Disclaimer

The short version This site is education, not advice. It is not a substitute for a doctor, a lawyer, or a financial professional who knows your family’s situation.

Not medical advice

Nothing here is medical advice, and reading it does not create a clinical relationship. Decisions about a person’s care, medications or treatment belong with their clinicians. If you think someone is having a medical emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.

Not legal advice

Articles and products discuss legal documents such as powers of attorney, HIPAA authorisations and advance directives. The names, requirements and forms for these vary by state, and they change. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship. An elder law attorney licensed in your parent’s state can confirm what is valid there.

Not financial advice

Anything about benefits, insurance or the cost of care is general information. Programme rules, in particular Medicare and Medicaid rules, change and differ by state. Confirm details with the agency itself or a professional advisor.

Accuracy

We check facts against primary sources and link them so you can check too. Even so, information ages. Where a date matters, look for the “last updated” note and verify anything critical with the agency in question.

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Your judgement comes first

You know your parent and your family. Everything here is a starting point for a conversation with the professionals involved — not a replacement for it.