A step-by-step PDF guide that shows you how the search industry really works, what assisted living includes and what costs extra, and how to vet, tour and choose a community with confidence.
Search options • What’s included • Community fit • Touring checklists • The move and the first 30 days
Five short sections you can work through at your own pace, with worksheets you can print and bring on every tour.
Direct search, online platforms and local consultants: how each one works, how they get paid, and the one question to ask any advisor.
The types of communities, what is typically included, what usually costs extra, and what families are paying nationally.
A worksheet to pin down your parent’s top priorities, the distance you can manage, and the must-haves before you tour.
How to verify a license, questions on staffing and ownership, and a three-community comparison chart.
What common sales phrases really mean, move-day do’s and don’ts, and a plan for the first month.
Checklists, write-in worksheets and comparison tables built to be printed and shared with your family.
I'm Michael Jantz. For more than 16 years I've worked in in-home care, helping adult children and their parents answer the questions you're facing right now: Is it time to bring in help? How do we talk about it as a family? Who can we trust in Mom and Dad's home?
After sitting across the table from hundreds of adult children and seniors listening to their fears, questions, and regrets I created this guide so you don’t have to guess your way through the most important decisions of your parents’ later years.
Before home care, I served in the U.S. Navy. I still believe what I learned there: the right plan, made early, keeps people safe.
One clear plan for your whole family. Instant download, shareable with your siblings.
Secure payment • Instant digital delivery • If you don’t find the guide helpful, email within 14 days for a full refund.
Adult children and spouses who are deciding whether a parent should move into assisted living, and how to choose the right community if so.
Yes. It is written for families anywhere in the United States. Costs and licensing rules vary by state, and the guide shows you how to check the rules and the license for any community you consider.
A PDF you can read on your phone, tablet or computer. The worksheets and checklists are designed to be printed and brought on tours.
Some parents are better served at home. The companion guide, The Family Guide to Finding In-Home Care for Aging Parents, covers that path, and you can get all three guides together for $34.98.
Right after checkout you’ll get a link to download the PDF, and the same link arrives by email so you can come back to it or forward it to your siblings. Questions? Email [email protected].
If you don’t find the guide helpful, email within 14 days for a full refund.
This guide is for educational purposes and is not legal, medical or financial advice.