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ElderGuideLA

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When someone you love needs help, start here.

A calm starting plan and a directory of licensed providers across Los Angeles & surrounding cities — with the state’s own paperwork shown on every listing.

Takes about 2 minutes. You can print the plan.

How this works

  1. 1Answer 5 plain questions
  2. 2Get a starting planFree help listed first →
  3. 3Call who you choose — we’re not part of the call.

Get the free LA care checklist — and an email when we add something useful.

Leave your email and the printable checklist opens right away: the free programs to call first, the next steps for what just changed, and how to check a license.

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The free help most families don’t know about.

IHSS, the Area Agency on Aging, adult day programs, 211 LA — public programs, listed before anything else, always.

See free resources first →

Choosing a hospice? Check it first.

Look up any LA County hospice and see, from official files only, whether it appears in the state’s license list and in Medicare’s hospice file, how long it has been licensed, and how many other hospices give the same building address.

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What a listing looks like

Every provider page shows the state’s file and date — and links to the state’s own inspection reports where they exist.

ElderGuideLA is a guide and a directory. We are not a care provider, not a medical advisor, and not a placement agency. Families never pay to use this site.

A calm starting plan and a directory of licensed providers — with the state's own paperwork shown on every listing.