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Editorial Policy

Family Elder Planning publishes tools to help manage hospital discharge and the first 14 days home.

Reviewed and updated: July 26, 2026

Topic Selection

Family Elder Planning aims to help a family plan for a discharge conversation, the first night home, medication changes, follow-ups, home setup, family responsibilities, important contacts, or the first two weeks of handoffs.

Source hierarchy

For health related facts and safety, we prefer current, authoritative public sources. Our hierarchy is:

  1. Federal public-health and health-service sources, including CMS/Medicare, AHRQ, MedlinePlus, CDC, the National Institute on Aging, and comparable official sources.
  2. State or local government and Area Agency on Aging material when a topic is genuinely local or jurisdiction-specific.
  3. Established nonprofit or professional resources when an official public source does not answer the organizational question.
  4. Commercial sources only when necessary to describe that source’s own product or policy—not as medical authority.

Substantive guides use a concise reference section rather than placing a citation after every sentence.

Medical and professional boundaries

Family Elder Planning does not publish diagnosis instructions, treatment instructions, medication dosing advice, emergency triage, clinical equipment recommendations, legal advice, financial advice, tax advice, benefits advice, insurance advice, or provider recommendations.

AI-assisted drafting

AI-assisted tools may be used for drafting, restructuring, consistency checks, code changes, and test support. AI-generated or AI-assisted text is reviewed against the site’s scope, source hierarchy, privacy constraints, and prohibited claims before publication.

AI assistance is not clinical review. It does not establish medical expertise, professional licensure, or an endorsement. No clinician-review claim is made unless a specific reviewer and review scope are documented and intentionally published.

Current review status

Unless a page explicitly and verifiably states otherwise, Family Elder Planning content has not been reviewed by a clinician, attorney, financial adviser, insurance professional, tax professional, benefits specialist, or other licensed professional.

Input from licensed social workers and others has helped improve the site’s organization and usability. That input is not presented as clinical review, medical advice, a professional endorsement, or review of every page.

Corrections

Corrections, broken links, unclear wording, accessibility problems, and source concerns can be submitted through the contact page. Select “Site or checklist problem,” identify the page, and describe the issue without including personal medical details, medication names, diagnoses, payment card numbers, or other sensitive information.

Corrections are evaluated against the source hierarchy and site boundaries. Material corrections should update the visible review date and any related tests or internal documentation.

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