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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.
897
licensed providers listed
10/08/2026
state file date (CDSS)
1501
LA County hospices you can look up
How this works
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Answer 5 plain questions
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Free help listed first3
Call who you choose — we’re not part of the call.
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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Free / Public Resources
Always listed first — the trust layer, never for sale.
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Home & Safety
Making the house work for how someone gets around now.
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Care
Licensed help, at home or in a licensed residential setting.
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Health Adjacent
Directory only — never medical advice.
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Legal & Money
The paperwork moment most families hit without warning.
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Life
Everything else that keeps a household running.
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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.