Written for the Senior

Aging Well — Five Guides Written to You, Not Your Adult Kids

Most of the Senior Move Roadmap was originally written for the adult child helping a parent. As we kept hearing from families, the same parents wanted to read what their kids were reading — and they wanted it written to them, not about them. These five guides do that. The decision about your home. The documents to put in order. The funding map. The Medicaid conversation for Texas homeowners. Same work, your voice.

Start with: Should I Stay Home? → See All 5 Guides ↓

Why this section exists

The Senior Move Roadmap started as a system for the adult child — the daughter, son, or family member trying to figure out what comes next for a parent. The guides are written in that voice: "your parent," "your mom," "your dad." That was the right choice for the people who were searching for help first.

But then the parents started reading them too. And they said, consistently: this is good, but I want one that talks to me directly. I’m the one making this decision. Write it to me.

These five guides are that. Same substance. Same honesty. Same refusal to oversimplify. Written in second person to the senior whose life this actually is.

Start where you are. Come back for the rest.

The Decision

Should I Stay Home?

When staying home is the right call, and when it isn’t. The 5-year cost math. The modification tiers. The five conversations you’re about to have with your adult kids.

Read the guide →
The Documents

Planning Ahead

A workbook for the documents, decisions, and conversations that need to happen while it’s still your call. Plus the Texas companion for legal context.

Read the guide →
The Money

Where Does the Money Come From?

Every funding source for senior care, plotted against the care-cost timeline. The gap most families don’t see. The four reverse mortgage traps worth asking about.

Read the guide →
Texas · Legal

Protecting Your Home from Medicaid

Before you list your home, before you sell — the legal conversation a Texas senior owes themselves. Look-back, MERP, Lady Bird Deed, and what to ask your elder law attorney.

Read the guide →

If your family is reading along.

The Senior Move Roadmap system was originally written to the adult child — the daughter, son, daughter-in-law, or family member helping you with this transition. If you’d like to read what they’re reading, or share this with them so you’re working from the same map:

Aging in Place (Family Edition) →  ·  Planning (Family Edition) →  ·  Funding Map (Family Edition) →

This is informational guidance, not legal, medical, or financial advice. The right professional matters — and every section of this system tells you who that is.