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Plain-language posts on caregiving, organized by what you actually need.
Not a chronological feed. A topic-organized library covering conversations, assessments, building the plan, where they’ll live, money & Medicare, end of life, dementia, and caring for yourself — with the C-A-R-E framework underneath. Pick the question that’s most pressing today and start there.
By David Moyer, CSA · Honor · Knowledge · Life
FEATURED SERIES · FROM THE LEARN IDAHO TALK
AI in Healthcare: a five-part series.
Adapted from David’s LEARN Idaho keynote on artificial intelligence in healthcare and eldercare. Five posts walking through where AI is actually changing how care gets delivered — the realities, the risks, and what it means for the families navigating it.
Original work by David Moyer, CSA · first published 2023–2024
FEATURED SERIES · FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE
Alzheimer’s: a four-part deep dive.
Written from the side of the family that lived it. David’s mother and stepmother had Alzheimer’s, and these four posts walk through what families actually need to understand — symptoms and risk factors, the history and the celebrities behind it, day-to-day strategies and nutrition, and where treatment is going.
By David Moyer, CSA · first published November 2023
Browse by topic
Eight clusters covering the whole arc.
Each topic is a working answer to a real question families ask. Pick the one that fits where you are right now — or the one with the shortest fuse.
Conversations & advocacy
Talking to your parents about aging, talking to siblings about who handles what, advocating for your parent in a hospital. The hard family talks — and how to start them on equal terms.
See posts in this topicAssessment tools & checklists
Questionnaires, checklists, and structured walk-throughs that help you see where your parent actually stands — physically, cognitively, financially — not where you assume.
See posts in this topicBuilding the plan
Turning conversations and assessments into a real, written family roadmap. Care plans, daily routines, role assignments — the artifacts your family uses when something happens.
See posts in this topicWhere they’ll live
Aging in place, downsizing, assisted living, memory care. The financial and emotional decisions families spend the most time wrestling with — and how to walk through them.
See posts in this topicMoney, Medicare & legal
Medicare, Medicaid, dual eligibility, Medigap, power of attorney, wills, beneficiaries, estate, probate. The practical layer most families never plan for — and end up cleaning up after.
See posts in this topicEnd of life & final arrangements
Hospice and palliative care, advance directives, the conversations and decisions families wish they’d had earlier. Honest, useful, not maudlin.
See posts in this topicDementia & cognitive care
Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body, vascular dementia, mild cognitive impairment. Recognizing the stages, supporting your parent through them, and caring for yourself in the middle of it.
See posts in this topicCaring for yourself
Caregiver burnout. Setting boundaries with parents and siblings. Balancing work and care. Talking to your employer. The version of caregiving where you don’t set your own life on fire.
See posts in this topicFounder’s picks
Six posts that show how this hub thinks.
If you’re new here and want a sense of how we approach this work, these six are a good place to start. Pulled from the canonical archive.
CONVERSATIONS · FROM THE ARCHIVE
Are You Ready to Have THAT Conversation With Your Parents?
The first conversation about aging, planning, and what your parents actually want — and how to start it without it ending in a fight.
CARING FOR YOURSELF · FROM THE ARCHIVE
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner…and Staying?!
The sandwich generation moment when your parent’s housing changes from theirs to yours — on the practical and emotional shifts that come with it.
PERSPECTIVES · FROM THE ARCHIVE
Longevity — 77 Years? Really, That’s It?
What U.S. life expectancy data actually says about how long your parents are likely to live — and what it means for how you plan.
END OF LIFE · FROM THE ARCHIVE
Running Out of Time
A personal piece on what shifts when the calendar starts mattering more than the to-do list.
ASSESSMENT TOOLS · FROM THE ARCHIVE
The Beers List Can Potentially Save Your Parent’s Life
The Beers Criteria for inappropriate medications in older adults — what it is, why it matters, and how to use it as a question to ask your parent’s doctor.
CONVERSATIONS · FROM THE ARCHIVE
Question Your Mom (or Dad) About Everything
The questions you’ll wish you’d asked — about their life, their preferences, their stories — while you can still ask.
About this library.
The posts here are organized by topic, not by date, because that’s how families actually look for help. Someone Googling “how do I get mom to stop driving” isn’t looking for the most recent post; they’re looking for the right one. We update content in place rather than burying it under newer entries, so what was true and useful three years ago stays useful and findable.
Every post sits in one of the eight topics above and connects back to the C-A-R-E framework — the methodology that turns reading into a plan your family can actually use. Reading is good; writing things down is better; doing them with the whole family in the room is best. The toolkit, the coaching, and the intensive are how we help families get from one to the next.
Reading is one thing. Doing is another.
The posts here will help you understand the territory. The toolkit gives you the assessments, worksheets, and structured walk-throughs to actually plan your family’s situation — with three years of access for everyone in the family.
HONOR · KNOWLEDGE · LIFE