Last updated: August 18, 2026.
Most sites in this category will not tell you how they make money, because the answer explains why their advice reads the way it does. Here is ours, in plain language, including the parts that are not flattering.
Where the site stands today
As of the date above, this site carries no advertising, no affiliate links, and no quote request forms. Nobody pays us anything. The only form on the site today is an email signup for state funding updates; it is not a referral form, and the address you give it is never passed to anyone. We are stating our funding model before we have one so that you can hold us to it afterward.
What we intend to do
Two things, both disclosed here before they appear on the site:
- Display advertising. Automated ad slots, of the kind you see on most publications. Advertisers cannot buy editorial coverage and do not see articles before publication.
- Contractor referrals. On some pages we expect to offer a form that connects you with companies that install stair lifts, walk-in tubs, ramps and similar work. If you choose to use it, a referral network pays us for the introduction.
What that means concretely, if you ever fill out a quote request form here
- The contact details you enter go to one or more contractors or to a referral network that distributes them to contractors. They may call you, including if you later change your mind.
- We are paid for the introduction itself, not for whether you buy anything. Our payment does not depend on the size of the job, so we have no reason to steer you toward the most expensive option.
- We do not receive a commission on the work, we do not mark up any quote, and using the form does not make the job cost more.
- We are not the contractor. We do not employ, license, bond, supervise, or inspect anyone. Get your own written quotes and check your state’s contractor license lookup before signing anything.
- Every page with such a form will say so on the page itself, not only here.
The conflict this creates, stated honestly
A site paid per referral has an obvious incentive to tell you to hire someone. That incentive is real and we are not going to pretend it away. What we can do is tie our own hands in public:
- The answer to “is this covered” is never influenced by whether a referral is available. Medicare does not pay for stair lifts. That is what the coverage manual says, and it stays on the page whether or not a stair lift company is willing to pay for a lead.
- We will keep telling you about the options we earn nothing from — VA grants, Medicaid waivers, USDA Section 504, area agency on aging programs, state and municipal grants, and volunteer repair programs. Those pay us nothing and they are often the right answer.
- No pay-to-play rankings. Nobody buys a better position in an article, a recommendation, or a mention.
- No fake urgency. No countdown timers, no invented deadlines, no “grant funds are running out” unless a program has actually published a deadline, in which case we link to it.
What we will not do
- We will not require you to enter contact details to read anything. All of the research on this site is free and ungated, permanently.
- We will not sell or rent your information to data brokers or list buyers.
- We will not present a referral form as if it were an application for a government program. Government programs are applied for through the agency, always for free, and we link to the agency.
- We will not accept payment from anyone in exchange for changing a factual statement.
You never have to use any of it
Every program described on this site can be applied for directly, without us, at no cost. Where a free counseling service exists — a State Health Insurance Assistance Program counselor for Medicare questions, an Area Agency on Aging for aging-in-place programs, an accredited Veterans Service Organization for VA grants — we name it and link to it. Using them costs nothing and they do not pay us.
If you think something on this site reads like it was written for an advertiser rather than for you, tell us. That is the failure mode we care most about catching.