Five small sensors learn your parent's daily rhythm, so you know they're up, about and safe at any hour, and hear straight away when something isn't right. A quiet safety net for the whole family, from less than £1 a day.
Normal routine today
If you have a parent living alone, you probably check in more than they realise. Did she get up? Has he eaten? Is the heating on?
You ring every few days. She says she's fine. But a phone call only covers so much, and there are 23 other hours in the day. Millions of UK families carry the same thought in the back of their mind.
Older people live alone in the UK
People over 65 will have a fall this year
Lying unfound after a fall for over an hour sharply raises the risk of serious harm
Cameras or microphones. Hearth senses movement, never images or audio.
One incident isn't a crisis. What matters is pattern: a gradual change over weeks or months.
Post unopened, bins not taken out, dishes piling up.
House feels chilly, heating not managed well.
Moving more slowly, avoiding stairs, mentioning a fall.
Calling less, fewer activities, less engaged.
Missed medications, doors unlocked, meals skipped.
More frequent bathroom visits, restless nights, confusion.
Five small sensors, a little hub, and a quiet intelligence that learns what a normal day looks like. Then it tells you, plainly, when it doesn't.
Discreet motion and door sensors quietly map the rhythm of an ordinary day: when the kettle goes on, the usual trip out, a settled night. Nothing to wear, nothing to charge, nothing to remember.
Signals travel, encrypted, to Hearth's secure UK cloud, where today is compared against weeks of normal. A late start, a quiet kitchen, a restless night: Hearth spots the drift a phone call would miss, often before anything else would.
Not a number to decode, a clear sentence. “Mum hasn't been in the kitchen since 9:30. That's unusual for a Tuesday.” On your phone the moment it matters, day or night. And when everything is normal, Hearth stays quiet.
Each day, Hearth turns sensor data into a clear picture of your parent's routine. Here's what that looks like.
The hub, the sensors, the app for the whole family, and free UK delivery. No upfront cost for the hardware, and nothing to buy outright.
When you no longer need Hearth, send the kit back free of charge. We pay the postage, refurbish the hardware, and pass it on to another family with the same worry.
Not sure what the home needs? Talk to a person. We're happy to help you decide.
Hearth senses movement, never images or sound. Everything is encrypted on its way to secure UK/EU servers, and only the family you invite can ever see it.
Absolutely not. Hearth uses small motion sensors and a door sensor. No cameras, no microphones, no video, and no audio of any kind.
Five sensors across the home: motion in the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and lounge, plus an open/close sensor on the front door. From those simple signals, Hearth builds a full picture of the daily routine: wake time, room visits, outings, night-time bathroom trips and sleep. You can also add sensors for extra rooms, such as a dining room or study, when you order.
Nothing at all. The sensors work passively. No buttons, nothing to wear, nothing to charge. They simply live their life as normal.
One simple subscription: £29.99 a month on the annual plan (less than £1 a day), or £39.99 a month if you'd rather stay flexible, with just a three-month minimum. All the hardware is included, so there's nothing to buy upfront. The subscription starts when you set Hearth up at home, not when you order. Optional extras, such as additional room sensors or a 4G backup for homes without reliable broadband, are confirmed in your quote.
Choose your package and any extra rooms on the packages page and send us the short order form. We'll confirm everything and email you a secure payment link within one working day. Your Hearth is then paired, tested and posted to you.
Cancel your subscription and send the kit back free of charge. We pay for the postage and packaging, refurbish the hardware, and pass it on to another family. Nothing goes to landfill, and you never pay for equipment you're not using.
The small hub in the home forwards sensor signals, encrypted, to Hearth's secure cloud in the UK/EU, where the day's pattern is worked out and sent to your phone and dashboard. It's movement and door events only: never any images or audio. The hub only ever calls out and accepts no incoming connections, and your data is encrypted both in transit and at rest. Only the family members you invite can see it. There's more detail on our Privacy & Trust page.
Three times a day, Hearth can write a plain-English summary of the day so far. For example: “Mum had a quiet morning. She got up around 8:30, a bit later than usual, and spent time in the kitchen. Everything looks normal.” AI summaries are optional and off by default. When enabled, only aggregated daily figures are sent securely to our AI provider, with your parent's name removed. When disabled, you still get the dashboard, activity data and rule-based alerts.
Yes. You can invite the whole care circle by email. Each person gets their own login and chooses their own notification preferences, and everyone sees the same dashboard. There's no limit on members.
Hearth normally plugs into the home's broadband router with the included cable. If the home has no broadband, or you want extra resilience, add the 4G backup option when you order: the hub then carries its own SIM and switches to mobile signal automatically whenever it needs to. The sensors themselves use Zigbee, a low-power wireless signal that's completely separate from WiFi.
About 15 minutes. Plug in the hub, stick each labelled sensor in its room (adhesive, no drilling), and scan the QR code with your phone. Everything is already paired before it arrives.
Hearth needs a connection to reach you, so we build in resilience. With the 4G backup option, the hub switches to mobile signal the moment broadband drops, and monitoring carries on. And if Hearth ever stops hearing from a home for too long, we let your care circle know, so a silent hub is never mistaken for a quiet day.
Hearth was built by a doctor with experience in elderly care, to solve a problem his own patients' families faced every day: living too far away to look in, and wanting reassurance that everything is okay. The detection logic is grounded in clinical research on how changes in daily routine signal changes in health. Hearth doesn't replace love and care. It adds a layer of confidence that your parent is alright. You can read more in our story.