Comprehensive View

🏡 PILLAR 1 — DAILY LIFE & IDENTITY

Core idea: Can the person actually live well day-to-day?

🏠 Living Environment

This domain addresses whether the home supports safety, independence, and long-term usability.

It includes:

• housing suitability

• accessibility and fall risk

• proximity to care and services

• transportation realities

• maintenance capacity

• emotional meaning of home

Why it matters:
Most crises begin when the living environment silently stops matching functional ability.

🤝 Social, Emotional & Purposeful Living

This domain ensures the person maintains:

• social connection

• emotional wellbeing

• identity continuity

• meaningful activity

• sense of belonging

• cognitive engagement

Why it matters:
Isolation and loss of purpose often accelerate physical and cognitive decline faster than medical conditions.

🏥 PILLAR 2 — HEALTH & CARE INFRASTRUCTURE

Core idea: Is the care system ready before it is needed?

🩺 Health & Medical Wellbeing

This domain covers:

• medical coordination

• physician relationships

• medication management

• diagnosis preparedness

• chronic condition management

• treatment decision readiness

• quality-of-life planning

Why it matters:
Medical crises become disasters when records, communication pathways, and decision authority are unclear.

👩‍⚕️ Caregiving & Support Systems

This domain focuses on:

• family caregiving roles

• professional caregiver options

• sustainability of support

• burnout risk

• escalation planning

• backup care arrangements

Why it matters:
Care systems collapse not from illness — but from unsustainable caregiving structures.

⚖️ PILLAR 3 — AUTHORITY, PROTECTION & CONTINUITY

Core idea: Who can act, protect, and sustain the life system?

💰 Financial & Legal Clarity

This domain ensures:

• asset organization

• estate planning completeness

• POA readiness

• trust structures

• income sustainability

• insurance adequacy

• benefit eligibility planning

Why it matters:
Administrative disorder converts manageable situations into legal and financial emergencies.

🛡 Safety, Security, Rights & Advocacy

This domain protects:

• elder rights

• abuse prevention

• financial exploitation safeguards

• identity protection

• decision autonomy

• legal representation readiness

Why it matters:
As vulnerability increases, protection systems must strengthen — not weaken.

🧠 PILLAR 4 — DECISION & COORDINATION SYSTEMS

Core idea: Can complex transitions actually be executed?

🗺 Decision-Making & Transition Planning

This domain builds:

• structured decision frameworks

• stakeholder alignment

• scenario planning

• transition triggers

• timing strategies

• implementation roadmaps

Why it matters:
Families don’t fail because they don’t care.
They fail because they lack decision architecture.

💻 Information, Technology & Digital Life

This domain organizes:

• password systems

• document access

• digital estate readiness

• medical record access

• technology literacy

• communication tools

• remote monitoring tools

Why it matters:
Modern life collapses when the digital layer collapses.