Question 1

What is Bonsai360?

Accepted Answer

Bonsai360 helps you organize daily life with routines, reminders, medication support, and guidance. It helps you move through each day with more confidence, structure, and independence.

Question 2

Who is Bonsai360 for?

Accepted Answer

Bonsai360 is for neurodivergent individuals, older adults, families, caregivers, care circles, and anyone who needs more structure in daily life. It can be used independently or shared with trusted supporters.

Question 3

What kind of support can Bonsai360 help with?

Accepted Answer

Bonsai360 can help with routines, reminders, medications, appointments, tasks, transitions, daily check-ins, goals, and shared updates. It brings the moving pieces of daily life into one place so they are easier to see, manage, and support.

Question 4

Is Bonsai360 meant to replace people who provide care or support?

Accepted Answer

No. Bonsai360 is not meant to replace people. It is designed to support individuals, caregivers, and care circles by making daily structure, communication, reminders, and follow-through easier to manage together.

Question 5

Is the Hey Bonsai AI assistant required?

Accepted Answer

No. Hey Bonsai is Bonsai360's optional AI assistant. It can be used for conversational support with routines, reminders, tasks, and next steps, but it can be turned off for the whole care circle or for specific individuals.

Question 6

What are AI guardrails?

Accepted Answer

AI guardrails are safety settings that help guide what Hey Bonsai can say, do, access, or share, so support stays aligned with each person's needs, boundaries, and permissions.

Question 7

What is the Memory Bank?

Accepted Answer

The Memory Bank stores helpful information you choose to save, such as preferences, routines, and important context. It helps Hey Bonsai provide more personalized support without needing you or your care circle to repeat the same details each time.

Question 8

Can I use Bonsai360 by myself?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Bonsai360 can be used independently for routines, reminders, medications, tasks, goals, and daily guidance. You can invite an accountability partner or care circle only if shared support would be helpful to you.

Question 9

Do I need an accountability partner?

Accepted Answer

No. An accountability partner is optional. Bonsai360 works on its own, and you can choose to add someone only if encouragement, reminders, or shared visibility would help.

Question 10

What is an accountability partner?

Accepted Answer

An accountability partner is someone you choose to help you stay consistent. They can check in, offer encouragement, and receive reminders for the tasks you choose to share with them.

Question 11

What can an accountability partner see or do?

Accepted Answer

You choose what your accountability partner can see. Permissions are flexible, so you can share only what feels helpful, such as certain tasks, goals, reminders, or progress updates.

Question 12

How is an accountability partner different from a Care Circle?

Accepted Answer

An accountability partner offers light, optional support for encouragement and consistency. A Care Circle is designed for more coordinated support, where multiple trusted people may help manage routines, reminders, medications, tasks, appointments, and updates.

Question 13

What are Focus Cards?

Accepted Answer

Focus Cards give your loved one a simplified way to move through the day, showing one task, routine step, reminder, or next action at a time. They can be especially helpful for people who feel overwhelmed by long lists, busy screens, or too many choices at once.

Question 14

What is a Care Circle?

Accepted Answer

A Care Circle is the trusted person or group of people who help support someone's daily life when extra support is needed. This may include family members, friends, caregivers, professionals, or other trusted supporters.

Question 15

Who can be part of a Care Circle?

Accepted Answer

A Care Circle can include family members, friends, caregivers, professionals, or other trusted supporters. You decide who is invited and what role each person has.

Question 16

Can my loved one still use Bonsai360 independently?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Bonsai360 is designed to support independence while making shared support easier when it is needed. Your loved one can move through their day with guidance, while the Care Circle stays informed without needing to prompt every step.

Question 17

How does Bonsai360 help a Care Circle stay coordinated?

Accepted Answer

Bonsai360 brings routines, reminders, medications, tasks, appointments, and updates into one shared place. This helps everyone stay informed, share responsibility, and know where follow-up may be needed.

Question 18

What does My Circle do?

Accepted Answer

My Circle is the shared coordination center for your care circle. It brings routines, reminders, tasks, medications, messages, responsibilities, and updates together in one place, helping everyone stay informed and coordinate support more easily.

Question 19

Can anyone use Focus Cards?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Focus Cards can be used independently or as part of a Care Circle. They simplify the day by showing one task, routine step, reminder, medication, or appointment at a time, so you or your loved one only sees what needs attention in the moment.

This can be especially helpful for people who feel overwhelmed by long lists, busy screens, or too many choices at once.

Question 20

Does my loved one have to use Focus Cards?

Accepted Answer

No. Focus Cards are optional. They can simplify the day by showing one task, routine step, reminder, medication, or appointment at a time, but they are not the only way to use Bonsai360.

Your loved one can also use other views, such as My Day, depending on what works best for them.

Question 21

What does my loved one see?

Accepted Answer

What your loved one sees depends on how Bonsai360 is set up for them. They may see routines, reminders, tasks, medications, appointments, or next steps for the day. They can use My Day, Focus Cards, or Guided Mode, depending on the level of structure that works best for them.

Question 22

Who can see my information?

Accepted Answer

You control who can see your information. Bonsai360 uses permissions so you can decide what is shared, who it is shared with, and what level of access each person has.

Question 23

Does Bonsai360 monitor everything I do?

Accepted Answer

No. Bonsai360 is designed to support daily life, not monitor everything you do. It helps track the routines, reminders, tasks, medications, and updates you choose to use in the system.

Question 24

Can I choose what gets shared?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can choose what information is shared and with whom. Permissions can be adjusted so only the right people see the right information.

Question 25

Can I turn off Hey Bonsai or limit who uses it?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Hey Bonsai is optional. It can be turned off for the whole care circle or limited for specific individuals based on what feels appropriate for your situation.

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