Choosing the right care setting
Plain-language conversations on home care vs. assisted living vs. memory care — when each fits, when it doesn't, and the questions families forget to ask.
Community PartnershipMulti-year involvement
Senior Compass Group
A Southeast Michigan collaborative of senior-services professionals helping families navigate aging — through honest, audience-driven educational panels rather than sales presentations. Affordable Home Care has participated in their Ask the Advisor sessions for years.
What Senior Compass Group is
Senior Compass Group is a working collaborative of independent senior-services professionals across Oakland, Wayne, and Macomb counties. Members come from home care, senior living, elder-law, geriatric care management, financial planning, and transition services. The group exists to help families navigate aging decisions before they reach a crisis — through community panels, advisor meetings, and direct family Q&A.
Our role in Senior Compass Group is the home-care voice on its panels. When a family shows up to an Ask the Advisor session and wants to understand whether staying home is realistic — or what hospital discharge actually looks like, or what happens when a parent refuses help — that's the conversation we step into.
Visit Senior Compass Group"Most families ask their first home-care question to the wrong person — a friend who used a different agency a decade ago, or a discharge planner who only has 12 minutes. Senior Compass Group sessions exist to give families more time and a wider table. That's why I keep showing up to them."
Past Panel Topics
A snapshot of the conversations Austin has contributed to in Senior Compass Group sessions and one-on-one advisor meetings.
Hospital discharge & the family side of the hand-off
What goes wrong in the first 72 hours after discharge, where the discharge planner can and can't help, and how families set up the home before discharge happens.
Caregiver burnout in adult-child families
How burnout actually presents in spouses and adult-child caregivers — and the small interventions (respite, schedule rotation) that prevent crisis.
Medicare vs. private pay — what is actually covered
Why Medicare doesn't pay for most long-term home care, what Medicare Advantage actually covers, and how to plan accurately without surprises.
Long-distance caregiving for SE Michigan parents
Practical playbook for adult children living out of state who are coordinating a parent's care from afar — communication cadence, escalation triggers, tools that help.
Hosting your own community panel?
Austin speaks regularly to family-caregiver groups, senior centers, faith communities, and discharge planning teams in Southeast Michigan — same plain framing as the Senior Compass Group sessions.
See speaking topics & request a sessionFAQ
Common questions about Senior Compass Group
Senior Compass Group is a Southeast Michigan collaborative of independent senior-services professionals — home care, senior living, elder-law, geriatric care management, financial planning, and transition services. They run Ask the Advisor panels and community sessions to help families think through aging decisions before a crisis. Affordable Home Care is the home-care voice on its panels.
It is not a referral network and no money changes hands between member organizations for family introductions. The group exists to give families a wider table than any single advisor can offer. Austin participates as an educational contributor, not as a salesperson — see his full bio for context on his approach.
Yes. Sessions are open to families, typically free, and posted at theseniorcompassgroup.com. Topics range from choosing the right care setting to hospital discharge to caregiver burnout, and families can ask questions directly of the panel.
Yes. Austin speaks regularly to family caregiver groups, senior centers, faith communities, discharge-planning teams, and professional associations across Southeast Michigan. No speaking fee for community groups, senior centers, faith communities, or family-caregiver workshops. See full topics and request a session on the speaking page.
By the audience's questions. The sessions are unscripted and audience-driven — families bring whatever they are facing, and Austin contributes home-care perspective only where it fits. He does not speak on behalf of the group's policy positions or other members' practice areas; the format depends on each advisor staying inside their own scope. To talk through your family's specific situation, contact us or call 248-419-5010.
Talk to a real person about your family's situation
Whether you found us through a Senior Compass Group session or somewhere else, we're glad to talk through what's going on at no cost.