Practice the stay-home calls and talks
The stay-home check gives you the calls to make. Here you can rehearse them before you dial or sit down at the kitchen table: the Area Agency on Aging intake call, the Medicare home-health question for the doctor, the first talk with a parent about help at home, and putting house expectations in writing.
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How this works, and what it cannot do
- The other person is scripted, not an AI. Every line was written in advance and gives no medical, legal, insurance or financial advice.
- A phrase-checker in your browser reads your answer. It is a mirror, not a judge, and can miss a good answer worded differently.
- Nothing leaves your device. No audio is recorded, no model is called, and nothing you type is sent anywhere.
- Everyone here is invented. Programs and waiting lists vary by county and state; the real intake worker or clinician will tell you what applies where you live.
If someone is hurt, has fallen and cannot get up, or is in danger, call 911. If you or the person you care for is in emotional crisis, call or text 988.
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Before or after you practice
- Run the stay-home check to build your printable list of what Original Medicare does and does not pay for, local programs to ask about, and the calls to make.
- Check room-by-room home fall hazards on FallRisks, or measure walking speed on HealthGait.
- For more family talks (driving, siblings, paperwork): familycaregive.com/talks. To write down who speaks for the person and what they want: caregoals.com.