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ALS Association Family Alerts

Stay informed. Stay prepared. Stay connected.

Know what’s happening where they live. Know what to do next.

A working mockup of a co-branded app for people living with ALS and the families who support them: place-based alerts for home, a plan the household already made with its care team, and the supplies to go with it.

Support independence. Reduce uncertainty.

The ALS Association already tells families to be aware and be ready. BEPREPARED Solutions adds the technology layer: awareness when conditions change at home, and a plan already in place.

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Good evening, Rachel.

Power’s out at Dad’s. His plan is ready.

Monitored Places

Alert Delivery

Text
Email
WhatsApp

What We Watch

Tap a tile to pause or resume that kind of alert.

One evening in Roanoke

  1. 15:41 PMA Severe Thunderstorm Warning crosses Roanoke County on a hot evening.
  2. 25:59 PMAppalachian Power reports an outage on Dad’s street. One calm alert reaches the family circle.
  3. 3Right awayALS Emergency Power Plan Ready: breathing support, power chair, communication, cooling and who checks in.

The core offer

Making ALS more livable when the power goes out

Six promises the app is built around, each one visible on a screen you can open.

BEAWAREKnow when conditions change at home

Dad’s home, his therapy center, your own house. Severe weather, power and water outages, official emergency notices.

Privacy firstWe watch the place, not the person

Alerts are about an address, never about Frank’s movements, his phone, his health or his equipment. Every alert comes with a receipt.

BEREADYThe plan Frank made with his care team

Backup power, breathing support, the power chair and ramp, communication, medications, cooling, transport and who checks in. Considerations, not medical advice.

Frank’s choicesIndependence, with support around it

Frank decides which places are watched, who is in the circle and what each person sees. His view shows all of it.

All clearThe ending, not just the beginning

Every alert closes with what happened, who confirmed it and how long it lasted.

BEEQUIPPEDSupplies that fit real life with ALS

Lighting, phone and tablet power, cooling and the go bag. Non-medical kits the household reviews together.

The small things

Twelve small things that keep it practical, not clinical

Each one is built into the phone above. None of them ask where Frank is.

  • A quiet-week digestSunday at five: how many days nothing happened at Dad’s.
  • The ending, every timeWho confirmed the all clear, and how long it lasted.
  • Before you reach outSevere alerts start with a 20-second breath and three facts.
  • Calm check-in textsLight touch, a little more, or just love. Texts, because they’re easier for Frank.
  • Text Mom, or ask Dave to knockThe two moves the plan agreed on, one tap each.
  • Frank’s viewWhat he gets, what he decided, and what nobody ever sees.
  • Honest estimatesRestoration times are labelled as the utility’s, never ours, and never a promise.
  • Thinking-of-you notesA text about the game, not the outage. No reply needed.
  • Seasons at Dad’sStorm season, the equipment check-in and the anniversary, a week ahead.
  • Before-storm-season checklistThe garage release, the chair routine, the go bag.
  • A two-minute practiceFive questions the family runs together before the lights go out.
  • What we looked atThe receipt behind every alert, and what we never touched.

The shortest version

“Making ALS more livable includes the night the power goes out.”

The ALS Association already gives families the knowledge, tools and structure to prepare. Place-based alerts, a personalized plan and non-medical supplies turn that guidance into an ongoing capability: awareness when the environment changes, a plan already in place, and a support network that can act together.