Included free for every family
Stay close, even from far away.
When someone you love moves into care, the hardest part is the distance — the calls that don't connect, the visits that can't happen, the feeling that you're losing the everyday closeness. Porchlight gives families a private, gentle way back in — and helps the community's staff truly know your loved one, so they're cared for as a person, not a room number.
Family access is always free. If your loved one's community uses Porchlight, you'll receive a private link — no app to download, no subscription.
A new story from Dad
“The summer your grandmother and I built the cabin, it rained for nine days straight…”
Illustrative example — not a real resident.
The family relay, concretely
Listen anytime. Talk back. Keep it forever.
Listen to anything they've recorded
A private link to a personal page where you can hear your loved one's stories — in their own voice, whenever you want.
Record a voice message back
Reply with your own voice, voicemail-style. Your resident hears it in the same dead-simple, one-button app — no typing, no logins, nothing to figure out on their end.
Get notified when something new lands
SMS and email alerts fire when a new story is recorded or a new message arrives — on either side — so nothing gets missed.
Keep it private
Access runs through a private link for each family member rather than a public directory. Nothing is public, and nothing is sold.
Keep the stories forever
The recordings are preserved — a voice archive the whole family can return to, for years to come.
Nothing to install
Family access is free and works through a private web link — no app store, no subscription. Listen and reply from a phone or a computer.
The reason we built this
Distance stops meaning silence.
Being known is good for you, and staying connected is good for you. A voice message at bedtime, a story you'd never heard — connection becomes low-friction again, and the people caring for your loved one know who they really are. Your loved one ends up at the center of a living, two-way connection that started with one tapped button.
Want to see what a family page looks like? Communities can share a private link with you once your loved one is set up. Any sample pages shown on this site are hypothetical examples — never a real resident.
Is your loved one's community on Porchlight?
Family access is free when their community uses Porchlight. If it doesn't, or your loved one lives at home, you can start it for them yourself.