Life just changed. You don't have to figure out what comes next alone.
Know what to do next, what questions to ask, what to organize, and what you may not even know you need to think about. Crisis Navigations walks you through it step by step, and keeps everything together as you go.
Choose what you're facing. We'll show you where to start.
You don't need to know everything. You just need to know what to do next.
What are you facing right now?
Choose the situation that brought you here. We'll show you what to do next.
A Sudden Crisis
Something serious just happened and you don't know what to do next.
Help Me Navigate ThisA Dementia Diagnosis
You don't have to figure everything out at once. What to do, ask, and prepare for now.
Help Me Navigate ThisCaring for an Aging Parent
Know what needs attention before it becomes an emergency.
Help Me Navigate ThisSomeone Has Died
Understand what needs to happen and in what order.
Show Me What Comes NextI've Been Named Executor
Know what you're responsible for, what can wait and what can't.
Show Me the Executor GuideA Hospital Stay
Know what to bring, ask, document and prepare for.
Help Me Get PreparedA Cancer Diagnosis
Help you navigate cancer one appointment, one decision, and one day at a time.
Help Me Navigate ThisDivorce
Rebuild your life. Protect your family. Move forward with confidence.
Help Me Get OrganizedGetting Things in Order
Everything your family would need to know before they need to know it.
Show Me How to Get OrganizedWhen One Parent Passes
Help the parent who is still here navigate a life they're learning to manage alone.
Help Me Navigate ThisEverything you wish someone would hand you right now.
Instead of searching dozens of websites, making scattered notes, and wondering what you're forgetting, your Crisis Navigations brings the important pieces together in one place.
Take a look inside.
A glimpse of the guidance, questions, and tools waiting for you, drawn from real Crisis Navigations guides.
When everything feels urgent, your guide sorts it into clear steps, what matters right now, what can wait, and who you need to tell.
- Find the will and important documentsBank statements, insurance policies, passwords.
- Order death certificates (ask for 10)You'll need extras for banks, insurance, and the DMV.
- 3Notify close family, in person if you canA call before others hear it secondhand.
- 4Call Social Security1-800-772-1213, to report the death and stop benefits.
- 5Secure the home and any valuablesLock up, collect mail, and note who has keys.
- What stage is it, and what does that mean?
- What are the treatment options, and why this one?
- What side effects should we watch for at home?
- Who do I call if something changes?
- Locate the will
- Order death certificates (get 10)
- Notify Social Security
- Cancel recurring subscriptions
- DEDr. EvansOncologist
- SKSarah (sister)Family contact
- RCRichardson & Co.Estate attorney
- Keep or sell the house?Status: Under review
- Who handles the estate?Status: Decided
- When to tell the children?Status: Not yet
This is more than something you read. It's something you use.
If you're thinking any of these things, you're in the right place.
You don't have to become an expert overnight. You just need a clear next step.
This isn't another checklist. It's your roadmap through what comes next.
Crisis Navigations helps you understand what needs to happen, capture the information that matters, make decisions, track next steps, and create a personalized record for your situation.
A downloaded checklist
- Gives you information
- Generic
- Same for everyone
- Easy to forget or lose
- Stops at the checklist
Crisis Navigations
- Shows you what to do next
- Explains WHY it matters
- Helps uncover what you may be missing
- Captures your answers
- Organizes important information
- Tracks your progress
- Creates action items
- Works with Side by Side™
- Builds your personalized record
You're not buying more information. You're buying back the time, clarity, and headspace it takes to figure all of this out yourself.
We've already done the thinking, organizing, sequencing, and "What am I forgetting?" work, so you don't have to start from scratch.
Whatever you're facing, you don't have to figure it out from scratch.
Find the Crisis Navigations built for your situation and start getting organized today.
Choose your situation. See what's included. Decide if it's right for you.
Guidance for you. Organization for everything else.
Crisis Navigations Guides
Understand what's happening, what questions to ask, what needs your attention, and what to do next.
Side by Side™
Your personal workspace for documenting answers, decisions, contacts, tasks, and important information as you move through it.
Each Side by Side companion is paired with its main guide.
Together, they turn an overwhelming situation into a manageable plan.
When you don't know where to start, start here.
Choose what you're facing.
Tell us what's happening.
We'll walk beside you.
Follow clear guidance for what matters now and what comes next.
Build your personal plan.
Save answers, decisions, contacts, tasks, and important information as you go.
Because nobody teaches you how to do this.
Nobody teaches you how to become your parent's caregiver.
Nobody teaches you what to do when you're suddenly named executor.
Nobody teaches you what questions to ask after a frightening diagnosis.
Nobody teaches you how to manage the paperwork, decisions, conversations, and responsibilities that arrive with life's hardest moments.
Until you need to know.
That's why Crisis Navigations exists.
Your information belongs to you.
Everything you save lives within your private account. Sharing should always be your choice, never automatic.
You don't have to figure out everything today.
Start with what you're facing right now. The sooner everything is in one place, the less you have to keep in your head. Start now, come back whenever you need to.
Questions families ask
You don't have to know everything before you start. Here are the things families most often want to understand.
All My Lists
Every checklist and list across all your guides, itemized in one place, answer or check off each item.