The Journal
Honest guidance for families navigating one of life's most important decisions
The 30-Day Move-In Checklist for Senior Living
Week by week, everything that needs to happen between signing the agreement and the first good night's sleep in the new apartment.
How to Read an Assisted Living Contract: Fees, Rate Increases and Exit Terms
The clauses that matter in a residency agreement, what they usually say, and what to ask for before you sign.
Veterans Benefits for Senior Living: Aid & Attendance Explained
How the VA's Aid and Attendance pension can pay a large share of assisted living, who qualifies, and how to apply without the usual delays.
Questions to Ask a Memory Care Community: The Printable Checklist
Forty questions for a memory care tour, grouped by what matters most, with the answers to hope for. Print it and take it with you.
12 Signs It May Be Time for Assisted Living (That Families Often Miss)
The quiet signs a parent needs more help than home can give, and what to do once you have seen them.
The New Seniors Places: What Changed for Families
Seniors Places has been rebuilt around the family doing the searching: a budget filter, side-by-side comparison, a care quiz with no sales call, community pages that answer the tour questions, and inquiries that go to the community you chose. Free, with no referral fees.
Does Medicaid Pay for Assisted Living? What Each State Waiver Covers
How Medicaid waivers pay for assisted living care, who qualifies, what your state calls it, and how to find a community that takes it.
The 48 Questions to Ask on a Senior Living Tour
Most first tours end with a folder and a warm feeling. Here are the questions families most wish they had asked, in eight sections, with the free printable checklist to take on every tour.
Assisted Living vs. Independent Living vs. Memory Care: A Plain-English Comparison
Who each level is for, what a day looks like, what it costs, and how to tell which one fits.