Getting started

Set up SalusLink in about five minutes.

Everything you need to create an account, connect your family, and get the daily check-in calls going. All you need is an iPhone and a phone number that can take a call.

SalusLink is invite-only right now. The app is free on the App Store, and creating an account asks for an access code. If nobody has given you one yet, write to help@salus-link.com and we will send it over.

Before anything

Getting the app onto the iPhone

Two minutes, and the one moment where Apple, not SalusLink, may ask you a question. Here is the honest version.

  1. Get SalusLink from the App Store

    On the iPhone the app is going onto, tap this link: SalusLink on the App Store. Or open the App Store yourself and search for SalusLink; look for our blue linked rings icon.

  2. Tap "Get"

    The App Store may ask you to confirm with Face ID or your Apple Account password. That is Apple asking, not SalusLink, and it is the one step where people get stuck: if you are not sure of that password, have a family member nearby before you start. SalusLink is free, and no card is charged.

  3. Open SalusLink

    If you are creating the account (Paths A and B below), the first screen asks for the access code from your invite. If your family already set you up and read you a six character code (Path C), that code is the only one you need.

First, which one is you?

SalusLink is set up a little differently depending on who is doing the setting up. Pick the one that sounds like you.

Path A

Setting it up for yourself

You will make an account, tell us the number to call, and choose whether family can see how you are doing.

  1. Install the app

    Follow Getting the app onto the iPhone above, then open SalusLink.

  2. Tap "I am setting it up"

    The first screen asks Which is you? Choose I am setting it up.

  3. Create your account

    Enter the access code from your invite email, then your name, email, and a password. Then choose the language for your calls: English or Mandarin.

  4. Say the account is for you, and give us your number

    Under Who is this account for? choose I am setting this up for myself, then type your phone number. This is the number SalusLink calls every day, so give it a second look.

  5. Choose who looks after you

    Under Who looks after you? there are two answers, and both are good ones:

    • My family helps look after me. You get a six character code to read to them. They will see your check-ins and get updates if something needs attention.
    • I look after myself. Your health record stays yours alone. We just ask for the name and number of someone to call if we ever cannot reach you.
  6. Tap "Create the account", then answer a few quick screens

    Right after the account is made, SalusLink asks:

    • Start my daily calls. The screen shows the number you typed. Check the digits look right, then tap Start my daily calls.
    • Apple Health (optional). Your steps, heart rate, and sleep join your health record and the monthly doctor summary.
    • Google Calendar (optional). Doctor appointments from your calendar appear in SalusLink on their own, and we call at times that suit your day.
    • Your medicines and doctor visits (optional). Add the medicines you take and any upcoming doctor visit, and your check-in calls can ask about them by name. You can also add these any time from the Medicines and Visits tabs.

    The two connections can wait: tap Skip for now and they live in Settings under Additional information whenever you want them.

  7. That is it

    Your first check-in call comes at the next call time, morning or evening. Call times, and everything else, can be changed any time in Settings.

Path B

Setting it up for someone you look after

You make your own account first, then add the person you look after and read them a six character code. Once they accept that code in the app, the calls come to their regular phone. Day to day they do not need the app at all: picking up the phone is the whole job.

  1. Install the app

    Follow Getting the app onto the iPhone above, then open SalusLink.

  2. Tap "I am setting it up" and create your account

    On Which is you? choose I am setting it up. Enter the access code from your invite, then your own name, email, and a password. Under Who is this account for? choose I am looking after someone.

  3. Add the person you look after

    The Who are you looking after? screen asks for their name, their phone number (the one they actually answer), and the language they prefer on the phone. Tap Get their code.

  4. They accept the code, and that is what starts the calls

    Read them the six character code from step 3. They enter it in the SalusLink app on their own phone: tap I have a code, type it in, check their details, choose a password. That acceptance is their own yes to SalusLink, which is why it cannot be skipped, and the calls begin only after it. Path C below walks them through every screen. If apps are not their thing, sit with them, or be their hands on their phone: it takes a couple of minutes, once, and then the phone does the rest. Or email us at help@salus-link.com and we will happily arrange a call to set it up together.

  5. You are done

    SalusLink begins calling their number at check-in times. They pick up the phone and talk, that is the whole job. Their check-ins appear on your home screen, you get an alert when something needs a look, and they never need to open the app again unless they want to.

    One more thing worth a minute: once they have entered their code, your home screen offers to add their medicines and doctor visits. Add them, and the check-in calls can ask about the medicines by name and follow up on how a visit went.

Joining a family that is already on SalusLink? That is Path D below: the same account setup, then you ask to join and they approve.
Path C

Your family gave you a code

Someone in your family has already set SalusLink up for you. The code they read you is six letters and numbers, something like A1B2C3. Have it handy.

  1. Install the app

    Follow Getting the app onto the iPhone above, then open SalusLink. Your six character family code is the only code you need; nobody will ask you for anything else.

  2. Tap "I have a code"

    It is the first choice on the first screen.

  3. Type in your code

    Enter the six letters and numbers your family gave you and tap Continue.

  4. Check your details and pick a password

    The app shows the name and phone number your family entered. Fix anything that is wrong, then choose a password. If you change the phone number, SalusLink calls the new number and reads you a short code to make sure it is really yours.

  5. Connect your phone's extras, or skip them

    SalusLink then offers two optional connections: Apple Health (your steps, heart rate, and sleep join your health record) and Google Calendar (doctor appointments appear in SalusLink on their own). Connect them, or tap Skip for now. Both wait for you in Settings under Additional information.

  6. That is everything

    SalusLink calls you at check-in times. You pick up and talk about how you are doing. No buttons to press, no forms to fill in.

Path D

Joining a family that is already on SalusLink

Your parent or relative is already getting the calls, and someone else set it all up. You make your own account, ask to join, and the person you care for approves it themselves. Until they say yes, you see nothing about them.

  1. Install the app

    Follow Getting the app onto the iPhone above, then open SalusLink.

  2. Create your own caregiver account

    On Which is you? choose I am setting it up. Enter the access code from your invite, then your own name, email, and a password. Under Who is this account for? choose I am looking after someone. The phone number you give is your own: it is how we reach you if something serious ever needs a person.

  3. Tap "They are already on SalusLink"

    It is right on your home screen.

  4. Ask for their code

    The person you care for has a six character code in their SalusLink app, under Settings, then My family. Ask them, or the family member who set them up, to read it to you.

  5. Enter the code and say who you are

    Type the code and choose your relationship to them. That sends your request.

  6. They say yes, and you are in

    SalusLink asks them directly: a card on their screen, and the question comes up on their next check-in call too. The app tells you when they will next be asked. Once they approve, their check-ins appear on your home screen and you get an alert when something needs a look. Their record is theirs: joining always goes through their own yes.

After setup

What to expect

The calls

A short, friendly call in the morning and one in the evening. A few minutes each: how you slept, how you are feeling, whether you have taken your medications. Just talk normally.

If something is off

When a check-in raises a concern, the family members on the account get an alert right away, with the details of what was said.

Your record

Every check-in builds a health record: symptoms, medications, doctor visits. Once a month it becomes a summary you can hand to a doctor.

Changing things

Call times, language, who is connected, what family can see: all of it lives in Settings and can be changed whenever you like.

Stuck on any step? Email help@salus-link.com and a founder will walk you through it, or set it up with you over the phone.