How it works

Follow Eleanor's family through each step.

One family. Every Hearthly feature, in the order a real care circle would meet it — from the first daily check-in to the visit summary you hand the doctor.

By the time I visit on Sunday, I've missed a whole week of what's changed.

MayaMaya · niece, Sunday visits

I fly in wanting to help, and end up asking questions everyone else already answered.

BenBen · son, in for the weekend

I haven't slept through the night in months. I love her — I'm just running on empty.

GraceGrace · primary caregiver
01Care Circle

Invite your brother, your aunt, the neighbor across the street — in one tap.

The challenge: You want the whole family involved — but coordinating everyone from a distance means things fall through the cracks and you end up carrying it alone anyway.

Build a private circle around your loved one. Add the people who actually show up — siblings, kids, in-laws, neighbors, close friends — and give each one the right level of access. Everyone sees what they need, nothing they don't.

  1. 1Open the Care Circle and tap Invite. Send a link by text or email.
  2. 2Pick how they're connected — son or daughter, sibling, in-law, niece or nephew, neighbor, family friend.
  3. 3Set what they can see: the full picture, just visits and check-ins, or read-only updates.
See the care circle
A mother and daughter looking at a phone together with a family member at the kitchen table
The people who actually show up — in one private circle.
hearthly.app/circles

Invite someone

They'll get a sign-in link by email and can join the circle.

Email
name@example.com
Role
Family
Access mode
Read & write
Can add journal entries, photos, and chat.
Read only
Can see, but not add or change anything.
What they can see
View-only members usually only need journal data.
Journal data
Daily notes, symptoms, what you've shared.
Photos
The circle's photo album.
Group chat
The circle's messages.
Send invite
02Daily Log

The end of the day, captured in 60 seconds.

The challenge: By 9pm you can't remember what kind of day it actually was — and the doctor will ask in three weeks.

A warm, low-friction daily check-in built for tired hands. Tap a mood, a sleep estimate, jot one note. Hearthly turns those small taps into the patterns the next appointment needs.

  1. 1Open the Daily Log from the dashboard each evening (or set a 9pm reminder).
  2. 2Tap mood, drag sleep, and dictate a note by voice if you're too tired to type.
  3. 3Done. Your entry quietly joins 30, 60, 90 days of patterns.
See the daily log
A caregiver checking in on his phone at the end of the day on the living room couch
A quiet 60 seconds at the end of the day.
hearthly.app/daily-log

Daily Log · Tonight

How is Eleanor today?

Mood

Happy
Content
Sad
Tired
Confused
Anxious
Irritable
Agitated
Sleep7.5 hrs · restful
Restless
Broken
Restful
Water6 of 8 cups
"Good afternoon — she knew the garden again."
03Medications

Never wonder 'did they take the Donepezil?'

The challenge: Three people give meds. Someone always asks if the noon dose happened. Sometimes nobody knows.

A shared medication schedule the whole circle sees. Whoever gives a dose taps it off — and every other caregiver instantly knows.

  1. 1Add Eleanor's medications once (or import from a photo of the bottle).
  2. 2Set reminder times. Aides, family, and you all get the same nudges.
  3. 3Tap to mark taken; missed doses are flagged so nothing falls through.
See medications
A daughter helping her mother with her medications at the kitchen table
One shared schedule — every caregiver in sync.
9:41●●●
Today · 4 of 5 done
Eleanor's medications
Donepezil 10mg
8:00 AM · logged by Grace
Vitamin D 1000IU
8:00 AM · logged by Grace
Memantine 10mg
12:00 PM · logged by Amy
Lisinopril 5mg
6:00 PM
Melatonin 3mg
9:00 PM
Reminder in 1h · 6:00 PM
hearthly.app/messages

Messages · Eleanor's circle

Today

Walter · neighbor
Stopped by this morning — she was humming in the kitchen. Tulips coming up out back.
Ben
Did the noon Donepezil get given?
Yes — Grace logged the 8:00am. All good. 💛
Maya · niece
Coming by Sunday after church. Want me to bring lunch?
04Appointments

Every visit, every driver, every 'wait, when is that again?'

The challenge: Three specialists, two pharmacies, one car. Mental load: enormous.

A shared calendar that knows who's driving, what to bring, and what came out of the last visit.

  1. 1Add an appointment — Hearthly suggests prep based on the kind of visit.
  2. 2Tag who's taking her, who's sitting in by phone.
  3. 3After the visit, log the outcome so the whole circle sees it and the next appointment starts ready.
See appointments
hearthly.app/appointments

Appointments

This week

TUE
2:30p
Neurology follow-up
Dr. Sarah Chen · Grace driving
THU
10:00a
Bloodwork — fasting
LabCorp · Grace driving
FRI
1:00p
Physical therapy
Maya accompanying
Ready for Tuesday

Medication list, recent moods & sleep packaged for Dr. Sarah Chen.

hearthly.app/appointments
Hair appointment · Rosa
Wed, Jun 17 at 7:00 AM EDT
Rosa's Salon · downtown
Going with: Daughter
Text 60m before

She loves this outing — bring her blue cardigan.

Added by Ben on Jun 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
05Visits & Medical

Everything you'd need to hand to a doctor or an ER — ready in one place.

The challenge: The midnight ER visit where someone needs her DNR and allergies. The 15-minute neurology slot, three months of life to summarize, on four hours of sleep.

A secure home for medications, allergies, conditions, advance directives, and care wishes — with a scannable ER card. When an appointment comes up, one tap turns the last 90 days into a clean visit summary you can print, share, or hand over at the appointment.

  1. 1Add Eleanor's essentials once — meds, allergies, conditions, her doctors' contact info, documents.
  2. 2Hand a stranger the ER card, or share view-only access with the family members who need it.
  3. 3Before any appointment, generate a visit summary for that window — adherence, changes, and the questions you wanted to ask.
See the visit summary
A daughter and her mother meeting with a primary care doctor in a bright exam room
The whole picture, ready for the visit.
hearthly.app/medical/provider-pdf

Visit summary

Prepare summary for the appointment

Caregiver interval summaryPrepared Jun 16, 2026
Patient
Eleanor Hayes — Alzheimer's, HTN
Reporting period
Mar 16 – Jun 16, 2026
Window
93 days · 65 logs
Allergies
Penicillin — moderate · hives & rash
Sulfa drugs — mild · mild rash
Active medications
MedicationDoseFrequency
Donepezil10 mgOnce daily
Lisinopril5 mgOnce daily
Memantine10 mgOnce daily
Melatonin3 mgEvery evening
Interval history (caregiver-reported)
Sleep (1–5)
3.6 avg
Pain (0–10)
4.2 avg
Fatigue (0–10)
4.2 avg
Sundowning
10 / 93 d
Wandering
4 / 93 d
Mood pattern: content ×17, calm ×12, happy ×7, anxious ×7, agitated ×4, confused ×4, sad ×3
Reported symptoms: Chest pain ×2, Fatigue ×1, Dizziness ×1
Behavioral: repetitive_questions ×5, restlessness ×5
Effective interventions: Familiar music · Walking outside 10 min · Photo album
Caregiver notes (most recent)
Jun 11: Calm morning. Sang along to Patsy Cline on the porch.
Jun 10: Looked through the 1969 wedding album, remembered Dad's tie.
Jun 9: Restless late afternoon. Better once Beth (RN) came by.
Jun 8: Sat outside and named every bird at the feeder.

Compiled from caregiver-entered observations. Intended to support — not replace — clinical review. Patient name and dates should be verified at point of care.

hearthly.app/medical
Eleanor's medical info
All in one place
Medications
5 active
Allergies
Penicillin · sulfa
Conditions
Alzheimer's · HTN
Care contacts
4 saved
Documents
POLST · POA · ID
Wishes
DNR on file
Shareable ER card · scan in any hospital
06Trends

Mood, sleep, clarity, and meds — the patterns you couldn't hold in your head.

The challenge: 'Has she been more confused lately? Sleeping okay? Taking her meds?' You think so. You're not sure. You don't want to be wrong.

Hearthly turns your daily taps into clean, plain-English trends — mood, sleep, behavior, meds — for any window of time.

  1. 1Open Trends. Pick a window: 14, 30, or 90 days.
  2. 2Look across mood, sleep, and behavior in one view.
  3. 3Spot what you couldn't hold in your head — quietly, on the couch.
See trends
hearthly.app/trends

Trends · Last 14 days

Patterns, gently surfaced

Mood across the days

ContentAnxiousHard day

Nights — low to restful

89%
Medications given
on time this week
hearthly.app/trends

Days the day felt clear

— Steady
68%

Caregiver recognized fully on 100% of logged days.

Clarity, day by day

Cognitively, it's been a fairly even stretch — the day felt clear most of the time and recognition came through warmly.

07Calendar Insights

See the shape of a month at a glance.

The challenge: Some weeks feel heavier than others. You can't put your finger on why.

A month-view calendar colored by how each day actually felt — so the patterns become obvious. (Sundays harder? Mornings calmer? Hearthly notices.)

  1. 1Open Calendar Insights from the dashboard.
  2. 2See the month colored by Eleanor's mood and your own load.
  3. 3Tap any day to expand the orientation and recognition details that drove its color.
See calendar insights
hearthly.app/calendar-insights
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Hard days clustered after short nights. Two weeks of steadier sleep show in the calmer color.

08Messages & Weekly Story

Stop being the human group text.

The challenge: 'How's Mom?' from five relatives. Every. Week.

One quiet message thread for the people who love her. And every Sunday, an automatic 'Eleanor's week' — the wins, the worries, the small joys — sent to whoever you choose.

  1. 1Chat inside the circle — photos, voice notes, quick updates.
  2. 2Hearthly drafts a warm weekly story from the week's logs.
  3. 3Review, edit if you want, and share with the wider family.
See messages
hearthly.app/messages

Messages · Eleanor's circle

Today

Walter · neighbor
Stopped by this morning — she was humming in the kitchen. Tulips coming up out back.
Ben
Did the noon Donepezil get given?
Yes — Grace logged the 8:00am. All good. 💛
Maya · niece
Coming by Sunday after church. Want me to bring lunch?
hearthly.app/weekly-story

Hearthly summary report

Eleanor Hayes

June 10 – June 16, 2026

It looks like Eleanor has had a mostly peaceful week across the six days you logged together.

Eleanor seemed to enjoy her meals with seven full servings recorded, and staying hydrated with six glasses of water a day likely helped her feel content during her best moments.

It is lovely to see she recognized you every time it was noted.

Consistent pattern

A good night's sleep seems to be a foundation for Eleanor's best days.

Happier, calmer days tend to follow nights rated 4 or 5 out of 5. Protecting bedtime seems to shape how the next day unfolds.

09Care for the caregiver

Hearthly is also watching out for you.

The challenge: You'll see her doctor four times this year. Yours? Maybe once.

Quiet check-ins on your own load — a few warm questions, sleep, mood — plus a library of 2-minute resets, scripts for difficult feelings, and gentle nudges when things feel heavy.

  1. 1Take a 2-minute quiet check-in when you need it — Hearthly will remind you.
  2. 2On heavy days, Hearthly surfaces a 2-minute reset before anything else.
  3. 3Save the practices that work for you to your pauses library.
See caregiver self-care
A caregiver pausing with a warm cup of tea by a sunlit window
A quiet two minutes — for you.
hearthly.app/caregiver
D

How are you today, Grace?

Drowning
Heavy
Holding on
Okay
Good

Friday and Saturday look like a steadier stretch. A good window for something for yourself.

See options× Dismiss
hearthly.app/caregiver/window

A window for you

Your pace looks steadier. Here are some good moments to plan ahead.

Friday, Jun 19
60%
No appointments Mood: steady
Saturday, Jun 20
50%
No appointments Mood: steady
Wednesday, Jun 24
60%
No appointments Mood: steady
10Daily Moment

A gentle pause, the first time you open the app each day.

The challenge: Some days you just need a breath before diving in — a sense of how things are, and a moment that's yours.

The first time you open Hearthly each day, a short warm recap of how your loved one has been — paired with a photo, a message, or a breathing exercise chosen for the moment. No streaks. No guilt.

  1. 1Open Hearthly and a quiet moment greets you — a short recap of how Eleanor's been.
  2. 2Receive today's pause — a photo, a message, or a breathing exercise — chosen for the moment.
  3. 3Save the ones that helped to your library, for the heavy days.
See daily moment
A caregiver sitting by a sunlit window with eyes closed, taking a quiet moment
A breath before the day asks anything.
hearthly.app/daily-moment

Daily moment

Eleanor has been resting well lately, with a high sleep quality recorded on Sunday. Across the last week, she enjoyed singing on the porch and looking through old albums, with an appointment for hair styling set for tomorrow.

📖

Today's pause

A passage today

"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables
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11Life Story & Music Moments

The stories and songs that bring her back to you.

The challenge: You know there are stories — and songs — that will be lost. No one has written them down, and there is never a right time to ask.

Six chapters of gentle prompts quietly collect your family's stories over time, and a playlist of the songs that shaped her — dance-floor classics, kitchen hums, lullabies — sits beside them. Built together, by the whole circle.

  1. 1Six chapters guide your circle through a life — early years, family, work, wisdom, and more.
  2. 2Attach photos and memory notes — 'she hummed this every Sunday' tells the story better than any title.
  3. 3Open Music Moments to play together, then note how she seemed — joyful, calm, quiet, or restless.
Start their story
A caregiver helping an older woman with medications at the kitchen table in warm morning light
The songs and stories, kept together.
9:41●●●
Building her story
Early Life4 stories
Love & Family6 stories
Work & Purpose2 stories
Later Years

Today's prompt

What were they known for — at work, in the community, among friends?

Three people have answered this prompt

hearthly.app/photos

Photos of Eleanor

A shared album

Recent visits, old wedding photos, the kids when they were small.

+ Add
RecentAlbumsThrough the yearsFavorites
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Reminiscence
Reminiscence
Reminiscence
Reminiscence
12Caregiver Community

A quiet room of people who get it.

The challenge: It's 3 a.m. You can't sleep. The people in your life love you, but they don't quite understand. You don't want advice — you want to be witnessed.

Small, gentle groups of caregivers walking the same road — spousal caregivers, long-distance children, dementia partners, 3 a.m. thoughts. Share what's heavy, send a heart to a stranger, find that you're not alone.

  1. 1Join groups that match your shape of caregiving — the people who already understand.
  2. 2Post a question, a hard moment, or a small win. No advice expected unless you ask.
  3. 3Send 'Love' or 'Support' to someone else's post — a quiet hand on the shoulder.
See the community
hearthly.app/community

Community

1 joined

You're not doing this alone.

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Spousal caregivers · about 1 month ago
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How do you keep going?

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Spousal caregivers · about 1 month ago

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Community

3 AM thoughts

Some nights are heavier than others. Whatever's keeping you up — write it here. No advice expected. Just witnessed.

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Samantha P.
3:14 AM

i love my mom. i do. but i just changed her at 2am and then sat on the bathroom floor and cried so she wouldn't hear me. no one tells you that you start grieving them before they're even gone. anyone else up?

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Why I built this.

“I didn't build Hearthly from the outside — I built it the way you'd build something for people you love. I've seen how fast the details scatter across calls and texts, how the people who want to help often don't know how, and how distance makes showing up feel impossible. Hearthly is my answer: so caregiving feels a little lighter, and families stay genuinely close through it.”

David Dunn
David Dunn
Founder, Hearthly
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Everything your care circle needs — no credit card required to start.

A son and his mother reviewing her medications together at the kitchen table
Care, carried together.

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Care coordination for families.

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  • 1 care circle, up to 10 members
  • Reliable medication tracking — who gave each dose, when, and refills
  • Daily log, appointments & routines that don't reset on you
  • Health tracking & trends you can bring to the doctor
  • Role-based access — control who sees what
  • Smart visit prep + summaries you can export and share
  • Generous photo & document storage (5,000 photos · 1,000 docs · up to 25 GB)
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