Gen X Caregiving Roadmaps

Step-by-step guides for the decisions that come up first

Each guide covers one situation from start to finish: what to do, in what order, what it costs, and where Illinois rules change the answer.

• Healthcare and insurance: Medicare Open Enrollment, Medicare vs. Medicaid, In-home care vs. home health care.
• Legal and financial: Estate planning checklist, Power of attorney for aging parents.
• Caregiving: Choosing home care, Caregiver burnout, Caregiver burnout self-assessment, Sandwich generation stress.
• Housing and safety: Aging in place, Downsizing room by room, Medical alert systems.

If you don’t know where to start, read Medicare vs. Medicaid or the Estate planning checklist. Almost every other decision depends on one of them.

Guides are general information. They can’t replace advice from a doctor, elder law attorney, or financial professional who knows your family. Each one names the questions worth bringing to that conversation.

Are the guides free?

Yes, and they’ll stay that way.

How current are the guides?

Guides are reviewed on a regular schedule, and time-sensitive ones like Medicare enrollment are updated before each enrollment period.