How to make an app for a nursing home

In a nursing home every shift has to know what the last one did: who was bathed, who ate, whose BP was high, which medicines the doctor changed. An app for your staff keeps each resident's daily care, readings and notes in one place, and helps you send families a short update and the monthly bill.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Your staff: the nurses and attendants on each shift, the manager and accounts. They use their own phones, so connect your own Supabase database with sign-in, and give each role only the screens it needs. Families don't use this app; they get updates on WhatsApp.

The screens a nursing home app needs

Residents: Everyone staying, their room, family contact, diet, and the doctor's current instructions typed in by staff
Shift checklist: For each resident on this shift: bath, meals, medicines given as per the chart, turning for bedridden residents, walk, marked by the staff member
Readings: BP, sugar, temperature and weight by date, entered by nurses, with a simple chart
Doctor visits: Notes from each visit, with photos of prescriptions attached
Family updates: A short weekly update per resident, sent from a WhatsApp button
Monthly bills: Room charge plus extras like medicines and diapers, payments received and a bill PDF
Staff and roles: Who can open which screens: nurse, attendant, manager, accounts

Features worth asking for

A shift checklist so the next shift sees what was done and what was missed
Readings charts the visiting doctor can look at on a phone
A family update button that opens WhatsApp with a short message ready to send
Monthly bills with extras added through the month, as a PDF
A list of residents whose readings were entered outside the range the doctor wrote down
Sign-in with roles, so attendants see care tasks but not bills

Where the data lives

Many staff use it on their own phones across shifts, so connect your own Supabase database with sign-in from the chat; residents' records then sit in your own project. If families pay the monthly bill online, connect your own Razorpay account too.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Residents, Shift checklist, Readings, Doctor visits, Family updates.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
Check the plan. AppCub shows the screens and features it will build. Change them in the chat until they are right; seeing the plan is free.
Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
Share it. Share it as a web link, an APK file, or publish it on Google Play from your own developer account.

Copy this request, change the details to match your nursing home, and paste it into AppCub:

Make a staff app for Aashray Nursing Home, Pune, a long-stay home for 22 elderly and bedridden residents. Screens: residents, shift checklist, readings, doctor visits, family updates, monthly bills, staff and roles. Each resident has a room, family contact, diet and the doctor's instructions. The shift checklist covers bath, meals, medicines given as per the chart, turning and walking, marked by staff for morning, evening and night shifts. Readings record BP, sugar, temperature and weight with charts. Monthly bills add extras like medicines. WhatsApp button for family updates. Sign-in with roles. Beige and green colours.

Tips for a nursing home app

Start with residents and the shift checklist; that is where most handover mistakes happen. Add bills and readings charts next.
Write the checklist items exactly as your staff say them today, and ask for Hindi labels if they read Hindi more easily.
The app records what staff did; medicines and their doses stay as the doctor prescribed. Don't use it to decide treatment.
Residents' health details are private: use sign-in, give attendants only the screens they need, and follow the law on patient data.
Run it for a week beside your handover register before you stop writing on paper.

What it costs

Describing your app and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
A new app usually takes 60 to 110 credits. Start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits, enough for one app and a few changes) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499. Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Google Play needs a paid plan (it includes the Play Store bundle and your app’s signing key) and your own Google Play developer account, a one-time US$25 fee to Google.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

AppCub doesn't connect to BP machines, glucometers, nurse call bells or CCTV; staff type readings in. Nothing is sent by itself: family updates go when someone taps the WhatsApp button.
AppCub builds Android apps. You can also share the app as a web link that opens on any phone; for the iPhone App Store, AppCub’s team can do it for you.

Questions

Can each shift see what the last shift did?

Yes. Ask for a shift checklist per resident, so the evening staff see what the morning staff marked done or missed.

Can nurses record BP and sugar readings?

Yes, typed in by date, with a chart per resident. The app doesn't read them from machines.

Can the app tell families how their parent is doing?

Staff write a short update and a button opens WhatsApp with it ready. They send it from the nursing home's number.

Can it make the monthly bill?

Yes. The room charge is added each month and staff add extras like medicines and diapers; the bill is made as a PDF to share.

Can attendants be kept away from bills and notes?

Yes. Ask for roles and say which screens each role can open.

Does it work in Hindi for our attendants?

Yes, ask for Hindi labels on the checklist and buttons. Resident names and notes stay as staff type them.

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