A planning resource for people who want to stay home.
Stay in the home you love. On your terms.
For as long as you want.
I’m Anne. A few years ago, a family crisis made me realize I wasn’t as prepared as I thought. Since then, I’ve built the plan I wish I’d had. This is where I share it.
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Most aging-in-place advice shows up too late.
Here’s what I noticed when I started looking. The helpful resources all assumed you were already in a crisis. A parent had fallen. A spouse had been hospitalized. A diagnosis had arrived.
By then, the choices get made fast, and most of them get made by someone other than you.
I didn’t want that. I wanted a plan I built myself, before I needed one. Something that covered the practical parts and the personal parts. Documents and grab bars, yes. But also how I’d stay connected, stay strong, and stay in charge of my own life.
That plan didn’t exist anywhere I could find. So I built it.
The five pillars of staying home.
A real plan covers more than safety rails. These are the five areas I work on. Most people are strong in some and quietly weak in others.
Preparedness
Documents, directives, and the information your people need if something happens to you.
Home
A home that works for you now and still works for you in twenty years.
Strength
A body that keeps you independent. Balance, mobility, and the habits that protect both.
Community
The people you can actually call. The village most of us have to build on purpose.
Technology
The tools that quietly make independence easier, without taking over your life.
Not sure where you stand? Start here.
The Independence Assessment is 20 questions, takes about three minutes, and gives you a score out of 100 across all five pillars. You’ll see which pillar is your strongest, which one needs your attention first, and where you land on the five-tier planning scale, from Pathfinder to Architect.
It’s the same assessment I use myself. I retake it every few months to see what’s shifted.
Free. 3 minutes. Your personalized results arrive in your inbox right after.
A little about me.
I’m Anne. I’m in my early sixties. I live in a house I don’t plan to leave. I have a husband, two grown kids, a small circle of people who show up when it matters, and a stubborn streak about my own independence that I come by honestly.
A few years ago my husband was hospitalized for two months. We had wills. We had medical directives. What we didn’t have was a plan for the day-to-day. The bills. The house. The calls. I had to figure out a lot of it while I was exhausted and scared.
After he came home, I started building a real plan. Not a panic-driven one. A quiet, deliberate one. And the more I built, the more I noticed friends asking me about it.
This site is the plan, made public. I write from experience, not credentials. I’m not a doctor, a lawyer, or a financial advisor, and I’ll tell you when you need one. What I am is someone who has done this work and is still doing it, and who wants fewer people to get caught flat-footed the way I was.
I’m glad you’re here.
What you’ll find here.
The Assessment
A free way to see where you stand across all five pillars. Retake it whenever you want.
The Newsletter
When you first sign up, you’ll hear from me every couple of days for a few weeks while I walk you through the 5 pillars. After that, about one letter a week. No sales pitches.
The Library
Honest writing on preparedness, home modifications, strength, community, and the tools I actually use. Organized by pillar so you can find what you need.
Not ready for the assessment?
Start with the newsletter.
When you sign up, you’ll hear from me every couple of days for the first few weeks as I walk you through the 5 pillars. After that, about one letter a week. One idea, one story, one small thing you can do. You can unsubscribe any time.
No spam. No sharing your address. Ever.