The Starter Pack and website guidance are free. The optional Planning Kit is C$29, one time. Purchases are not open yet. Providers cannot buy a recommendation, a higher position or a vetting result.
01 / A useful place to begin, for free.
The Family Care Starter Pack combines ten practical guides, a family next-steps page and Ontario help contacts. No email address or purchase is needed to download it.
Our website guides, individual checklists, care-cost planner, saved next-steps list and Local Help are also free to use. Buying a kit is optional.
02 / The optional C$29 Planning Kit.
The Family Care Planning Kit brings the fuller reference guide and reusable planning materials together in one package:
- The Complete Family Care Handbook — 32-page printable PDF.
- The Hospital-to-Home Organiser — 8-page fillable PDF.
- The family planning spreadsheet — 4 editable worksheets · XLSX.
It is a one-time purchase of digital files, with no recurring subscription. It does not include a consultation, a care assessment, personalised professional advice or preferential access to a provider. These files help you organise your own conversations, schedules and decisions.
Purchases are not open yet. You can see the contents and download a free sample on the kit page. Checkout and automatic file delivery must be ready before we accept payment. The free Starter Pack is available now.
Sales of our own planning materials are intended to help fund the site. They do not determine what our free guidance says or which services appear in Local Help.
03 / Recommendations cannot be bought.
There is no fee to be listed, featured or placed higher in Local Help. A provider cannot pay for a favourable assessment or to have a concern removed. We do not sell provider leads, run banner advertising or publish sponsored posts.
Public and official resources, verified provider facts and deeper TVS vetting are different levels of information. A listing alone is not an endorsement. Any verification claim needs to say what was checked, when and against which evidence. Our approach to trust explains the distinctions.
04 / Product links and commissions.
Some guides link to product searches on Amazon Canada. Those links currently have no affiliate tracking tag, so TVS does not earn an affiliate commission from them.
If we introduce a commission-bearing link, we will identify it clearly on the relevant page and explain the relationship. Commercial arrangements must not decide what we recommend or how we assess a provider. An ordinary source link does not imply a paid relationship.
05 / What our guidance can do.
TVS is an independent information and planning resource, not a care provider or a government service. Our founder, Ragini, brings personal caregiving experience and a background in compliance and regulatory programs. That does not make these guides a clinical assessment or individual medical, legal or financial advice.
Guidance on paying for care explains options and questions to explore. The cost planner uses the numbers you enter; examples are labelled. It cannot decide eligibility for public care, guarantee available hours or recommend a financial product. Confirm services, prices and eligibility with the relevant organisation or professional.
Source-check dates tell you when we reviewed source pages. They do not mean a clinician has reviewed the guidance. If something has changed, please tell us which page needs checking.
06 / Your information stays your choice.
A free download does not subscribe you to a newsletter. Email updates require a separate signup, and you can unsubscribe. Reading a guide or using a planning tool does not sign you up for a sales call. We do not sell, rent or trade your information or pass it to a listed provider.
Your saved next steps and Help at home worksheet stay in this browser on this device. Cost figures join that plan only when you choose to save them. Downloaded PDFs and spreadsheets do not send your entries to TVS or sync between family members. Keep completed copies private, especially on a shared device.
The privacy policy explains signup information, our email service, hosting and browser storage in more detail.
07 / Questions, corrections and changes.
If a recommendation, commercial link or service description seems unclear, contact us. Include the page so we can check it. We update this disclosure when our offers or commercial relationships change and show the date below.
Last updated: September 27, 2026.