About Care Costs

We run the numbers before you decide.

Care Costs helps adult children understand the financial side of caring for an aging parent through practical calculators, comparisons and explainers.

What we do

We turn complicated care-cost questions into understandable math. The goal is not to tell you what decision to make. The goal is to help you see the assumptions, tradeoffs and potential financial impact.

What you will find here

• Care-cost calculators
• Home and housing comparisons
• Family caregiving and cost-sharing tools
• Medicare, Medicaid, insurance and estate explainers
• Videos that walk through the numbers

Our approach

National averages can be useful, but they are not a personal quote. Costs vary by state, provider, care level, hours of care, income and family circumstances. Each tool should explain the assumptions behind its result.