved ones with Parkinson's. Honestly, that's what it takes for health care innovation is somebody who leads with empathy. Parkinson is what it's called. The AI powered app focuses on the caregiver's health and mental health. What it's gonna do is actually gonna create an actual support plan. Tim and his sisters also helped care for their mom after a car accident left her paralyzed when he was little. Care members can become health patients because of poor tier, not taking care of themselves, potentially having, you know, some sort of panic attack. It's gonna put this into push notifications to say, have you done these things? Hey. Did you take care of yourself today? Did you go for a walk today? Tim wants to raise $200,000 by September 1 so that full development gets her involved. It's the perfect day for a To Tim, caregivers deserve the same compassion they give. I'm putting everything I can into this. Reporting with photojournalist Devin Crawford, I'm Hannah McDonald. News channel five. Thank you, Hannah. So what will $200,000 pay for? Better more expert clinicians involved, app development, a strategic advisory council, just to name a few. I was on the team. The extreme heat we're experiencing isn't only dangerous.