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Local Ties Senior Advisors · Tom McCahan · Call or text (971) 610-0047 · localtiespdx.com

Independent Senior Advisor · Portland, Oregon

Your first call for what's next.

Illustration: Tom at a kitchen table with an older couple and their daughter, going over a care plan. Out the window, Tilikum Crossing and downtown Portland.

Independent senior placement and care planning in the greater Portland area. Help finding a place to move, or help staying home, for you or your family member.

Most people start with a quick call. Sometimes I can point you in the right direction and tell you that you don't need me yet. Sometimes we set up an in-person meeting and go from there.

Call or text (971) 610-0047 I answer my own phone. Or ask me to call you.

Before you call, check me out

Registered with the State of OregonOregon registers everyone who’s paid to help families find care homes. I’m #2443. Look me up →
Insured and background checkedRequired by the state, and done before I started.
I see every place before I recommend itSee the places I’ve toured in person on the Find a Community page →
Your information stays with meNo community hears from you unless you say so.

“Do you already know a move needs to happen, or are you still figuring out what’s needed?”

Two paths. One question to figure out which one fits you.

“A move needs to happen”

Free to your family

Illustration: Tom walking a family through a care community.

Find a Community

Help finding a place to move.

Independent living
Assisted living
Adult foster homes
Memory care

I narrow it to the places that fit, check each one's state record, and tour with you. I've been to every place I recommend, and I stay involved through move-in and after.

Virtual walkthrough tours Preview communities from your living room, or send them to family out of town, then only visit the finalists.

Free to your family. There's never a bill on this path. The community you choose pays me, so my help costs your family nothing.

How it works →

“We’re figuring it out” or “We want to stay at home”

Paid by your family

Illustration: going over a written care plan at the kitchen table.

Care Planning

Help staying home, or working out what’s needed.

A written plan for your situation: what's needed now, what's coming, what it costs, and who to call for each piece. Then I stay on your team as long as you want me.

The right people When the plan needs in-home care, an elder law attorney, benefits help, or movers, I connect you with people I know and trust, and I stay in the loop so nothing falls through the cracks.

Paid by your family, with no facility money in it. The plan answers to you and nobody else.

How care planning works →

Discharge date already set?

Call or text today. I can move fast. I'll help you sort out the next few days and find a place that can take your family member.

When you have days, not weeks, I can tour for you, and we decide together from video and my notes.

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Fully transparent fees.

With care planning, your family pays me directly, and every price is listed on this site, so you'll know what you're paying before anything starts.

Calls, texts, and questions are never metered.
Billable work is quoted as a total, and you say yes first.

Who you're calling.

I come from the home care industry. My job was going into people's homes, assessing what they needed, setting up the care plan, working with their case managers, and organizing the people around them to make the care work. Home care was the only thing I could offer, and I felt that limit. I started Local Ties because I kept meeting families with very little information and no idea where to go next, and I wanted to help with the full range of what they need, not just one piece. That's the gap I'm here to fill.

Whether you're planning ahead or you're in the middle of it right now, that's fine. Call me. We'll start from where you are.

Meet Tom →

Start with a call.

It's free, about 20 minutes. I'll tell you which path fits you. If all you need is a little direction, I'll give it to you on the call, no charge. And if you don't need me yet, I'll say so and point you to the right people.

Calling me doesn't put you on a list. No community calls you unless you pick it.

(971) 610-0047

Call or text. I answer my own phone.

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Or ask me to call you.

Reachable 8am–7pm Pacific, Monday–Saturday · If it's a medical emergency, call 911 first