Assisted living basics
What assisted living usually provides, what it doesn’t, and common surprises for families the first year.
Open assisted living basics →Learn: understand the basics before everything speeds up
This page is a hub for plain-language guides. You don’t need to read everything. Start with the topic that matches what’s loudest right now — housing, medications, or how coverage really works.
Where care happens
Start here if you’re asking “stay home or move?” or trying to understand what assisted living actually does compared to nursing homes or rehab.
Staying at home
What it really takes to keep someone at home safely: support, costs, and common blind spots.
Open staying-at-home guide →If your filename is different, update this link to match your actual home-care / housing learn page.
Nursing facilities & rehab
How nursing facilities differ from assisted living, and how short-term rehab stays really work.
Open nursing facility basics →Medications & coverage
Start here if the pharmacy counter and insurance explanations are where things feel the most confusing or expensive.
Medications: cost and complexity
Why some medications drive cost and confusion, how to map the current list, and which questions to bring to prescribers and pharmacists.
Open medication basics →Medicare basics
A plain-language overview of Medicare parts, what they usually cover, and what families often assume but isn’t true.
Open Medicare basics →Other coverage questions
How private insurance, Medicaid, or other programs may interact with your situation and why answers vary so much by state and plan.
Open coverage overview →Point this to whichever learn page covers broader insurance / benefits in your site.
Money, roles, and what’s sustainable
These guides help you think in terms of what you can sustain — not just what you can technically do for a few weeks.
Costs and trade-offs
How to think about “we can pay for this once” versus “we can hold this together for 6–24 months.”
Open costs & trade-offs →Family roles and workload
Mapping who is doing what now, what would change under different options, and how to have those conversations.
Open family roles basics →What matters most
A simple exercise to anchor decisions in the person’s values and non-negotiables instead of just “what’s available.”
Go to What Matters Most →How to use these Learn pages
These are not meant to be memorized. They’re meant to give you enough clarity to ask better questions and make calmer decisions.
1. Skim, don’t study
First pass, skim only the topics that match your biggest worries. Mark anything that sounds like your situation.
2. Turn notes into questions
For each page you read, write 3–5 questions to bring to doctors, social workers, facilities, or financial professionals.
3. Pair with tools & services
When you’re ready, use the Tools page to compare scenarios, or the Services page if you want structured one-time support.
Links: Tools → · Services →
IMPORTANT
These Learn pages are for orientation and education. They do not provide medical care, diagnosis, treatment, legal advice, financial planning, tax guidance, or insurance brokerage. Always review decisions with licensed professionals who understand your situation and local rules.
These Learn pages are for orientation and education. They do not provide medical care, diagnosis, treatment, legal advice, financial planning, tax guidance, or insurance brokerage. Always review decisions with licensed professionals who understand your situation and local rules.