30,000 assisted living facilities operate in America
with zero federal oversight.
They hire lawyers to write contracts designed to protect themselves.
They count on families being too overwhelmed,
too grieving, too trusting to read the fine print.
Right To Know Care gives you the tools to fight back.
"I just wanted someone to tell me the truth about what was happening every day."
— Sally, 74 · cared for 7 people across 10 facilities · 8 yearsWhen assisted living emerged in the 1980s, "less regulated" was the selling point. For operators, it meant freedom. For regulators, it meant less work. For families, it sounded like flexibility.
The residents didn't get a vote.
What they got was an industry where the financial incentive is to minimize cost per bed and maximize occupancy — in an environment with no federal oversight, wildly inconsistent state inspection, and families who visit on weekends when the facility is at its staffed and cleanest.
46 years later, nothing fundamental has changed. The lawlessness is the business model.
I just wanted someone to tell me the truth about what was happening every day.
She wasn't a nurse. She wasn't a lawyer. She was a retired woman who watched the people she loved moved across 10 different facilities — each one making the same promises, most of them breaking them.
She documented. She advocated. She transferred people when facilities failed them. She did this alone, with no tools, no legal support, and no transparency from the facilities that were supposed to be caring for her friends.
What Sally experienced isn't exceptional. It's the norm. She just refused to accept it.
Right To Know Care was built for Sally. For every family navigating this alone. For every person who deserved better and didn't know how to demand it.
RTK gives families the specific tools that facilities have spent decades ensuring you don't have access to.
Upload any ALF admission contract. Our engine runs a 6-pass scan across 9 predatory clause patterns — arbitration traps, liability caps, care escalation clauses — and scores it 0–100 for fairness.
Available NowEvery finding comes with the exact statute number that protects you — AZ, CA, FL, TX, NY and 5 more states. Quote the law directly. Facilities cannot argue with their own regulatory obligations.
Available NowA formatted, legally-grounded demand letter that puts the burden of proof back on the facility. They are required by law to respond. Most families never know this letter exists.
Available NowTalk through what's happening. RTK classifies your situation — safety emergency, documentation issue, potential fraud — and routes you to the right action. No legal background required.
Available NowWhen a facility becomes unsafe, RTK generates the emergency letters, lease termination documents, and insurance leverage needed to move your loved one quickly and legally.
Available NowDirect contact information for Arizona ADHS, the LTC Ombudsman, and Adult Protective Services — with the exact statutory basis for your complaint pre-filled. File with confidence.
Available NowFederal oversight budget for the 30,000 assisted living facilities in America. Not underfunded. Not stretched thin. Structurally absent by design.
Years since the ALF industry was created with "less regulated" as the explicit selling point. The regulatory gap was the product.
Percentage of ALF medication errors that are publicly tracked at the national level. The data doesn't exist because nobody required it to exist.
Americans currently living in assisted care — most of them unable to advocate for themselves. Their families are the last line of defense.
The system wasn't designed to protect your family. RTK was.
Use RTK Free TodayUpload any PDF contract, speak freely about what's happening, or paste text. RTK accepts all three — no formatting, no account, no friction.
Every finding is traced to a specific clause, a specific statute, a specific legal standard. No hallucination. No ambiguity. Evidence that holds up.
A fairness scorecard, exact statute citations, a records request letter ready to send, and ombudsman contact pre-filled with your statutory basis. Everything in one place.
RTK runs entirely on your device. Raw documents are processed locally and encrypted at rest. You choose if and when to share — nobody else does.
Your document never leaves your device.
No account. No credit card to start. Upload a contract and get your report in under two minutes.
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