What do you need to get ready at home?
Check the rooms your parent will use. List what needs doing and what to ask about equipment or alerts.
Make a home setup list
What would help you today?
Free to use. No email needed. Start with the part your family is working through right now.
Calculate what help at home could cost.
Enter the hours and rate to estimate the cost, or compare two agency quotes.
Estimate home-care costsCompare home care and assisted living.
Put both monthly costs side by side. Keep any missing prices on your list of questions.
Compare the monthly costsWho can help, and when?
List the times you want help and who can come. See which hours still need someone.
Plan who can be thereSTART SMALL. FEEL MORE ORGANIZED.
A free sheet for the first night home.
The First Night Home Quick Sheet puts the next task, the person handling it, and the number to call in one easy-to-find place.
Open the free Quick SheetPrint a copy or email yourself a link.
Looking for the full discharge checklist? →
HOW TO USE A TOOL
Start with one task.
Use a free tool to organize the details, then copy or print what helps your family keep going.
MAKING ROOM FOR HELP
Compare your options for help at home.
Write down the tasks you need help with, ask agencies what they provide, and compare their schedules and prices.
Explore help at homeHelping from another city? Start here →OPTIONAL PAID TOOLS
Keep calls and next steps together.
Choose a printable kit or a private workspace to organize your family’s next steps.
PRINTABLE & FILLABLE
First 14 Days Home Kit
Use the printable, fillable packet to organize home setup, follow-up calls, appointments, family coverage, and handoffs during the first two weeks.
$5 one-time
See the $5 Home KitYOUR PRIVATE BROWSER WORKSPACE
Family Care Coordination System
Keep calls, appointments, tasks, backups, and unanswered questions together for one family care situation. Your plan stays in this browser on this device unless you export or print it.
$29 one time · no subscription · includes the $5 Home Kit
See the Care SystemWHY FAMILY ELDER PLANNING EXISTS
Less piecing things together.
More knowing what comes next.
Faz Azad started Family Elder Planning after his own family struggled to organize a hospital-to-home transition. He wanted families to find the important details together in one easy-to-reference place.
Created by Faz—why this exists →Free family planner
Build a plan around your family’s situation.
After reviewing the checklist, answer a few questions to create a plan for your family. The names, medication questions, and notes you enter stay on this device for privacy and are not sent to Family Elder Planning.
Build Your Family PlanAbout 3 minutes · no account
Tell us what your family is organizing
Use only the details that help you make a practical first-14-days plan.
For your privacy we currently do not store your notes.
Your family discharge plan
Start with the form
Fill in the basics to create discharge questions, medication and home-setup prompts, follow-up tasks, warning-sign questions, family owners, and a first-14-days log.
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
Before you begin.
Do I need to sign up?
No. The free tools work without an account or email. Resource email and continuing updates are separate, optional choices.
Where do my planning details go?
Calculator and worksheet entries stay in your browser. Optional worksheet saving uses this browser profile. Care System plans remain local unless you deliberately export or print them.
Does FEP arrange or provide care?
FEP helps you organize questions and compare information. It does not deliver care or select a provider. Ask your care team about clinical needs.
OPTIONAL AUDIO
Listen: the first 48 hours home.
A discussion about the first night, the next morning, and questions that may still need an answer.
Read the first 48 hours guide →A SHORT DISCUSSION
First-night questions and next steps
Press play when you're ready. No account needed.