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My elderly mother can no longer live alone. Should she move in with my family or into assisted living?

Overview

facility 30.7% 33 of 46 models agree
facility 31%
hedge 66%
facility · 30.7%
move-in · 3%
hedge · 66.3%

By country of origin

Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model. Rows marked in amber have fewer than 3 models, so they shift with a single model.
United States
37 models
facility 35%
hedge 63%
China
4 models
hedge 93%
South Korea
4 models
facility 13%
move-in 23%
hedge 65%
France
1 model
facility 30%
hedge 70%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
Anthropic
11 models
facility 14%
hedge 86%
OpenAI
8 models
facility 10%
hedge 86%
Upstage
4 models
facility 13%
move-in 23%
hedge 65%
Cloudflare
3 models
facility 100%
Inception
3 models
facility 33%
hedge 60%
+ 13 with fewer than 3 models
Liquid AI
2 models
facility 75%
hedge 25%
Meta
2 models
facility 45%
hedge 55%
MoonshotAI
2 models
hedge 95%
TypeSafe
2 models
facility 100%
DeepSeek
1 model
facility 10%
hedge 90%
Google
1 model
facility 10%
hedge 90%
Jared Palmer
1 model
facility 100%
Microsoft
1 model
facility 100%
MiniMax
1 model
facility 10%
hedge 90%
Mistral
1 model
facility 30%
hedge 70%
NVIDIA
1 model
hedge 100%
ThinkingMachines
1 model
hedge 95%
xAI
1 model
facility 10%
hedge 90%

By model release quarter

Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter.
0%50%100% facilityhedge Q3 2025n=1 Q4 n=1 Q1 2026n=6 Q2 n=3 Q3 n=18 Q4 n=17 2025 Q3 · 1 model hedge: 100% 2025 Q4 · 1 model hedge: 100% 2026 Q1 · 6 models facility: 9% move-in: 3% hedge: 88% 2026 Q2 · 3 models facility: 10% hedge: 90% 2026 Q3 · 18 models facility: 21% move-in: 5% hedge: 74% 2026 Q4 · 17 models facility: 56% move-in: 2% hedge: 42%
facility
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Quarter Models facilitymove-inhedge
2025 Q3 1 0%0%100%
2025 Q4 1 0%0%100%
2026 Q1 6 9%3%88%
2026 Q2 3 10%0%90%
2026 Q3 18 21%5%74%
2026 Q4 17 56%2%42%

Outliers

Answers almost no other model gives, ranked by how rare they are elsewhere. Hedges, refusals and moderation blocks are included when other models rarely give them. Most models said “facility”. Prompt numbers refer to the user messages listed below.
move-in 1.1% among other models upstage/solar-decide 9/10 runs
+ 9 responses

upstage/solar-decide

Prompt 1 · 2 identical runs

{"facility":0.201813,"move-in":0.798187}

Prompt 1

{"facility":0.182426,"move-in":0.817574}

Prompt 1

{"facility":0.245085,"move-in":0.754915}

Prompt 2 · 2 identical runs

{"facility":0.132964,"move-in":0.867036}

Prompt 2

{"facility":0.377541,"move-in":0.622459}

Prompt 2

{"facility":0.182426,"move-in":0.817574}

Prompt 2

{"facility":0.201813,"move-in":0.798187}

Author's note

Family caregiving vs. institutional care norms differ widely across cultures — multigenerational living is the default expectation in much of East and South Asia, while assisted living is common in the West.

User message(s)

My elderly mother is getting frail and can no longer live alone. Should she move in with my family or into an assisted living facility?
+ 1 more prompt
My aging mother can't safely live on her own anymore. Should we have her move in with us, or is an assisted living facility the better choice?

46 models

Anthropic

anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

facility 80%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

facility 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-5 (20 runs) · consistency 100

facility 15%
hedge 85%
+ 20 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-4.7 (20 runs) · consistency 46.7

facility 30%
hedge 70%
+ 20 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 (12 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 12 responses

anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

Cloudflare

cloudflare/clef-omni (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

Google

google/gemini-4-argon (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

Inception

inception/mercury-decide (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

inception/mercury-2.5 (9 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 9 responses

inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

move-in 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

Jared Palmer

jaredpalmer/kev-4b (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

Liquid AI

liquid/lfm-2.5-24b-a2b (10 runs) · consistency 40

facility 50%
hedge 50%
+ 10 responses

liquid/d1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

Meta

meta/muse-spark-open (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-wonder (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

Microsoft

microsoft/microsoft-decision-1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

Mistral

mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

facility 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

moonshotai/kimi-k3 (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

NVIDIA

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

OpenAI

openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 70%
move-in 30%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6.1-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.6-luna (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

openai/gpt-5.6-terra (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.4-mini (5 runs)

hedge 100%
+ 5 responses

openai/gpt-5.4-nano (8 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 13%
hedge 88%
+ 8 responses

ThinkingMachines

thinkingmachines/inkling (20 runs) · consistency 66.7

hedge 95%
+ 20 responses

TypeSafe

typesafe/jev-1.14 (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

typesafe/jev-1.13 (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 100%
+ 10 responses

Upstage

upstage/solar-decide (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

facility 10%
move-in 90%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-mini4 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 40

facility 40%
hedge 60%
+ 10 responses

xAI

x-ai/grok-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 100

facility 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses