Take the Free Senior Care Assessment

    Understand your options, know what to expect, and get clear guidance on the right path forward — from aging in place to assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing.

    🚨 Urgent Situation

    Something just happened. Get immediate guidance, crisis resources, and connect with a care advisor fast.

    🏥 Current Care Needs

    Care is needed now. Find out if home care, assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing is the right fit — with next steps and local resources.

    🗓 Planning Ahead

    Things are mostly okay. Get a proactive plan with aging-in-place strategies, right-sizing options, and financial readiness steps.

    Plan ahead in about 5 minutes.

    Long-Term Care Assessment Tool

    LTCareNav's free care assessment quiz helps families determine the right type of long-term care for their loved ones — no login required. The guided assessment covers daily living activities, cognitive health, medical complexity, caregiver support, home safety, financial readiness, and care preferences.

    Three Assessment Paths

    Planning Ahead: A proactive aging-in-place assessment for families exploring future care options, right-sizing strategies, and financial readiness before a crisis occurs. Current Care Needs: A care needs evaluation for those who need home care, assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing now — includes personalized recommendations with local provider resources. Urgent Situation: Immediate crisis guidance for hospital discharges, sudden health changes, or unsafe living situations — connects families with care advisors and emergency resources fast.

    Personalized Results

    Results include personalized recommendations for aging in place, home health care, adult day programs, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing facilities, and continuing care retirement communities. The caregiver planning tool identifies Medicaid eligibility indicators, veteran benefit flags (VA Aid and Attendance), and connects families with local care providers through Care Connections. Available for all 50 states with state-specific Medicaid resource links. Free care assessment with actionable care plan — takes 5 to 8 minutes.

    Which best describes your situation?

    Our assessment is based on validated clinical frameworks used by geriatric care professionals.

    Choose the path that matches where you are in the planning process.

    LTCareNav is a free resource for families navigating care decisions. Your answers are shared only with vetted LTCareNav advisors and are never sold.

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    Frequently Asked Questions About Care Assessments

    A care needs assessment evaluates a person's physical, cognitive, and emotional needs to determine the right level of long-term care support — from aging in place to assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing. Professional assessments are conducted by social workers or geriatric care managers, but guided self-assessment tools like this one help families understand their situation before consulting professionals.

    Ideally before a crisis — when you first notice changes in daily functioning, cognition, or safety. Key triggers include difficulty with bathing or dressing, increased falls, medication mismanagement, a recent hospitalization, or a caregiver feeling overwhelmed. Earlier assessments lead to more options and better outcomes.

    Comprehensive assessments look at activities of daily living (ADLs), cognitive function, medical complexity, home safety, caregiver capacity, social engagement, and financial readiness. Together, these dimensions determine the level of support needed and which care settings are appropriate.

    You select one of three paths — Urgent Situation, Current Care Needs, or Planning Ahead — then answer guided questions about daily living, health, and preferences. The tool scores your answers across multiple dimensions and recommends the care settings that best fit your situation, along with next steps and local resources.

    Most people complete it in about 5 minutes. The Planning Ahead path is the quickest; Current Care Needs takes slightly longer because it evaluates more clinical and functional factors.

    No — the assessment is completely free with no login required. You can create a free account afterward to save your results and connect them to a personalized care plan.

    No. This is a planning and guidance tool, not a clinical evaluation. It helps you understand your options and identify next steps but does not replace professional medical advice or a formal clinical assessment.

    Yes. Your situation may evolve, and the assessment is designed to be retaken anytime. With a free account, updated results automatically feed into your care plan so your recommendations stay current.

    See How Your Care Assessment Fits Into Your Personalized Care Plan

    Your free care plan connects your assessment results to local providers, cost projections, and next steps — so you know exactly what to do.

    Save your results, update them as things change, and see how they shape your care plan over time.