Free Tools for
Family Caregivers

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Free Interactive Tools

The tools your family actually needs

Built for the questions keeping you awake. Use them alone, together, or share with a sibling who needs to understand.

Tool 01

Can They Still Live Alone?

A structured 9-area family safety assessment. The question keeping families awake at night — finally, a compassionate way to answer it honestly.

  • Falls, medications, nutrition & cognition
  • Driving, finances & emergency response
  • Stove safety, wandering & home environment
  • Three honest result tiers with specific next steps
Tool 02

Care Options Navigator

You’re not choosing between bad options. You’re choosing the best option for right now. Personalized care recommendations for your specific situation.

  • All 6 care types explained in plain language
  • Personalized to your parent’s needs & your capacity
  • Real cost ranges and Medicare/Medicaid coverage
  • Facility touring questions included in results
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Tool 03

Family Meeting Facilitator

Good intentions don’t show up on a Tuesday. Turns “we should all help more” into written commitments — with real scripts and a printable record.

  • Structured agenda for the meeting nobody wants to call
  • Real scripts for difficult conversations
  • Written responsibility assignments by name
  • Printable summary your family can keep
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Tool 04

Caregiver Burnout Check-In

You take care of everyone. This one is just for you. Nine honest questions across mind, body, and spirit — with personalized results and prayers.

  • 9 questions · 3 minutes · Nothing saved
  • Personalized tips for mind, body & spirit
  • The 4-7-8 breath and grounding techniques
  • Prayers & scripture matched to your result
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Tool 05

Elder Care Cost Estimator

What will care actually cost? Get a personalized monthly estimate and a 3-year projection based on your parent’s specific situation and location.

  • Personalized monthly care cost estimate
  • 3-year projection by care type
  • Based on your parent’s specific needs
  • Plan before the crisis hits
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Tool 06

Home Safety Walkthrough

Walk through your parent’s home room by room — spotting hazards before they become emergencies. Falls are the leading cause of injury death in adults over 65.

  • Room-by-room guided safety checklist
  • Kitchen, bathroom, bedroom & entryways
  • Specific hazard identification with solutions
  • Printable results to share with family
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Tool 07

Dementia Response Guide

When a loved one has dementia, everyday moments can become crises. This guide helps families respond with calm, clarity, and compassion — before the situation escalates.

  • De-escalation scripts for common dementia behaviors
  • Communication strategies that actually work
  • What to do when they don’t recognize you
  • Printable quick-reference for caregivers
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Tool 08

What's Next: When Someone Dies at Home

Nobody hands you a manual for this moment. A calm, step-by-step walkthrough for the first hours — built for hospice and unexpected situations alike.

  • Hospice vs. unexpected — the sequence for each
  • What to expect from the funeral home & timeline
  • A gentle “while you wait” guide for the hardest part
  • Printable checklist for the first 7–14 days
“You take care of everyone.
These tools are just for you.”
— The Prepared Life Shop · Yale, Michigan

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When you’re ready for more

Deeper tools for families who want a complete system — not just a starting point.

Family Care Planning Workbook
44 pages. 8 sections. Written commitments, signatures, and a plan for the whole family.
$14.99
Care Options Comparison Workbook
Every care type in depth + the conversation guide for talking to your parent about it.
$12
Elder Care Estate & Financial Planner
6-tab Excel system — assets, Medicaid planning, estate checklist, care cost projector.
$19.99
Dementia Caregiver Planner
For families navigating memory loss — tracking, routines, and the hard conversations.
$14.99
Aging Parents Care Planner
43 pages for the family that wants to be ready before ready is required.
$10
Caregiver Support Guide
8-page printable PDF with burnout signs, prayers, breathing tools, and reminder cards.
$7
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Built from the inside of it.

These tools weren’t built in a boardroom. They came from a real season of caregiving — the kind where you love someone deeply and have no roadmap. The midnight worry. The family meeting that went sideways. The moment you realized you hadn’t thought about yourself in months.

Every tool in this collection was designed to give families better outcomes — more clarity, less crisis, and the confidence that comes from having a plan. Warm, practical, and built for the family doing this work — often quietly, often alone, always with love.

The Prepared Life Shop · Yale, Michigan · Life happens. Best have a plan.