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What level of care does your parent actually need?

Most families guess. They hire a companion when Mom needs hands-on care, or jump to expensive round-the-clock staffing when a daily helper would do. This 10-question assessment walks the same daily-living checkpoints professionals use — bathing, mobility, medications, memory, nights — and gives you an honest starting recommendation, with the real monthly cost attached.

Answer for how things are today, not on the good days. It takes about three minutes.

Question 1 of 11

1.Bathing and grooming — how much help does your parent need?

Question 2 of 11

2.Getting dressed?

Question 3 of 11

3.Using the toilet, including getting there in time?

Question 4 of 11

4.Moving from bed to chair, standing up, walking around the house?

Question 5 of 11

5.Any falls in the last 6 months?

Question 6 of 11

6.Eating and meals?

Question 7 of 11

7.Medications?

Think about the maintenance meds — BP, diabetes, heart.

Question 8 of 11

8.Memory and thinking?

Question 9 of 11

9.Wandering, sundowning, or leaving the stove/doors unattended?

Question 10 of 11

10.Nights — can your parent be safely alone from bedtime to morning?

Question 11 of 11

11.Current medical situation?

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