Clear guidance for the decisions that matter most.

Geriatrics is the field that asks what matters to you. I trained in it at Stanford, then spent years caring for older adults in their homes and across senior living communities. I built this for the same reason I chose the field: to be useful in the ways that actually matter.

Dr. Michael Genualdi, MD, board-certified geriatrician
Michael Genualdi, MD
Founder, The Geriatrician’s Guide

Most physicians have never set foot inside a senior living community. I spent years visiting dozens of them — meeting with the nurses and directors responsible for what actually happened to residents between my visits, reviewing medication lists, learning the prescribing and pharmacy processes well enough to know exactly where they fail. I know what a well-run community looks like from the inside. This is what I built so you can too.

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The Tour Day Kit

Four printable tools for the day you tour — the Checklist, the Card, the Notes sheet, and the Community Scorecard. The questions a geriatrician asks, in your pocket.

Before you arrive

The Checklist — every domain to look up, prepare, and ask about before you schedule anything.

On the tour

The Card and Notes sheet — the questions in your pocket, and somewhere to capture each visit before they blur together.

After you leave

The Community Scorecard — a clean way to score each community and lay your finalists side by side.

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I built this because people navigating this decision deserve at least one voice that has nothing to gain from where their loved one ends up.

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The Long Road

A Geriatrician’s Complete Guide to Senior Care Decisions

A 247-page reference covering the full arc — from the first signs of decline through end-of-life decisions. The finances, the tour, the contract, the conversation you’ve been avoiding. Written for anyone navigating this for someone they love.

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The Long Road — A Geriatrician's Complete Guide to Senior Care Decisions, by Michael D. Genualdi, MD

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