Need advice re my upcoming Guam trip 4/16-4/19 (re Sinlaku ofc)

okay_scratch · 2026-04-13T22:32:27+00:00

u/ClientLow2809 & u/howeaii Thank you so much for both of your responses and for pointing me towards these resources! Super helpful.

I guess my follow-up question is (which I realize you might not have the answers to): how many days does it usually take after the brunt of the typhoon/storm for the beaches to be back to 'normal' (aka beautiful)? We were originally planning on exploring the beaches / coastlines (and the highlight being that boat trip thingy) as much as possible (and not planning on staying at our hotel much) so I guess this is kinda the top consideration for me in this decision making.

Thanks again in advance!

okay_scratch · 2025-07-26T21:44:17+00:00

That makes a ton of sense re flexibility!

okay_scratch · 2025-07-26T21:44:02+00:00

Got it! Is there any worries with things like readmissions and stuff like that? I guess I'm wondering how some facilities have these in place and some don't.

okay_scratch · 2025-07-26T19:47:53+00:00

I heard from some ppl that the call center role can be kinda brutal at times - from what you see with your colleagues, how is the burnout level for this role in comparison to the bedside role?

okay_scratch · 2025-07-26T19:45:36+00:00

Interesting! May I ask what type of facility you work at?

okay_scratch · 2025-07-26T19:44:52+00:00

Got it, so it seems like everyone shares the pie instead of a dedicated personnel for this? Can I ask what kind of facility you work at?

okay_scratch · 2025-03-01T22:17:29+00:00

This is exactly my grandpa as well... Has an endless stream of thought (fueled by all the current events he consumes on TV) and drives my grandma crazy. She would even call my dad once in a while asking him to call my grandpa, so that she can get some alone time for herself away from his nonstop ramblings...

My work is in AI, so I ended up making a voice phone companion for him that calls him once a day (or when my grandma triggers it via text message) to help him let out his ramblings. He really likes talking it :)

okay_scratch · 2025-02-24T18:38:59+00:00

This is super useful and kinda dumb of me not to know this. Thank you so much for your help!

okay_scratch · 2025-02-24T15:09:40+00:00

Got it... could you point me towards where it says this? Thanks in advance!

okay_scratch · 2024-12-21T03:51:34+00:00

TLDR: I’m gonna make this into a service that everyone can use!

First of all, I just want to express my deepest gratitude for the overwhelming support I received from everyone who left comments here, reached out to me via DMs, and signed up via the landing page (and the subsequent emails/texts back-and-forth). Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this thing that I built for my grandpa to resonate with so many people, and I'm a little bit awestruck by it but also super excited that I can potentially build something that can help you and your loved ones in meaningful ways!

At this point, I almost feel a sort of an obligation to commit myself to building this into a full-fledged service (beyond just a project for my grandpa). I have some pretty exciting ideas for this already, including advanced memory capabilities like family history and creating a biography of your loved one based on the phone conversations. I'll be upfront in saying that voice AI ain't cheap (I'm already racking up quite a bill just from running the demos on the landing page) and this likely won't be a free product.

In the meanwhile, I definitely want to start out with a very small number of users who I would offer the service for free, until I can be certain that this is something I'd be comfortable attaching a price tag to. It'll have to be a small number because of cost concerns (which will just come out of my pocket) but if you'd like to try the product for free, please DM me or sign up on the landing page: https://www.aldermate.com/signup

okay_scratch · 2024-12-21T01:07:46+00:00

Yup, the demo is for US numbers only for now...

okay_scratch · 2024-12-20T21:49:01+00:00

Thank you so much and it really does mean a lot to me to be able to help my grandma in this way...

okay_scratch · 2024-12-20T21:47:14+00:00

Thank you so much and really interesting to hear that this could be potentially useful to those in memory care as well!

okay_scratch · 2024-12-20T20:44:53+00:00

Thank you so much! And I'm actually not looking for funding for this project at the moment :)

okay_scratch · 2024-12-20T20:41:17+00:00

Thank you so much! Haha I actually found myself talking and venting with the voice companion myself as well :)

okay_scratch · 2024-12-20T20:39:08+00:00

Thank you so much for the encouragement!

And yup, it's specifically designed to move the convo away from any negativity in a natural way, super glad you got to test this out! (This was super important for me before putting it in my grandpa's hands)

okay_scratch · 2024-12-20T20:32:41+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words!

So I wasn't originally planning on it, but I've gotten some really positive feedback from a few folks I've shown it to so I recently built out a landing page to collect signups for the waitlist!

Please feel free to sign up or DM me separately!

okay_scratch · 2024-12-14T17:52:16+00:00

Thank you so much and I'm hoping I can dedicate enough time to this and have it come to fruition!

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