Most families don't disagree about their parent's values. They just never wrote them down. When the crisis hits at 2 a.m., nobody agrees on what she meant. CareGoals closes that gap before it opens.
What matters most to you in daily life? What makes a good day? What would you never want to lose? Sage asks the questions that are hard to ask yourself.
Your answers become a readable care summary — not buried in legal language. Medical preferences, daily life preferences, and the person you trust to speak for you.
Download a one-page summary to bring to your doctor. Share access with the family members you choose. Update it whenever your thinking changes.
Your AI guide asks about what matters most to you, who you trust, and what you'd want if you couldn't speak for yourself. There are no wrong answers. Most people finish in one session.
Your values, preferences, and proxy designation are organized into a readable document. You review and edit before anything is finalized.
Print a one-page summary for your next doctor visit. Share access with family members. If you need formal legal documents — a POLST, a power of attorney — a provider or attorney can help you formalize those next.
Most advance care planning tools ask you to fill out a form once, sign it, and file it away. The problem: people change their minds. A stroke survivor's priorities at 72 are different from her priorities at 79. What mattered after diagnosis may not match what matters after recovery.
CareGoals builds a living profile — a care summary that evolves as your thinking does. Sage asks questions over time, not all at once. You can return after a diagnosis, after a family conversation, after a close call. Each session deepens the record. The people who need to know see the current version, not the one from five years ago.
What a living profile holds
Your brother thinks she'd want everything done. Your sister isn't sure. Nobody knows. The doctor is waiting.
If she had done her CareGoals conversation eight months ago, everyone would already know. There would be no argument. There would just be love.
Start the conversation now"We kept putting it off. After Mom had her stroke, we had no idea what she wanted. CareGoals gave us a place to start — even 20 minutes changed everything."
Renee, 54 — daughter of stroke survivor"My dad was the tough, don't-talk-about-it type. Sage asked him questions in a way I never could. He opened up about things he'd never said out loud before."
Marcus, 49 — son of a veteran"I'm 71. I don't want my kids arguing about me. I did my session alone one afternoon. Now they know exactly what I want."
Carol, 71 — completed her own planA CareGoals summary is not a legal document on its own. It's a clear, readable statement of your values and preferences — the kind of document that guides family conversations and care providers. If you want a legally binding advance directive, POLST, or healthcare power of attorney, a licensed attorney or your physician can help you formalize those based on what you've documented here. Most families find that having the documented conversation is the hard part — the legal step is easy once everyone knows what you want.
That's the most common situation. Sage is designed to approach this as a personal values conversation, not an end-of-life exercise — because that framing is what shuts the conversation down. Many adult children start their own profile first and then share it with their parent. Others use it as an opening: "I just did mine. Will you do yours?" The app doesn't require any specific outcome — some people stop after values and never do the medical section, and that's still useful.
Yes, with their participation. The tool is designed as a guided conversation, not a form you fill out about someone. You can go through it together, or a family member can start a profile and the care recipient joins via shared access to add their own answers. The goal is to capture what the person actually wants — not what the family thinks they'd want.
Yes. If your family is navigating active care needs — a parent who needs a companion, recovery support, or regular check-ins — your CareGoals profile connects directly to a co-op.care care assessment. The care team sees your documented preferences and can match a caregiver accordingly. You don't have to explain your family's situation from scratch.
Your care summary is yours. It's not sold to insurers, pharmaceutical companies, data brokers, or model trainers. Family sharing requires your explicit invitation. Nothing is shared with any provider or institution without your direct consent. You can export or delete everything at any time.
CareGoals is for documenting your preferences. If your family is navigating aging, recovery, or home care decisions, co-op.care offers worker-owned companion care and a care guide who can help.
Learn about co-op.care20 minutes now is worth hours of disagreement later. Sage guides you — no preparation needed.
Build your care profile with SageThis tool supports conversations — it is not a legal document or medical advice. A care summary generated by CareGoals does not constitute an advance directive, POLST, healthcare power of attorney, or any other legally binding instrument. Consult a licensed attorney for formal advance directive documents and a physician for clinical guidance.