A little organization.
A clearer path for your family.
Practical guides for the question behind it all: could someone you trust find what they need if you were unavailable?
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Family preparedness
Make it easier for someone you trust to step in when you are unavailable. Start with the household information only you know, then create a clear path to the records behind it.
Explore this topic →Important documents
Turn scattered paperwork into a useful location index. Identify the records your household has, where originals live and who can help if a copy is missing.
Explore this topic →Digital legacy
Make a plan for important accounts, photos and files. Separate your wishes from the provider’s access process, and protect recovery information while making the plan findable.
Explore this topic →Helping aging parents organize
Start a respectful conversation about the information a parent wants others to find. Work at their pace, agree on boundaries and leave a useful starting point after each visit.
Explore this topic →Emergency and absence planning
Prepare the contacts, financial information and household handoff someone may need during hospitalization, travel or an evacuation. Start with immediate responsibilities and a reliable backup.
Explore this topic →Estate information and family handoffs
Organize records and personal instructions for the people who may need them after a death. Keep practical information separate from legal authority and use qualified help for legal decisions.
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In case I die: a practical checklist for the people you love
Leave a clear starting point for your family: contacts, document locations, accounts, household instructions and a plan for finding them.
Read the checklist →checklistWhat information should your spouse know?
A practical handoff checklist for household finances, important records, care routines and account access when one partner is unavailable.
Read the checklist →guideEmergency binder checklist: build a useful starting point
Organize an emergency binder with a first-page summary, document index and household handoff. Includes a free printable checklist tool.
Read the guide →guideWhat information should you leave your children?
Prepare age-appropriate instructions for younger children and a practical information handoff for adult children, with clear contacts and record locations.
Read the guide →Important documents
Important documents checklist: know what you have and where it is
A household document checklist with a practical location index for identity, insurance, financial, legal and home records.
Read the checklist →guideWhere to store important documents: choose a usable access plan
Compare home storage, offsite originals and digital copies, then build a location index that works when a device or home is unavailable.
Read the guide →guideHow to make a home inventory you can actually maintain
Build a room-by-room record of belongings with descriptions, photo references and supporting records, using a free local worksheet.
Read the guide →guideOrganize insurance information so your family can find it
Build an insurance policy index with provider contacts, document locations, renewal notes and questions for your insurer.
Read the guide →Digital legacy
Digital legacy checklist: make an account access plan
Inventory important online accounts, review Google and Apple legacy options, and leave a clear plan without putting passwords on a public worksheet.
Read the checklist →guideOnline accounts after death: compare the official access routes
Understand the difference between preserving data, requesting account access and deleting an account, with official Apple, Google and Microsoft sources.
Read the guide →guidePassword emergency access: plan the route without sharing a password sheet
Review emergency-access options, account dependencies and recovery instructions so your chosen person knows the approved route when needed.
Read the guide →guideApple Legacy Contact: prepare the family handoff
Understand what an Apple Legacy Contact can help with, where the access key belongs and how to keep the surrounding family instructions clear.
Read the guide →guideGoogle Inactive Account Manager: make a clear plan for your data
Plan selected Google data sharing or contact notification after inactivity, and explain the difference from an immediate emergency-access arrangement.
Read the guide →Helping aging parents organize
Important documents to organize with aging parents
A respectful conversation and document-location checklist for adult children helping parents organize records, contacts and household instructions.
Read the guide →guideCaregiver handoff checklist: make the next shift easier
Organize contacts, routine responsibilities, current instruction locations and unresolved questions for a family caregiver handoff.
Read the guide →guideHelping aging parents organize finances without taking over
Start a consent-based financial organizing conversation with a parent, then build an institution list, bill map and questions for providers.
Read the guide →Emergency and absence planning
Emergency financial information: leave a map of the bills
Create a practical financial handoff with institution names, bill schedules, insurance contacts and clear instructions for requesting authorized help.
Read the guide →guideHospitalization checklist: information your family may need
Prepare a practical information packet for a hospital stay, from current care contacts and document locations to a household handoff and discharge questions.
Read the guide →guideAn incapacity information plan: who can find what?
Separate contacts, document locations, everyday responsibilities and legal authority when planning for a period when you cannot manage things yourself.
Read the guide →guideFamily emergency communication plan: who calls whom?
Create a contact and check-in plan with backup routes, meeting instructions and a printable emergency contact sheet.
Read the guide →guideBefore you travel: leave a practical family handoff
Prepare a household handoff for travel with contact routes, care arrangements, home instructions and a plan if your return is delayed.
Read the guide →guideEvacuation documents: prepare a portable information packet
Decide which document copies and contact details belong in an evacuation packet, where backups live and how to keep the packet current.
Read the guide →Estate information and family handoffs
Executor document checklist: organize the records before the process
Create a record-location packet for an executor or estate representative, with a missing-document log and questions for the relevant professional.
Read the guide →guideAfter a spouse dies: organize the information one step at a time
A calm starting point for locating records, keeping a contact log and organizing household responsibilities after the death of a spouse or partner.
Read the guide →guideLetter of last instruction: a personal template for your family
Write a personal letter of last instruction with an example, printable prompts and a clear distinction from legal documents and bank instructions.
Read the guide →guideBeneficiary and account review: organize the questions to ask
Use a practical review list to find current beneficiary records, check provider requirements and document follow-up without treating a worksheet as a designation.
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