These are six topical playbooks written for the adult child caring for an aging parent. Each is a 12 to 20 page reference document — a burnout recovery plan, a home safety walk-through, a family meeting script, an uneven-load conversation guide, a POA and guardianship decision tree, and a caregiver interview checklist. You enter your email, confirm the double-opt-in message, and the download arrives within five minutes. You also join our free 12-part course. Unsubscribe with one click, any time.
What sits inside each playbook
Every playbook in the library follows the same structure: a preface that names who it is for, ten to sixteen chapters with concrete plays rather than generalities, at least one printable worksheet or checklist, a bibliography that cites the same authorities the site itself cites, and a short list of related articles for the readers who want to keep reading. Nothing in a MorrisElder playbook is a teaser for a paid product — the artifact is the product. Family caregivers who print these, dog-ear them, and keep them next to a medication list are exactly the readers we wrote them for.
Every playbook is version-stamped and reviewed on a documented cadence. When policy shifts move a claim inside a playbook out of date, the playbook is refreshed rather than left to rot. That is the promise the byline at the bottom of the cover represents: the editorial team owns the accuracy of the words on every page, including six months from now.
The six playbooks
Choose the playbook that matches the week you are in
Burnout & Self-Care
The Burnout Recovery Playbook
A 14-day plan for the caregiver who is running out of runway, drawn from Family Caregiver Alliance and Rosalynn Carter Institute research.
The 27 questions that separate a great caregiver from an expensive mistake, plus the reference-check script and the red-flag answers to walk away from.
The download flow is deliberately small. Step one: click any of the playbook cards above and land on that playbook's page. Step two: enter your email address, optionally a first name, and click the button to send the playbook to your inbox. Step three: open the confirmation message we send, click the confirm link, and the download appears in your inbox within five minutes along with the first email of the Family Caregiver Foundation course. Corporate mail servers occasionally slow the download email by two or three minutes; the thank-you page in your browser carries the download link inline as a backup.
After confirmation you begin receiving the free 12-part email course. One email arrives every three or four days for about five weeks. Each is short enough to read on a phone in a hospital hallway. Each ends with one concrete thing to do this week and a link to the corresponding article on the site. When the twelve weeks are done, you either stay for our weekly digest or you unsubscribe with a single click. The course does not repeat and the sales pressure never begins, because there is nothing to sell you.
Our promise about your email address
We do not sell subscriber data. We do not swap lists with home-care agencies, elder-law firms, or any other partner. No home-care agency pays us to include their name inside a playbook, and no affiliate compensation reaches us when a reader eventually decides to hire outside help. The playbook library is an editorial artifact, and the trust that comes with an email address is treated as the deposit it is. Unsubscribe strips the record from our platform within one business day and never routes to anyone else.
Every email we send arrives from a monitored inbox at MorrisElder. Replies are answered by a real person on the editorial team, not by an autoresponder. Reader questions have shaped every revision of every playbook in the library so far, which is why the reply-to address exists in the first place.
Common questions about the library
Do I have to sign up for the newsletter to download a playbook?
Yes. Every download is gated by an email opt-in that enrolls the reader in our free 12-part course, the Family Caregiver Foundation. We built it this way so the reader who wants the reference and the reader who wants ongoing company for the road are on the same list. One unsubscribe click removes the address from every list forever, with no follow-up.
Are the playbooks actually free?
Yes, at no cost, with no card required, no upsell later, and no affiliate compensation from any home-care agency. The playbooks are editorial artifacts. Our publisher stance is that a family caregiver in a hard month should not pay for a reference document. Distribution is subsidized by the same editorial mission that funds the site itself.
How long are the playbooks and how are they delivered?
Each playbook is a 12 to 20 page PDF, print-friendly, tagged for screen readers, and formatted for a home inkjet. Delivery is by email within five minutes of confirming your subscription. If it does not arrive, the thank-you page also carries a working download link for the next 24 hours.
Can I share a playbook with a sibling or a friend?
Yes. Print it, forward the PDF, hand it to a sibling at the kitchen table. We wrote these to be shared inside a family. If your sibling wants their own subscription, the same download page will enroll them independently. There is no per-family license or watermark.
How do I unsubscribe from the emails after I have the playbook?
Every email in the course carries a one-click unsubscribe link at the bottom, no login required. You can also reply to any email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE. Removal is complete within one business day. Your address is deleted from our platform and never sold, shared, or reused.
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