Activity and movement
Daily step counts, walking distance, and general activity levels. We're looking for slow drifts: fewer steps, shorter walks, more time sitting than usual.
How it works
Lares quietly watches daily patterns, then steps in when it matters.
Lares connects to Apple devices already in the home, learns what “normal” looks like for each person, and flags meaningful changes for families—not every tiny fluctuation.
From real-world signals to meaningful alerts
We don't ship hubs or proprietary hardware. Lares starts with Apple Watch, iPhone, and Apple Health–connected devices like scales and blood pressure cuffs. These devices quietly collect movement-related data and vital patterns throughout the day.
Our models turn that raw stream into simple stories about routine, steadiness, and change over time—so families can see whether things are stable, drifting, or slipping in ways that might merit action.
The Lares pipeline in three steps
Step 1
Connect to Apple Health
Lares connects to Apple Health data from iPhone, Apple Watch, and compatible devices with the family's permission. We focus on movement, steadiness, activity, and sleep—signals that say a lot about how someone is doing at home.
Step 2
Learn what’s “normal”
For each person, Lares builds a baseline—how active they usually are, how steady they tend to be, how their sleep and daily rhythms look over weeks, not hours. We care about the shape of their routine, not individual spikes.
Step 3
Flag meaningful changes
When patterns drift—slower walks, more nighttime wake-ups, less movement overall—Lares highlights those shifts in plain language and suggests when it might be time to check in or seek help.
What signals Lares looks at
Steadiness & fall risk indicators
Signals from Apple's mobility metrics—walk steadiness, balance-related trends, and changes that may increase fall risk over time.
Sleep & rest patterns
Changes in sleep duration, fragmentation, and overnight restlessness that may correlate with mood, medication effects, or overall decline.
Connected devices
Where families use Apple Health–connected scales or blood pressure cuffs, Lares can incorporate those trends as additional context for changes in mobility and energy.
How alerts and check-ins actually work
Lares is deliberately conservative about alerts. We're not trying to create a stream of pings that families learn to ignore. Instead, we focus on sustained or meaningful shifts in patterns.
- Summaries, not dashboards. Families see clear statements like “activity has been trending lower for 10 days” instead of raw graphs.
- Context over panic. When we highlight a change, we explain whether it's mild, moderate, or significant relative to that person's baseline.
- Gentle prompts first. Often the right next step is a call, a visit, or a discussion with a clinician—not an emergency response.
What the experience feels like for families
A simple view of how things are going
Families get a concise picture of how routines are trending: broadly stable, drifting, or clearly worsening. No training needed, no dashboards to learn.
Clear next-step suggestions
When a trend matters, Lares frames reasonable options—like checking in, encouraging a walk, adjusting supports, or talking with a clinician—without overstepping into medical advice.
What Lares is—and what it isn't
Lares is an early-warning and peace-of-mind layer for families. It is not an emergency response system or a replacement for clinical care.
- Not 911 or a call center. We don't dispatch ambulances or run a 24/7 call service.
- Not a diagnostic tool. We highlight patterns that may warrant attention; clinicians remain the source of diagnosis and treatment decisions.
- Built to respect independence. Seniors stay in control; Lares is there to help families notice when support might need to change.
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