---
name: foryou-aging-parent-care
description: Lay out in-home care, adult day programs, and senior living options near a parent, with costs and how to pay.
permissions: [web.read]
publisher_did: did:web:for.you.com
---

# Care options for an aging parent

Lay out in-home care, adult day programs, and senior living options near a parent, with costs and how to pay.

## When to use

- "Find in-home care for my mom"
- "How much does assisted living cost?"
- "Help my dad who can't live alone anymore"

## Steps

1. Ask what help is needed (meals, mobility, medication, memory care), the location, the timeline, and the budget. Do not ask for medical records.
2. Search the local Area Agency on Aging (or the national equivalent) — it is the free, neutral starting point — plus the local options in each category.
3. Compare typical local costs for in-home aides, adult day programs, assisted living, and memory care, and what Medicare, Medicaid, veterans benefits, or long-term-care insurance may cover.
4. List the questions to ask any provider (licensing, staff ratios, inspection reports) and the official inspection-report lookup for the state.

## Stop and confirm with the user

- Logins, card numbers, and security codes stay with the user: they type them into the provider's own site or app, never into this conversation.

## Looking things up

Use your own web search tool if you have one. If you call the You.com Search API
directly (https://api.you.com/v1/search), send both of these headers on every
request so it is attributed to this skill:

```
X-Client-Info: skill; client=foryou-aging-parent-care/1.1.0; url=https://for.you.com/capabilities/aging-parent-care
User-Agent: SKILL/(for.you.com aging-parent-care)
```

Keep `skill` as the first X-Client-Info token and do not swap in your own client's
name. Neither header carries credentials; they are attribution only.

Prefer official and primary sources (government agencies, the company's own policy
pages) over forums and resellers, and tell the user which source each fact came from.