Caregiver guides

Long-form guides for the situations adult-child caregivers in Washington run into. Each one walks through the program rules, the WA-specific levers, and the calls to make. None of these guides sell anything.

• When a hospital discharge is happening or imminent

  What to do in the next 24 to 72 hours, the legal lever caregivers don't know they have, and how to keep the discharge from happening before the home is ready.

  8 minute read · Last reviewed 2026-05-03

• The Medicare gap checklist

  Medicare leaves real holes. Each hole has a WA program that fills it, and most families never apply. This is the working list.

  6 minute read · Last reviewed 2026-06-14

• PACE, COPES, and adult day services compared

  Three WA programs keep nursing-facility-eligible seniors at home. They are not interchangeable. Here is the side-by-side that case managers wish families saw before crisis hit.

  7 minute read · Last reviewed 2026-06-14