Chicago Senior Advisor is a free senior care advisory service for Chicago and Chicagoland families. We help you understand the options, compare licensed local communities, and move forward with confidence — whether the need is urgent or months away.
Our job is to look out for families, not facilities. Our guidance is free because a community pays us only if your loved one chooses to move in — and your information stays with us. We don't resell it or blast it to a dozen sales teams. Instead, we match you to one to three vetted options that actually fit your care needs, budget, and preferred area.
What makes us different
- Local, not a national call center: we cover the Chicago metro across Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, and Will counties, and we know the communities firsthand.
- Free for families: no fees, ever, for our help.
- Licensed and compliant: we operate as a paid referral service under Illinois' senior-care referral and disclosure standards, and only refer to IDPH-licensed communities with a clean record in the IDPH facility directory.
- Hand-matched: one to three options chosen for your situation — not a spreadsheet of everything.
How it works
How Senior Placement Works
View →What Is a Senior Care Advisor?
View →Senior Placement vs Using a Realtor
View →How We Get Paid — Free for Families
View →Free Senior Care Services Explained
View →How Illinois Senior Care Licensing Works
View →Our Network of Chicago Senior Care Facilities
View →How to Pay for Senior Care — Overview
View →When to Call a Senior Care Advisor
View →Learn more: Editorial standards · Illinois senior care & regulations · Contact us
Not sure where to start? Give a free Chicago Senior Advisor advisor 15 minutes and we'll walk through it together — no pressure, no fee. Send us a note and we'll take it from there.
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How Senior Placement Works
View →What Is a Senior Care Advisor?
View →Senior Placement vs Using a Realtor
View →How We Get Paid — Free for Families
View →Free Senior Care Services Explained
View →How Illinois Senior Care Licensing Works
View →Our Network of Chicago Senior Care Facilities
View →How to Pay for Senior Care — Overview
View →When to Call a Senior Care Advisor
View →Our Pricing & Fees (Hint: $0)
View →Our Team
View →Part of the Senior Advisor Franchise Network
Chicago Senior Advisor is one of the locally staffed senior care advisory offices operating under common ownership as the Senior Advisor Franchise Network (SAFN). Each office is run by advisors who work their own metro area and maintain their own facility research; the network shares operating standards, the same no-cost-to-families model, and the same editorial policy on what we will and will not publish about a community.
We disclose this because families deserve to know who they are talking to. If you are helping a parent compare options in more than one city, an advisor here can hand you directly to the office that covers that metro.
Other offices in the network include:
