About This Chapter

Same people, new idea

HalleyAssist started because our founder, André, couldn't find a way to help his mother stay safely in her own home as her Alzheimer's progressed — so he built one. That same team, and the same underlying belief — that people deserve to stay independent and connected as they age, without feeling watched or like a burden — is still here. What we're building has just changed.

What's changing

The home-monitoring hardware platform we spent years developing — the one described in our history — is no longer something we're actively building. It did what we set out to do, and we're proud of the trials, the research, and the recognition it earned. But we've moved on to a different way of solving the same underlying problem.

What we're building instead

We're developing a service built around something simpler than sensors and hardware: a warm, natural phone conversation. Regular, friendly automated calls to check in on someone — how they're doing, how they're feeling, whether anything's changed — paired with a straightforward way for family members and carers to see how those check-ins are going, without needing to install anything in mum or dad's house.

We think there's something to a conversation that a blinking sensor can't replicate — and we think families want to know their person was actually asked how they're doing, not just monitored.

What we're not ready to say yet

We haven't finalised the name, the exact features, pricing, or a launch date. This page will be updated as those decisions are made.