A book by Erika Crossley, MPH
The Senior Living Playbook
From Discharging from the Hospital to Medicare and Medicaid.
This is the book I wished every family had in their hands the day a nurse said, “She cannot go home alone.” It is written for adult children facing a parent’s first move into care, and for the discharge planners, social workers and placement agents who guide them through it.
In its own introduction the book puts it this way: “Since I was fourteen, I’ve worked exclusively with seniors across every corner of the care system.” What follows is the same advice I give my own clients, in plain language, organized so you can act on it today.
Free sample chapter
Chapter 1: The $10,000 Wake-Up Call
What assisted living really costs, why the “all-inclusive” price is rarely the final price, the five terms that sound alike but live in different financial worlds, and why none of this is your fault. 8 pages, 145 KB PDF. No email required. Read it first; the form further down is only if you want the rest.
Open the sample chapter (PDF)The price figures in the chapter are the author’s own estimates from her placement work at the time of writing, not government figures. Confirm any home’s price in writing.
What the full book covers
The table of contents as it stands in the manuscript. Chapters 1 to 11 are written. Chapters 12 to 22 and the epilogue are planned and coming; I am not going to pretend otherwise.
Part I: Understanding the Landscape
- 1. The $10,000 Wake-Up Callfree sample
- 2. The Medicare Myth That Costs Families Millionswritten
- 3. The Real Ways Families Paywritten
- 4. The Hidden Industry You're Up Againstwritten
Part II: The 7-Step Fast-Placement Plan
- 5. Step 1: Define the Missionwritten
- 6. Step 2: Build the Shortlist That Saves You Weekswritten
- 7. Step 3: Tour Smart, Not Hardwritten
- 8. Step 4: Compare with Claritywritten
- 9. Step 5: Prepare for Move-In Daywritten
- 10. Step 6: Visiting and Building a Real Support Systemwritten
- 11. Step 7: Give Yourself Some Gracewritten
Part III: Stability After Move-In
- 12. The 30-Day Reality Checkcoming
- 13. The Red Flag Decodercoming
- 14. The Upgrade Pathcoming
Part IV: Financial and Legal Strategy
- 15. Medicaid Mastery (By State)coming
- 16. VA Aid and Attendance Made Simplecoming
- 17. Family Finance Architecturecoming
- 18. The Hospital-to-Home Command Plancoming
Part V: Templates, Scripts and Checklists
- 19. Scripts That Save Timecoming
- 20. Printable Toolscoming
- 21. State-Smart Medicaid Mapcoming
- 22. For Professionalscoming
Epilogue: Becoming the Advocate They Needed All Along (coming)
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