# The Elder Care Module

The FIRM Guide (thefirmguide.com) — companion to The Recoverable Family.
Fill this in privately (any text editor or by hand), then store it in your Vault.


## Secure Guide Starter Template — Elder Care

> This template belongs in The Secure Guide, stored within The Vault. One entry per person whose care this Module plans — a parent, a spouse, yourself — starting with their name. Review when documents, providers, or care arrangements change.

Elder care planning has two dimensions that are easy to conflate: the decisional — what care, who decides, how it is paid for — and the documentary: where those decisions are recorded, and whether the people who must act can find them without help. Most planning stops at the first. This Module's job is the second. Preferences and authorities that exist only in one person's memory, or in documents no one can locate, are not a plan; they are intentions.

One more thing this Module plans for: older adults are the most targeted people in any family for manufactured trust — contact that sounds like a grandchild, references real people and events, and arrives with exactly the urgency that shuts down scrutiny. The defense is not telling an aging parent to be suspicious of everything; that erodes the very confidence this Module works to preserve. The defense is structure: a few procedures agreed early, while everyone's capacities are intact, that make the safe response the easy one. They get their own section below.

- Person / Care Focus: 

### Legal Authority Documents
| Document | Designee | Location of Original | Attorney / Preparer | Date Executed | Last Reviewed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Healthcare Power of Attorney |   |   |   |   |   |
| Advance Healthcare Directive |   |   |   |   |   |
| Durable Power of Attorney (Financial) |   |   |   |   |   |
| POLST / MOLST (if applicable) |   |   |   |   |   |

> For full estate document inventory, see the Estate Plan Module.

### Long-Term Care Insurance
| Policy | Insurer | Policy Number | Agent Contact | Benefit Trigger | Daily / Monthly Benefit | Elimination Period | Location of Policy |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

> For complete insurance documentation, see the Insurance Module.

### Primary Care and Specialist Contacts
| Provider | Specialty | Practice / Facility | Phone | Patient Portal | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | Primary Care |   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |

### Care Preferences — Personal Record



### Caregiver and Support Network
| Name | Relationship | Role | Phone | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   | Primary caregiver |   |   |
|   |   | Backup / respite |   |   |
|   |   | Care coordinator |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |   |

### Agreed Procedures — Decided Early



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## Family Guide Starter Template — Elder Care

> This template belongs in The Family Guide. It names the decision-makers and summarizes care preferences in plain language.

> In the matching Secure Guide section: legal authority documents, LTC insurance, providers, care preferences, caregivers.
>
> That detail is what makes recovery possible — and it is protected in the Vault, which opens with The Vault Key. The key is never written here, by design. The people listed on this page know how it is kept, and the steward's job is to keep that path current, so this page never leads to a locked door.

- This page is for: 

### Healthcare Decision-Maker



### Financial Decision-Maker



### Care Preferences — Summary



### Long-Term Care Insurance



### Primary Physician



> Any call about this person — a bill, an emergency, a relative in trouble — gets the family callback habit first: hang up, call the number on this page. However much the caller knows, however urgent it sounds.

### Additional Guidance