About KC Senior Guide
KC Senior Guide started where so many families do — figuring out how to help a loved one stay safe and independent, and discovering how confusing and scattered the options are. So we gathered them in one place.
We're a free directory of Kansas City senior housing, home care, senior centers, and the public programs most families never hear about — Area Agencies on Aging, free Medicare counseling, Meals on Wheels, transportation, caregiver support, and more — across the Kansas City metro and Lawrence: seven counties on both sides of the state line.
We're local and veteran-owned. We also serve KC families through mobility-equipment rentals, showing up at homes across the metro — which is how we kept hearing the same question: "Who do I call for the rest of it?" This guide is our answer.
Honest by design
Browsing is free and always will be — no sign-up, and we don't sell your information. The listings here are provided for information, not as endorsements; always confirm details directly and choose what's right for you. We may earn compensation from some providers (on private-pay services only), and if you ever ask us for hands-on help, that's optional — it never changes what we list or how it appears.
How we keep this accurate
Every listing and resource is verified against official sources — the community's or agency's own website, or a government/nonprofit program page — and we publish a phone number only when we can confirm it. We label estimates clearly (for example, KC-area price ranges rather than a specific community's quote), cite our sources on cost and benefits pages, and show a "last reviewed" date on our guides. We refresh the directory regularly. If you spot something out of date, please email us — accuracy is the whole point.
Our guides are plain-language information, not medical, legal, or financial advice; they point you to the licensed professionals and free public programs that can help. On sensitive topics we defer to official sources — Medicare.gov, your state Medicaid office, the VA, and your Area Agency on Aging.