Optional self-check

How organized are you?

You don’t need to arrive organized. We’ll help you figure out where to start.

This self-check is optional. No questionnaire is required before a complimentary conversation. Start by telling us what is on your mind; a guided review of your needs is part of understanding how we can help and shaping your Family Ready work or other agreed support.

Optional self-check

Reflect on what feels organized—and what could use help.

You do not need documents, account numbers, or perfect answers.

Use these questions only if you find them helpful. They touch on financial records, household responsibilities, continuity, medical paperwork, and digital access.

Your responses produce an immediate summary and stay on your device unless you choose to discuss them with us.

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Optional Organization Self-Check

See how prepared and organized things feel today.

Choose the response that best fits. This is educational—not a financial, legal, or medical evaluation.

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Financial organization and readiness

I can quickly locate my important financial and legal documents.

I have a current list of accounts, income sources, household bills, service providers, and professional contacts.

Someone I trust could locate essential information and understand my bill-payment routines in an emergency.

Everyday finances

My bills are reviewed and paid through a dependable process.

I understand which payments occur automatically and when they occur.

I regularly review account activity for errors or unusual transactions.

Medical and insurance

Medical bills are compared with insurance explanations of benefits before payment.

I have a system for tracking claims, balances, and follow-up.

Long-term-care insurance information is organized, if applicable.

Estate and digital organization

My estate documents and beneficiary designations have been reviewed recently.

I have an inventory of important online accounts and automatic payments.

A trusted person knows where to find instructions without passwords being stored insecurely.

Continuity and authorized help

I know who could help if I were temporarily unable to manage financial responsibilities.

I know which POA or account-authorization paperwork is on file with my institutions and what still needs follow-up.

My chosen helper would know which bills and household financial responsibilities need attention first.

Please answer every question. “Not applicable” is available.
Continuity and readiness

Could someone step in if needed?

If illness, travel, or a change in circumstances interrupts your routine, a trusted person should know what needs attention and where to start.

We work through the process together. You do not need to arrive with perfect records or know every answer. Missing information becomes part of the plan—not a reason to feel embarrassed or overwhelmed.

We organize bills, household financial responsibilities, document locations, key contacts, and authorized access arrangements into a practical roadmap. You decide who may receive information and what help they may provide.

Areas we can explore together

The areas that support everyday confidence.

As part of understanding your needs and the agreed Family Ready work or other support, we can review relevant records, responsibilities, and follow-up together. We can help coordinate acceptance of existing POAs and obtain institution-specific forms; Any SFCS role as a limited financial POA agent requires a separate written engagement, attorney-approved authority, appropriate insurance, and institutional acceptance before work begins. Your attorney and other professionals retain their advisory roles.

Financial organization and readiness

Accounts, documents, ownership, beneficiaries, household bills, service providers, recurring responsibilities, and the systems used to keep information current.

Income and cash flow

Reliable income, regular expenses, bill-payment routines, debt, reserves, and items that need follow-up.

Medical billing and coverage

Insurance information, provider bills, explanations of benefits, long-term care claims, denied claims, payment plans, and authorized help.

Fraud awareness and account oversight

Account-review routines, trusted contacts, suspicious communications, unusual activity, and a clear plan for raising concerns promptly.

Continuity and readiness

Who could step in, what they would need to know, where to find essential records, and which bills or financial tasks would need attention first.

POA and account authorizations

Existing POAs, named agents, institution-specific forms, and the status of institutional acceptance. We coordinate paperwork and follow-up; A limited financial POA role is considered separately and begins only after the required documents, insurance, and institutional acceptance are in place.

Digital Financial Organization & Account Access

A broad inventory of online financial accounts, automatic payments, recovery methods, and trusted contacts—paired with narrowly limited, secure access only when an authorized service requires it.

Life transitions and goals

Upcoming moves, caregiving needs, loss, retirement changes, and the personal priorities the plan should protect.

How it works

Questions we can work through together.

  1. What exists?

    List the accounts, income, bills, household financial responsibilities, important documents, and support arrangements already in place.

  2. Where is it?

    Record where information is kept and how an authorized person can find it securely.

  3. Who needs to know?

    Identify the people and professionals you choose, their roles, and the permissions needed to help.

  4. What is missing?

    Identify information to locate, instructions to clarify, and authorization questions to resolve with the appropriate institution or professional.

  5. What is the next step?

    Discuss what help would be useful and agree on any work, permissions, and fee. You can start that conversation without completing this self-check.

Fictional report example

See how information can be organized.

This fictional Financial Life Assessment sample illustrates one report format. It is an example, not a required purchase or a prerequisite for talking with us.

A guided review can help us understand your needs and organize information within your agreed Family Ready work or other support. Actual work depends on your scope and permissions.

No questionnaire is required before a complimentary conversation. We will move through the process together, one manageable step at a time, and explain the appropriate secure process if information is needed.

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Assessment Report
Fictional information • Client-friendly example
Your privacy matters

Start with a conversation—not sensitive details.

Do not send account numbers, Social Security numbers, passwords, medical diagnoses, policy numbers, or financial documents through an ordinary website form or email. We will explain the appropriate secure process if records are needed.

A comfortable first step

Let’s talk.

Talk with us about what is becoming difficult to keep up with and the level of ongoing support that would help. You do not need to complete the checkup first.