myLifeSite Financial Calculator

Helping prospective residents financially compare options and scenarios.

Sometimes mere affordability may not be the biggest question for your prospects. Rather, it may be more about the extent of affordability or more clearly understanding the financial impact of one option over another. Having a baseline understanding of what the financial picture could look like over the long term gives prospective residents more peace of mind about this decision. With myLifeSite’s Financial Calculator, you’ll be better equipped to help guide the financial conversation.

This is the Clarks

Bill and Sara Clark have visited your community a few times and have already been financially approved. But they still have questions: “How much might be left over for the kids and grandkids?” and “Which type of residency contract is best for us financially?” Up to now, they’ve been using a spreadsheet but it’s time-consuming and difficult to account for all the factors. They’ve also been in touch with their financial advisor, but the advisor’s financial planning software doesn’t account for many of the unique factors and options available from your community.

After describing these financial questions, John and Mary are ecstatic to know you have access to myLifeSite’s Financial Calculator, designed by a CFP® practitioner and a CPA to show the potential long-term financial impact of various options and scenarios. The Smiths schedule another meeting and you show them several different scenarios they want to see, complete with colorful graphs and year-by-year analysis. You are even able to adjust some of the assumptions to show better and worse-case scenarios. Now that Joe and Sally have a clearer understanding of how this decision could look for them financially, they are ready to learn more about the other exciting parts of your community!

An Easier Way to Show Financial Projections

Developed by a Certified Financial PlannerTM and a CPA, myLifeSite’s financial calculator was designed specifically to financially compare senior living options and scenarios. Just enter your prospective resident’s information, along with pricing and other assumptions, and the calculator does the work. Our consumer-facing reports are easy to share with your prospects. You can even create reports on the fly while sitting with your prospect(s).

Example of a graph from myLifeSite's financial calculator.

Customized Inputs

There is no limit to the types of scenarios you can show using myLifeSite’s financial calculator. The best part is that you can easily change the inputs anytime to see how the changes affect the results.

Year-by-Year Results

Every report you prepare in the Financial Calculator will be accompanied by a year-by-year analysis showing the projected changes in income, expenses, and assets through life expectancy.

Side by Side Comparisons

With myLifeSite’s financial calculator it’s easy to compare different scenarios on a single graph. Once you’ve created the individual reports, simply select any two that you would like to compare.

We are thrilled with MoneyGauge! Prospective residents always want to know if they can afford our community, and this is a wonderful starting point to help them (and us).

Jennifer C., Marketing Director, Dallax, TX

MoneyGauge has become an essential part of our sales success. It gives the prospect confidence about the most affordable options, while also giving us more credibility in financial discussions. It’s also an easy next step following an introductory conversation or meeting.

Lynn T., Marketing Director, Kansas City, MO

MoneyGuage provides us with financially qualified prospects, and gives us a glimpse of what tier of independent living or assisted living would best fit the prospective resident’s long-term budget goals.

Cathy M., Sales Director, West Bend, WI

Frequently Asked Questions

MoneyGauge is a simplified version of the financial calculator; empowering your prospective residents to financially pre-qualify directly from your website, saving time for you and the prospective residents and helping you better prepare for a discovery meeting. The Financial Calculator is a natural next step. Designed to be used consultatively, it equips you to prepare more detailed reports and scenario comparisons for your prospective resident.

MoneyGauge Plus is accessed via the customer login portal on mylifesite.net.

It’s generally better to prepare a report(s) in advance of a meeting so you can be sure everything is entered correctly and that the report(s) is accurate. However, once the first report(s) is prepared it can be helpful to your prospects to make changes during the meeting if there are different scenarios or options they may like to see.

Yes, by logging in you will have access to your online portal where you can save different folders and reports for prospective residents. You may return to these folders and reports anytime to update or change the information.

Good news… there is no setup required! A team member of myLifeSite will walk you through an online demo to help make sure you are comfortable using the tool. But once you login MoneyGauge Plus is ready for use.

Although MoneyGauge Plus is a sophisticated financial program designed specifically with senior living in mind, it generally isn’t meant to replace financial qualification software programs, which are often used by life plan communities (CCRCs) and tend to incorporate more actuarial data. However, even if you are using such a program for financial qualification, MoneyGauge Plus can still be a helpful consumer-facing tool to use in a consultative role and to give your prospects a clearer understanding of the potential financial impact of different senior living choices and scenarios.

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