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A program in design & validation · 2026

The 30 days after the hospital are when families do the most clinical work with the least training.

3.8M U.S. adults readmitted within 30 days, every year
$15,200 Average cost of a single readmission
63M Family caregivers absorbing the gap
11–22% Receive any training for what they do
A short introduction
— Sumir Bassanpal, Founder
A day with LaterCare
In concrete terms

A daughter gets the discharge call. A few minutes later, her father has a plan he can actually follow.

Her 78-year-old father is being discharged from the hospital. She opens LaterCare on her phone and texts him a one-tap link. He gives the okay, and within minutes he sees his discharge instructions translated into clear, plain language. His medication list, with a picture of each pill. His follow-up appointments, on his calendar.

Nothing is invented. Every line links back to the original paperwork.

Each morning at 9:00 a.m. for 30 days, LaterCare calls him — on his landline, his phone, or his Echo, whichever he uses. The check-in is short and gentle: a few questions about how he's feeling, a quick medication check, and one open prompt: "What would you like me to tell your daughter today?"

If something seems off, LaterCare lets her know in plain language and shares a structured note with his primary care doctor. The doctor stays in charge. Nothing replaces clinical judgment.

The window we're built for
Why this 30 days

The 30-day window is finite, high-stakes, financially measurable, and largely unattended.

$52–58B
Aggregate annual U.S. spending on 30-day hospital readmissions alone.
AHRQ HCUP · 2021
60.3%
Share of 30-day readmissions paid by Medicare. Another 19% by Medicaid.
AHRQ HCUP · 2021
+20M
Increase in U.S. family caregivers since 2015 — now roughly one in four adults.
AARP / NAC · 2025
Family caregivers who report a major financial impact from caring for a loved one.
AARP / NAC · 2025
Three things, each bounded
How it works

Not a chatbot. A scaffold that does three specific things, and acknowledges what it doesn't know.

i.

Translates the discharge paperwork into language a person can use.

Discharge instructions, medication lists, and follow-up appointments — translated into clear, plain language. Every line links back to the original paperwork, so nothing is invented or missed.

— English & Spanish at launch. Additional languages to follow.
ii.

Calls every morning for 30 days, on whatever device they already use.

Smartphone, smart speaker, or analog landline — whichever your loved one is most comfortable with. Voice technology built and tested specifically for older speakers and across multiple languages.

— A few questions. One medication check. One open prompt. Short and gentle.
iii.

Routes concerns to the family and to the primary care doctor.

When something seems off, LaterCare lets the family know in plain language and shares a structured note with the primary care doctor through a secure clinical channel. The doctor retains full authority. The system suggests; clinicians decide.

— Every alert comes with the reason, and a link to what was said.
Rooted in evidence
The foundation

Decades of research point to one thing: when families are supported, outcomes improve.

LaterCare is built on that foundation. It is designed to work alongside whatever clinical model your hospital uses — not replace it. It supports the family in the role they already hold, and the clinician keeps clinical authority.

We're committed to safety, transparency, and honest reporting on what works and what doesn't. Privacy is operationalized through clear sharing controls and a portable export of the data your loved one creates with us, so they can take it with them if they choose to leave.

Who's building this
Founder & clinical advisory

A founder with healthcare-system fluency, and a clinical advisory board coming together as we speak.

Founder & Principal Investigator

Sumir Bassanpal, MBA

Sole member, LaterCare LLC

Sumir leads accounting operations within one of the largest publicly-financed healthcare programs in the United States. He brings federal-program financial fluency, healthcare-system operating experience, and the founder discipline to advance LaterCare through its 12-month design and validation phase.

He is candid about what he is not: not a clinician, not an AI/ML engineer. Recruiting both — a clinical co-PI and an AI/ML engineering lead — is an explicit deliverable in the first 90 days.

MBA, AACSB-accredited program · 4.0 GPA · Beta Gamma Sigma
BS, Accounting · CPA candidate
Operating experience in publicly-financed healthcare
Clinical Advisory Board · in formation

A board of senior clinicians and researchers, convening across the disciplines this work requires.

We are convening clinical and methodological expertise from major academic medical centers across the country. Senior advisors are confirmed; further conversations are active. The full board will be announced publicly when fully seated.

The board reviews our safety and equity work, advises on alpha test design, and has standing to flag concerns through a documented channel. It does not have decision-making authority over the product roadmap.

Transitional care research Geriatric medicine Hospital medicine Clinical informatics Voice interfaces for older adults Health equity Lived caregiver perspective
Where we are

A 12-month design & validation program. Pre-launch at submission.

We have functional component prototypes. We do not yet have an integrated end-to-end system or real-patient validation.

The 12 months ahead will close that gap — bringing LaterCare from validated components to alpha testing with caregiver-senior pairs in real homes. We're honest about that boundary, because we'd rather earn trust than overpromise.

Q1
Foundation. Structured caregiver research interviews. Clinical co-lead and engineering lead recruited. Regulatory pathway confirmed.
Q2
Build. Translation pipeline complete. Voice recognition tuned for older speakers. Integration with hospital systems.
Q3
Test. Closed alpha with caregiver-senior pairs in real homes. Safety and equity review. Design revisions.
Q4
Next phase. Phase 2 testing protocol finalized. Site partnerships in place. Next-phase application.
Three ways to engage
Who you are

We're talking to three audiences. Tell us which one is you.

For families

Caring for a parent who's been hospitalized?

We're not live yet. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know when LaterCare opens for the first cohort. We'll never spam you, and we'll never share your information.

Join the waitlist
For clinical partners

Hospital, health system, or post-acute network?

We'd be glad to talk. We're building LaterCare as a scaffold that sits alongside your existing transitional care work, not on top of it.

Open a conversation
For funders & advisors

Funder, foundation, or prospective advisor?

We share our full program proposal under a confidentiality agreement. The program is scalable to award size and structured to deliver clear, measurable artifacts.

Request the proposal

We'd rather earn your trust before we earn your subscription.

Join the LaterCare waitlist. We'll write to you when the alpha cohort opens, and we'll tell you what we learn along the way — what worked, what didn't, what we changed.

Join the waitlist
— or write directly to sumirbassanpal@gmail.com