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Aera

For families

Help someone you love stay on track.

Aera brings structure and support to daily COPD care at home — simple for them, reassuring for you, even when you can’t be there in person.

An adult daughter and her mother looking at a tablet together on a sofa

We get it

Caring for a parent from a distance is hard.

Between the phone calls, the appointments, and the worry, it’s a lot to hold. Aera gives the day a clear shape — and gives you a window in.

Your window in

See how their week is going — at a glance.

Not a feed of numbers to decode. A calm, plain-language summary of the days they’ve checked in and how their breathing has been.

  • A week you can read in seconds

    Which days they checked in, and a simple green / amber marker for how each day went.

  • Context, not just alerts

    A harder breathing day shows as a calm amber note — “a day to keep an eye on” — not a flashing alarm.

  • Only what they choose to share

    Your loved one decides what appears in your view. You see a summary — never their private messages with their care team.

The Aera family view: a week of Margaret’s daily check-ins, mostly calm green days with one amber harder-breathing day, and no open alarms
The family view. Illustrative data shown.
Margaret’s Aera home screen: one large “How are you feeling today?” card with a big Start check-in button and large, easy-to-read text

Built for them

She doesn’t have to be “good with phones.”

If you’ve bought an app or a device a parent never opened, you know the real question isn’t whether you can see it — it’s whether they’ll use it. Aera is designed for older adults first.

  • Big buttons, one thing at a time

    Each screen asks one simple question with large, tappable answers — no tiny menus, no clutter.

  • It reads questions aloud

    A “Read this to me” button speaks the screen, so reading glasses or tired eyes aren’t a barrier.

  • Plain language, large type

    No medical jargon and no fine print — just clear words at a size that’s comfortable to read.

  • No app store, no passwords to chase

    It opens right in her phone’s browser. You can set it up together once and it’s ready.

Peace of mind, not pressure

You won’t become the 24/7 monitor.

Signing your parent up should lower your worry, not hand you a job. Here’s exactly what reaches you — and what doesn’t.

What you get

  • Calm summaries of how their week is going.
  • A simple sense of whether they’ve been keeping up.
  • The reassurance of knowing, without having to ask.

What you don’t get

  • No middle-of-the-night red alarms to react to alone.
  • No pressure to be the one who decides what’s urgent.
  • The clinical part stays with their care team — that’s their job, not yours.

Calm summaries, not alarms. Their care team handles the clinical side.

How setup works

From “I requested it” to “Mom’s using it.”

The handoff is the part families worry about most, so here’s exactly how it goes.

  1. 01

    You request access

    Start on their behalf — choose “I’m helping a family member.” You can do it alongside their clinician or program.

  2. 02

    You set it up together

    Over a visit or a phone call, walk through the first sign-in and one daily check-in. The clinical questions can be answered by you or their nurse.

  3. 03

    She opens it; you choose what you see

    From then on it’s her daily routine — and your calm window in. She controls what’s shared with you.

Help them breathe a little easier.

It only takes a few minutes to get started.