My People
A free tool · Prototype
A little book of the people who matter
When names and faces start to slip, it can be painful for everyone — the grandchild who isn't recognised, the visit that turns anxious. My People is a simple, private book of the people who matter: a photo, a name, and one warm line each. Fill it in once, then look through it together before a visit, show it full-screen on a tablet, or print it as a little book.
It opens in a new tab in your language and works on a phone, tablet or computer. The photos never leave the device — nothing is uploaded — and you can save the whole book as a file to keep.
What it does
- Each person gets a photo, their name, how they're known ('your daughter Kate') and one line to jog the memory — kept large, simple and always in the same order.
- Show it full-screen on a tablet, one face at a time with big Back and Next buttons, or print it as a little book with a page per person. Look through it together, gently — never as a test.
- The photos stay on the device; nothing is uploaded and there's no account. Save the whole book as a file to keep for good or move to another phone. Six languages.
Who it's for
Anyone whose memory for names and faces is changing — with dementia or after a stroke — and the families and carers who put it together for them. No sign-up, no cost, nothing to install.
Also from Valora Parentis — My Companion: a gentle daily check-in so you know a parent living alone is okay. See My Companion →
Free, and honest about what it is
This is a free tool we're sharing openly in the hope it helps. It's a simple way to keep names and faces together — not a medical device, a memory exercise or a treatment, and it makes no claim to slow anything down. It won't work every time, and it replaces nothing already in place. Use it, share it, and tell us what would make it better.
These free tools come from Valora Parentis. If it's the whole computer that overwhelms someone — not just a phone or a message, often after a stroke — that's what we make: a Windows app that turns it into one calm screen of a few big buttons. One payment, no subscription. See the Valora Parentis app for Windows