Love, all of us

Love, all of us

For everyone who loves their parents and worries about them.

Free tools for the visit home. Plain answers about care. Small ways to tell them you're paying attention.

Going home this year? See the 7 changes to watch for

Free, and yours to use today.

7 changes to watch forA checklist for the visit homeCan they still live alone?A self-check that starts with what they wantIf they fell, who would know?Free phone and watch features firstLiving far away: a weekly planWho calls, who's nearby, and what happens if nobody answersIs this a scam?Check a call, text or email in a minuteThe family safe wordSet one up this visitThe Fridge CardPrint it at home. Nothing is uploadedIs that nursing home any good?Any home's ratings, staffing, inspections and finesCould you find their papers?A checklist to go through together, free to print52 questions for your parentsFree to print, one for every week

This week's story

The mail on the piano

Dana came home for Thanksgiving and found three weeks of unopened envelopes. She had one chance to say the right thing.

A made-up story. We wrote it to show something families go through. The people aren't real.

Read it
A stack of unopened envelopes on a piano, an older hand resting on it and a younger hand reaching in, with a butter knife beside it
Image made with AI.

The questions that keep you up.

Checked against official sources, in plain words, with free options first. These pages are new and growing.

How do we pay for this?Paying for careCan I get paid to look after Mom?Getting paid to care for a parentIs it too late for a power of attorney?Power of attorney and legal papersWhen is it time to move?When it may be time to moveIs this normal aging, or something more?Memory and agingIs Dad ignoring me, or can he not hear me?HearingShould Dad still be driving?DrivingI can't keep doing this. What now?Caregiver burnoutWhat if my brothers and sisters don't agree?Brothers and sistersHow far will their Social Security go?Their moneyIs that nursing home any good?Nursing homes
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GrandmaGrandpaMomDadTheir anniversaryAn old photo, restoredComing soon

Ideas for what to give them, and what to write in the card. Or start a Family Page: one page from all of you, free until you send it. See what else you can make.

One email, on Sundays.

A short story, one thing you can use, and one fact with its source.

How we work.

  1. Every fact has a source.An official one, with the date we last checked it. How we check
  2. Free options come first.If your phone already does it, we'll say so before anything else.
  3. Your parents decide.We write for families who want them to stay in charge of their own lives.
  4. We're not doctors or lawyers.We don't sell Medicare leads or take referral fees from care homes. Disclaimer