Last updated: 2026-05-09. By creating a Senior Bridge caregiver account you ("you", "Caregiver") agree to the following terms. If you do not agree, do not create an account or send messages through this service.
Senior Bridge is a self-hosted, leak-prevention-focused SMS companion service that allows a Caregiver to enroll an elderly relative or friend ("Senior") and have an AI-driven assistant exchange friendly text messages with that Senior. The default deployment is intended to be operated on a single Caregiver's hardware (localhost) and routed to the public internet only at the operator's discretion. SMS delivery is provided by a third-party carrier (Twilio) which is billed directly to the operator of this instance.
You must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a contract. You may only register Seniors who you have a legitimate caregiving relationship with, and you must have either (a) the Senior's informed consent to receive automated messages from this service, or (b) durable power of attorney or equivalent legal authority. The service is intended for use within the United States; SMS delivery to non-US numbers is not supported.
You represent and warrant that any phone number you register for a Senior is owned or controlled by that Senior, and that the Senior has consented to receive automated messages at that number. Verifying the phone number via the in-app verification code is REQUIRED before message scheduling becomes active. You will instruct the Senior how to opt out (reply STOP) and you will not re-register a number that has previously opted out.
Senior Bridge software is free for self-hosted operators. The cost of SMS delivery (typically a fraction of a cent per message via Twilio) is billed to the operator of this Senior Bridge instance, not to Anthropic, Google, or the software author. If this instance is hosted on your behalf by a third party, that third party may pass through Twilio costs at a markup of approximately $X/month per registered Senior.
You will NOT use Senior Bridge to: (a) send unsolicited messages to anyone who has not consented; (b) send commercial, political, or fundraising messages; (c) impersonate a real human in a deceptive way; (d) deliver content that is harmful, harassing, or unlawful; (e) attempt to bypass the leak-prevention safeguards (deny-list, allowlist, audit log); or (f) enroll a Senior without legitimate caregiving authority.
Messages composed by Senior Bridge are generated by large-language-model providers (Anthropic, Google) and are NOT reviewed by a human prior to delivery. Output may occasionally be inaccurate, off-tone, or otherwise imperfect. The Caregiver remains responsible for monitoring the conversation log and intervening when appropriate. Senior Bridge is NOT a medical, mental-health, or emergency service. If a Senior expresses suicidal intent, severe pain, or other emergencies, you must respond personally and contact appropriate professionals.
Senior Bridge stores conversation history, audit events, and senior profile information locally in a SQLite database on the operator's machine. We do not transmit conversation data to any third party except (a) the LLM provider that generates each reply, and (b) the SMS carrier that delivers each message. Conversation data is used to give the AI context for future messages. You should retain conversation logs only as long as needed for the caregiving relationship.
The instance operator may suspend, deactivate, or delete a Caregiver account at any time for violations of these terms or for any other reason. Audit logs of past activity may be retained even after account deletion.
SENIOR BRIDGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE MESSAGE DELIVERY, AVAILABILITY, OR ACCURACY OF AI OUTPUT. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE.
These terms may be updated. Continued use after a new version is published constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
By clicking "I Agree" you acknowledge that you have read and accept these terms.
This section applies only to accounts created in the "for yourself" (self-managed) mode. Caregiver-managed accounts are governed by sections 1–10 above and do not need to acknowledge it.
By selecting a self-managed account, you acknowledge:
