When is it time for assisted living?
The signs families notice, the ones they miss, and how to tell an ordinary bad week from a genuine change.
Resources
Practical guides for a decision nobody prepares you for
Written for the questions families actually ask. Not brochures, and not filler.
Start here
Most families arrive knowing something has to change but not what the options are, what they cost, or how to tell a good community from a well-decorated one. These guides work through that in order.
We are writing this library one guide at a time rather than mass-producing it. Guides listed as in progress below are being written now. We would rather publish fewer things worth reading.
Choosing care
Working out what your parent needs
Questions to ask during a senior living tour
What to ask, what to look for, and what a good answer actually sounds like, organized so you can use it on the day.
In progress
Also being written
Costs & paying for care
Understanding what this actually costs
Understanding assisted living costs
How base rent, care levels and add-on fees combine, and the questions that reveal the real monthly number.
In progress
Also being written
In progress
Benefits & programs
Memory & dementia
When memory is part of the picture
Understanding memory care
Our full guide to what memory care is, how it differs from assisted living, and what to look for in a community, published now on our care options page.
In progress
Also being written
Transitions
Making the move work
In progress
Guides being written
Facing a hospital discharge right now?
Our Webster guide covers what to do when a discharge date is set and you have days rather than weeks, including how to buy time and what to ask the case manager.
Read the discharge section
Family tools
Tools we’re building next
Interactive tools to help you organize a decision that involves too many variables to hold in your head.
Comparison checklist
Score communities against the same criteria instead of relying on memory.
Tour questions checklist
A printable version you can take with you and fill in on the day.
Care needs assessment
Work out what level of care the situation actually calls for.
Cost calculator
Compare the true monthly cost of staying home against a community.