Tugboat Membership
One membership. All of Tugboat.
Every Tugboat tool is free to try, your first moves, a starter tech plan, the opening of every guide, your first Care Graph. Membership unlocks the full depth of all of it, for one price.
What a member sees
A 90-day outlook, refreshed about once a month
This is a sample. Margaret is a composite, not a real family. Yours is built from your loved one’s actual situation and updated as things change.
Sample Care Graph
Margaret, 84, your mother, lives alone, early dementia, one fall in July
Where things stand
Margaret is still managing at home, but the fall changed the question from whether she needs help to how soon. Her memory is worse in the evenings, the pill organizer is not always right, and you are the only one checking. The next ninety days are about getting eyes in the house before the next event, not after it.
What’s likely coming
Next 2 weeks · Daily management
The medication slip becomes a medical problem
Missed or doubled doses show up as confusion or dizziness, which looks like the dementia getting worse and sends you to the ER for the wrong reason.
First move. Move the pills into a locked timer dispenser and ask the pharmacy to blister-pack the rest. Ten minutes, one phone call.
Next 30 days · Care team
The first paid help conversation, and the pushback
Two hours of home care twice a week is the usual first step after a fall, and the usual first answer from a proud parent is no. It lands better as help for you than help for her.
First move. Ask your Area Agency on Aging for the in-home assessment. It is free, it comes from a stranger, and it is not you saying she cannot cope.
By day 90 · Paperwork
The power of attorney window narrows
Signing needs her to understand what she is signing. Early dementia is when that is still clearly true. Waiting turns a form into a court process.
First move. Book the elder law appointment this month, and bring her regular doctor's most recent note.
Watch for
- Evening phone calls that repeat the same question, a sign the day is getting long for her.
- Unopened mail or a bill paid twice. Money is usually the first thing to slip.
- Your own sleep. If you are waking to check your phone, the plan needs another person in it.
A sample for illustration. A guide, not medical advice.
Your Care Graph, unlocked
Track everyone you care for, not just one, with a 90-day outlook that refreshes as life changes, plus a living timeline of what's happened.
The full Tech Plan
The complete, prioritized plan. Not just where to start, but what's worth it next, what to skip, and what each piece really costs.
Every Guide, in full
The complete stage-by-stage playbooks, your full first moves and exactly who to call, not just the openings.
More as Tugboat grows
Save your work, go deeper with the Navigator, and get members-only extras as we add them, at the founding-member rate.
$9.99/month, our founding-member rate. Cancel anytime.
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