Split an Elderly Parent's Care Costs Fairly — Free
Paste the care costs each sibling has already paid, and read the equalisation payment that squares the year.
The proof surface
Care costs are rarely split evenly in the moment and almost never reconciled later. Turning the year's receipts into one settling figure is what ends the argument.
Why the flat version breaks
Reconciling from memory
Two years of care costs remembered differently by three people is the most common family dispute in caregiving, and receipts settle it instantly.
Forgetting travel
Mileage, parking and hospital transport are real costs that rarely reach the split and quietly fall on whoever lives closest.
Counting unpaid time as free
Time contributions belong in the picture; marking them separately lets a money split proceed without devaluing them.
How to work the care split receipt
Date, item, amount and payer per line, from statements rather than memory.
Your own arithmetic on an even split anchors the settling figure.
The equalisation payment is printed on the foot, with each sibling's contribution rung above.
Share it with the family group with the two largest receipts attached and agree a quarterly check.
What the receipt replaces
| Question | Before | On the receipt |
|---|---|---|
| Who has paid what | recollection and old messages | each contribution rung line by line |
| What settles it | a vague offer | the equalisation figure on the tear-off foot |
| What about time | not counted at all | time contributions noted beside the split |
Time contributions are shown as a row with no amount, so the money settles without pretending unpaid care has a price.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the care split receipt: your care receipts and payments stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a till receipt with a tear-off foot
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the ready-to-mail packet, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 8 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The receipt and the equalisation figure are free. The paid layer keeps the year's receipts and prints the settling statement.
Open the care cost split register companionBoundary
This care split receipt works only on the care receipts and payments you paste you paste. It does not decide what is fair in a family, does not value unpaid care, and does not handle the family conversation for you. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with the other siblings, and a solicitor or mediator if the estate or an attorney is involved before you rely on it.
What this is built on
- Every figure comes from the care receipts and payments you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: each contribution is totalled; the settling payment is the difference from the share you supply
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Before: the family argued about who paid what. After: they can see a $1,140 equalisation payment with every receipt behind it.