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Allora for care homes

Every life in your home deserves a book

Allora is an app that records a life, spoken aloud. A patient interviewer asks each resident about their life, one question at a time. They talk, and their stories become a book in their own words.

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A coloured-pencil drawing of a care home lounge: an older woman in a mustard cardigan, seen from behind in a pale blue chair, touches the red record button on a tablet standing on a side table; a carer in a lilac tunic kneels beside her with a hand on her shoulder; a red thread runs from the button down to an open book on the sunny windowsill, with yellow tulips, a cup of tea and a bird feeder in the garden outside

For each resident

A patient interviewer, and a book of their own

A coloured-pencil drawing of a resident's own room: an older man in a red cardigan, seen from behind at a small green table by the window, talks into a phone propped in a stand, its screen showing a red record button; a radio, red geraniums and a cup of tea on the table, a bed with a blue checked blanket beside him
One question at a time
The interviewer asks about a place, a person, a season, and then listens. Nobody hurries them: a pause is part of the story.
They talk, nothing to type
They record their answers on the phone, or talk them through on a call with Allora’s voice, a computer voice, not a person.
Their words, their photographs
Each chapter is written from what they said, with nothing invented, and set like a printed book with their photographs as they are. A PDF to read on any screen, share with the family and print wherever they like.
In their own language
English, German, Spanish, Italian or French: the interviewer asks, and the book is written, in the language they choose.

How it works

Three steps, then the interviewer does the asking

  1. Register and buy places

    Register your care home here on the website and buy as many places as you need. One place is one resident’s book.

  2. Welcome your residents

    Choose what suits each person. Nobody needs an email address to begin.

    • A coloured-pencil drawing of a carer's hands giving a small card with a code to an older person's hands, over a striped knitted blanket, a phone with a red button lying on it

      Their own phone

      Add their name and language, and hand over the phone with a one-time code.

    • A coloured-pencil drawing of a daughter in a turquoise jumper and her father, seen from behind on a pale green bench, looking together at a phone; an opened envelope and biscuits on the table in front of them

      An invitation link

      Share it with residents and their families. They install Allora and type the code the link shows.

    • A coloured-pencil drawing of an older woman in a red cardigan, seen from behind, touching her coloured circle on a shared tablet that stands on a table with a red checked cloth, sweet peas and a water jug; two residents sit in armchairs further away

      A shared tablet

      Set one up for everyone. Each resident picks their name and opens their book with four numbers only they know.

  3. Follow along

    Your care home’s page shows who has joined, how many chapters are in each book and when each person last told a story. Never the stories themselves.

Privacy and dignity

Their stories stay theirs

Your staff see a resident’s name, how many chapters are in their book and the date of their last story. They never see or hear the stories themselves.

What your staff see

An example

  • Margaret EllisRoom 127 chapters8 October
  • Heinrich VogelRoom 43 chapters2 October
  • Lucía OrtegaRoom 21—Code not used yet

Never on this page: the stories themselves. Not a recording, not a word, not a photograph.

The book belongs to the resident
Not to the home. If they move, the book goes with them, and they can send it to anyone they choose.
Kept in Europe
Recordings, photographs and books are kept in Europe. A resident can download everything, or delete it all, whenever they wish.
Consent from the right person
Each resident agrees for themselves, on their own screen, before anything is recorded. If someone cannot agree for themselves, their legal representative, a person with power of attorney or a guardian, can agree on their behalf.
No prices, no offers
Residents never see a price or a payment screen. Their places are paid for by the home.

Price

One place, one book, paid once

€113.99

per resident in the EU instead of €189.99

£96.59

per resident in the UK instead of £160.99

  • 40% less than the same book for a family in the App Store or Google Play.
  • One payment per place. No subscription.
  • An invoice with every purchase.
  • Add places at any time. A place that has not been started can be given to another resident.
  • Each place is a Chronicle book: 30 chapters, 120–180 pages.

A chapter is one part of a life, told question by question, with up to five photographs. The book comes as a PDF to read on any screen, share with the family and print wherever they like.

A coloured-pencil drawing of a carer in a lilac tunic, seen from behind, placing a book on a white shelf in a care home lounge beside a row of books with red, blue, green, mustard and lilac spines and ribbon bookmarks, a fern and a small radio

Questions

Questions you may have

Does a resident need an email address?

No. Your staff hand over a one-time code, and that is all it takes to open their book. Later, if they wish, they can add an email address to open the book on another phone.

What do staff need to do?

Add each resident and hand over their code, or share the invitation link: a few minutes per person. After that the interviewer does the asking. Staff may help someone begin, but there is nothing to read, check or approve.

Can families help?

Yes. Send them the invitation link: they can install Allora with their relative and type the code together. The finished book is a PDF the resident can send to anyone they choose.

What happens when a resident moves?

Their book goes with them. You mark them as moved out, and if they have no email address yet, you receive a code to give them, so they can open their book on their own phone.

Which devices does it work on?

On iPhone and iPad, and on Android phones and tablets. A shared tablet can be an iPad or any Android tablet, standing upright or on its side: the app turns with it. Allora is coming to the App Store and Google Play.

A coloured-pencil drawing of a grandmother in a blue coat and a granddaughter in a red raincoat, seen from behind on a white bench in the care home garden, reading an open book together under a tree with yellow and orange leaves, a small dog at their feet

When you’re ready

Their stories live in the details. Give them a page.

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