News5 min9/14/2026
Free schedule analysis: how it works.
How Caire's free schedule analysis of one selected period works.
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Articles & Insights
The latest articles about AI, digitalization, and future trends in the home care industry.
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Caire news
Product updates and new ways to work with planning in Caire.
News4 min9/14/2026
Connect an AI assistant to Caire with MCP.
Connect compatible AI tools to available planning data and prepare reviewable proposals.
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Opinion
Opinion pieces on the conditions of home care, with sources.
Opinion11 min9/27/2026
A day in Swedish home care, 2026
Everyone does their best, and still the day falls apart. An ordinary day in home care, hour by hour, with sources.
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Founder story
Why Caire was founded — seen from inside home care.
Founder story9 min7/15/2026
When the body says no, but the mind says yes
Björn Evers was diagnosed with MS at 35. After 5,000+ home-care visits he founded Caire — care first, AI as enabler.
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AI scheduling
Overviews of how AI changes planning, digitalization, and the future of home care.
Analysis8 min8/3/2026
AI scheduling in home care: a practical guide for planners
What does AI scheduling mean in home care? A practical guide to inputs, human review, measurement, and rollout.
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Analysis15 min5/25/2025
AI Scheduling Revolution
How AI revolutionizes scheduling in home care and what it means for future care organizations.
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Trends8 min2/20/2024
Future Home Care Trends 2030
A deep dive into the technological and organizational trends that will shape home care in the coming years.
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Route optimization
Algorithms, VRPTW, and practical models for less travel and better routes.
Analysis7 min8/3/2026
Reduce travel time in home care without losing continuity
Practical ways to reduce travel time in home care through geographic planning, the right measures, continuity, and route follow-up.
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Analysis18 min6/30/2026
Routing science in home care: balance travel and continuity
How modern route optimization balances travel time, continuity, skills, time windows, and human review in one connected schedule.
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Analysis18 min3/2/2026
VRPTW home care optimization: visit coverage and travel-time trade-offs
How Caire uses VRPTW algorithms and home-care-specific constraints to compare visit coverage and travel-time trade-offs in optimization runs.
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Analysis14 min3/2/2026
Travel time and continuity in one optimization model
How mathematical optimization makes trade-offs between travel time, continuity, and clear scheduling measurable for each run.
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Staffing and operations
Practical decisions about staffing, Carefox workflows, and unassigned visits.
Analysis8 min8/3/2026
Staff planning in home care: from capacity gaps to better care time
A practical model for staff planning in home care: capacity, demand, skills, shifts, and follow-up.
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Analysis7 min8/3/2026
Carefox and AI scheduling: how a complementary workflow works
How home-care organizations can complement Carefox with AI support for schedules, routes, continuity, and reviewable proposals.
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Analysis7 min8/3/2026
Unassigned home-care visits: causes, actions, and follow-up
How to analyze unassigned home-care visits and distinguish capacity gaps from constraints, time windows, and poor inputs.
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Continuity and care time
How continuity, efficiency, and care time can improve without losing care quality.
Analysis9 min7/25/2026
Schedule optimization for planners: how care time and travel time connect
Care time and travel time are governed by the same planning variables. Three levers to lower travel time and raise care time at once, without overloading staff.
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Research10 min3/27/2026
Så kan hemtjänsten nå 80% brukartid – utan att tappa kontinuitet
Evidensbaserad modell för att nå ~80% brukartid och stärka personalkontinuitet samtidigt – med fyra konkreta steg, KPI-definitioner och räkneexempel.
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Research12 min3/12/2026
Kontinuitet och Effektivitet i Hemtjänsten: AI-Optimering
Forskningsartikel om AI-optimering av hemtjänst. En verklig tvåveckorsplanering i Stockholmsområdet gav 5,67 unika vårdgivare per brukare och 79,1 % brukartid.
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Analysis13 min3/4/2026
Balancing Efficiency and Continuity in Home Care
Better planning is not a choice between lower travel time and better continuity. The right model makes both goals visible, configurable, and operationally realistic.
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Constraints and schedule optimization
How hard and soft constraints become practical controls in home-care scheduling.
Analysis16 min3/25/2026
Effective Constraint Management in Homecare Scheduling Optimization
How to balance hard and soft constraints in home care scheduling. Caire's three-layer model, the KISS principle, and strategies that handle 85% of all conditions with time windows alone.
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