When someone you love is living with serious illness, the days can fill up fast — symptoms to track, questions to remember, care tasks to manage, and decisions that often feel too big for a tired moment.
Many caregivers are doing all of this while still working, parenting, and trying to hold themselves together.
Pal was born from something deeply personal. Co‑founder Nara Moripen lost her mother in November 2020 after a terminal diagnosis — and what stayed with her was how isolating and overwhelming caregiving could feel inside a complicated healthcare system. That experience became the beginning of Pal: a tool meant to make serious illness care feel more supported, more organized, and far less lonely.
Pal is a mobile app designed for patients and family caregivers. It helps people track symptoms, manage day‑to‑day care activities, and access guidance that supports real life at home. It also helps families prepare for medical appointments by turning what they’re noticing day to day into clear, structured reports they can share with clinicians — so concerns are communicated earlier and care decisions can be better informed.
Importantly, Pal is built with professional oversight. Its guidance is developed and reviewed by a multidisciplinary group of licensed experts, including nurses, physicians (including palliative care), psychologists, social workers, dietitians, and others who support serious illness care.
