Local Ties Senior Advisors · Tom McCahan · Call or text (971) 610-0047 · localtiespdx.com
What I charge, and who pays me.
No "call for pricing." This is every way a family can work with me and exactly what it costs. It's all here because you shouldn't have to ask.
Two paths, and they're paid for differently.
Find a Community
Help finding a place to move.$0 to your family
There is never a bill on this path. The community your family chooses pays me a referral fee when someone moves in.
Care Planning
Help staying home, or working out what’s needed.Not sure what's needed? That's where I start. I come to you, we get to know each other, and I ask the questions families don't know to ask.
Then I build a written plan for your family: what's needed now, what's coming, and who to call for each piece of it. And I stay on your team as long as you want me.
Paid by your family
Every price is on the menu below.
Prices
Every family starts free. Some never pay anything at all.
| What | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1 · Phone call and quick needs assessmentFirst a call, about 20 minutes: what's happening, what to do this week, whether you need me at all. If needed, I'll come to your home to do an additional quick assessment of the situation. In a crisis? Say so. I can move fast. | Free |
| 2 · The Care PlanAn in-depth assessment of your situation, and a written plan for it — what's needed now, what's coming, what it costs, who to call. I set the key pieces in motion myself. Three levels, depending on how much is involved. After the quick needs assessment, we decide together what's needed and settle on a level before we start. Includes your first month of Continued Support. See the levels → | Focused $500Full $750Complex $1,500 |
| 3 · Continued SupportKeep me on your team. A quick check-in from me every month, plus every call, text, and email — never metered. When you need someone else, I connect you with the partners I work with. Cancel anytime, no minimum. | $100/month |
| 4 · Work done on your behalfAny extra work on top of any of this, or help with just one thing on its own (see below). Showing up in person, calling or meeting with home care agencies and partners, paperwork, benefits and Medicaid, the hard conversations. Always quoted as a total and approved by you first — you hear a price, never a meter. | $150/hour |
| 5 · PlacementFinding and moving into the right community. | $0 to your family |
The three Care Plan levels
| Level | Price | When it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Focused | $500 | One main need, like home safety or adding some help at home. One visit, and one or two services set up. |
| Full | $750 | Several needs at once, like help at home, safety changes and a benefits question. A family meeting, and up to about three services set up. |
| Complex | $1,500 | A lot moving at once: memory loss with behaviors, a hospital discharge, family disagreement, Medicaid work, several providers, or a second visit. |
If planning ends in a move
Finding the community is free to your family, whether you started there or got there through a plan.
And nothing from the planning is wasted. By then I know your family member and what they need, so the search starts from there instead of from zero.
Need help with something quick?
You don't need a full care plan to work with me. If you just want help getting things done, I work by the hour.
- Getting things set up at home. Help with a piece of technology, like a medical alert button or a tablet for video calls, or getting connected with a few trusted providers I've already vetted and who are ready to go.
- Finding the right home care agency. I came from home care, so I know how the agencies here differ: who can cover nights and weekends, who keeps the same caregiver coming, and what they charge. I'll find the ones that fit and help you pick.
- Being there for a hard conversation with your family member. Sometimes it helps to have someone at the table who isn't family.
- Paperwork and benefits. Forms, Medicaid and benefits applications, and written updates so the whole family is on the same page.
- Something else you need done. Ask me.
$150/hour. I tell you the total before I start, and you say yes first. Calls and texts are never billed.
Three things I always do
The no-surprise rule
Nothing billable starts until I've said something like "that's about two hours, want me to do it?" and you've said yes. Never after.
A statement every month
You get a statement every month, even when there's nothing extra on it. Most months your statement is just the $100. That's the promise, in writing.
How I'm paid, up front
Oregon requires me to disclose how I'm paid. You'll have that from me before we tour anything.
Step one is free. Start there.
A free call, about 20 minutes. I'll tell you which path fits, or that you don't need me yet.