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Can anyone help - I have no idea how to begin to hire someone to come into my home, sit with my mom, so my hubby and I can get away for just a bit of relaxation?
Hi there are many options available to you that you can find from your local senior resource center, friends, family, church, etc. You can check your local white pages for phone numbers or ask for personal referrals. Care comes in many forms from: respite (breaks), to live-in caregivers. There are great articles in this website that would be useful.
grandog4kids, I have used agencies for over 4 years and I can tell you that there are good ones and bad ones. My first one was just awful The second one was better and the third is wonderful.
Go local. Try to find an agency that has an office in your town or one near you. Be very specific in your needs. We needed someone who did not have small children. Did not want her to bring in colds, flu or take days off for school calendar or child illnesses. Also, we wanted someone who spoke with little or no accent since mom is hard of hearing. If you are paying them, you call the shots!! Make a list of what you expect to be done during the day. One woman told my friend who has her 99 year old mom with her that she did laundry only once a week. She is now doing it everyday as per my friend telling her what her job is. Some people will get away with what you let them. Make sure the agency has a list of your needs and concerns. Check prices. I found a wide range of prices even within the same company but in different counties. I try to keep a very worker employer relationship with my help, but it does not always work. You really come to think of many of these wonderful woman as family. My best helper is 72 and comes 4 hours a day, three days a week and we think of her as family( loves my dog too). Have more than one person- you need a backup if someone can't come. Using an agency is less paperwork for you, but I also have a private hire who comes on Saturdays. She has been coming for 3 1/2 years and she is now such a dear friend. If you don't want to go to an agency, then call your church or hang up notices in public places. That is how I found some help when mom first moved in. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK REFERENCES!!! Good luck, Linda
You need to set guidelines right away make a list of what has to be done each day or else you will have someone who gets very lazy-do not start out being their good friend and if the firsr one does not work out call the agency and get someone else and you should pay the agency yourself not the aide we had one who kept the money and lied about his hourses. I had one who did not know how to give a bedbath-it is better to use an agency because you will get a receipt which can be used when you do your taxes it is good if the aide does not show up they will send a replacement this does happen. They should bring their own meal and if you want you can supply snacks or coffee -they should be working most of the time not sleeping or on the phone -you are their boss while they are there and if their is a problem there are lots of other agencies out there-I learned the hard way and the Pt. needs to be willing to let them care for them-my husband let them watch TV and when I got home I did the work the aide was hired to do-he did not want to bother them,
My mom's live-in was sneaking men in the house in the middle of the night and stealing food. I changed agencies when she moved here, but not right away. We hired privately for a year and that is difficult to document. If I had it to do all over again, I would have stuck to an agency. Just get referrals and do your homework.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
B.
APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
C.
APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
~Rose
I have used agencies for over 4 years and I can tell you that there are good ones and bad ones. My first one was just awful The second one was better and the third is wonderful.
Go local.
Try to find an agency that has an office in your town or one near you.
Be very specific in your needs. We needed someone who did not have small children. Did not want her to bring in colds, flu or take days off for school calendar or child illnesses.
Also, we wanted someone who spoke with little or no accent since mom is hard of hearing.
If you are paying them, you call the shots!! Make a list of what you expect to be done during the day. One woman told my friend who has her 99 year old mom with her that she did laundry only once a week. She is now doing it everyday as per my friend telling her what her job is. Some people will get away with what you let them.
Make sure the agency has a list of your needs and concerns.
Check prices. I found a wide range of prices even within the same company but in different counties.
I try to keep a very worker employer relationship with my help, but it does not always work. You really come to think of many of these wonderful woman as family. My best helper is 72 and comes 4 hours a day, three days a week and we think of her as family( loves my dog too).
Have more than one person- you need a backup if someone can't come.
Using an agency is less paperwork for you, but I also have a private hire who comes on Saturdays. She has been coming for 3 1/2 years and she is now such a dear friend.
If you don't want to go to an agency, then call your church or hang up notices in public places. That is how I found some help when mom first moved in. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK REFERENCES!!! Good luck,
Linda