A few small sensors learn their everyday routine. Hearth speaks up when something's wrong, and notices the slow changes a phone call never would. So they can stay independent at home for longer.
A phone call covers ten minutes. Hearth covers the rest of the day.
Most nights, nothing happens. Hearth stays awake for the one that's different.
Some changes are too slow to notice on any single day.
Four notice movement and one the front door. Nothing to wear. No cameras, no microphones.
The app knows as soon as the day starts. No need to ring and ask.
Hearth can tell an empty house from a quiet one. No false alarm while they're out, and no false “all fine” either.
Hearth learns how long they usually spend in each room. When a stay runs long, it tells you.
See every alert ›A short note each evening, like a handover from a carer.
Out of the bathroom and not seen since. Hearth won't wait for morning: it wakes you.
See every alert ›Each fortnight is set against their own usual. Anything that shifts, and stays shifted, shows up here.
A slow change like this is easy to miss, and worth mentioning to their GP.
Choose a few weeks and Hearth turns them into a short summary for the GP. It describes. It never diagnoses.
Once a week lately, where it used to be four. Easy to miss on a phone call, and easier to help with early.
Not every change is a worry. When something picks up, like more time in the kitchen, Hearth tells you that as well.
Invite a brother, a partner, a carer. Everyone sees the same picture, and each person chooses which alerts reach them.
One calm note in the evening. Hearth only interrupts when it matters.
Up.Out.Home.Settled.
Another ordinary day, exactly as it should be.
It's the first thing I look at in the morning. Then I get on with my day.
I'm a doctor, and I've worked with older patients for years. Their families often live hours away. They ring every evening, and are still not quite sure how the day, or the week, has really been.
I built Hearth for those families and their loved ones: something that quietly notices the ordinary day, and speaks up when it matters.
Mum had a good day: up around 7:30, busy in the kitchen through the morning, then settled in the lounge for much of the afternoon. Everything looked fine through the evening.
Mum was last seen in the bathroom 50 minutes ago. Stays there usually run under 20 minutes at this time of day.
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Mum left the bathroom during the night but no sensor has triggered in 15 minutes. Risk of a fall in the hallway. Check immediately.
A good day. Out to the shops this morning, and a settled evening at home.