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Which best describes their mobility?
How well are they maintaining their hygiene?
How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
Fall risks, spoiled food, or other threats to wellbeing
Are they experiencing any memory loss?
Which best describes your loved one's social life?
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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.
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Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
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Care decisions are, in the end, and sadly, often cost driven. If an elderly person qualifies for independent living>Assisted Living>Memory Care they are lucky indeed. It means they likely were able to tuck away upwards of a million for their end of life care.
If not, the decisions are made in other ways. Tell us about your own individual, who you are going to provide the best care for, and their circumstances. We can better help on a case by case basis rather than attempting to write a treatise on the best care for the elderly.
The first thing is to determine how much help is needed. Can they do all the ADL's (Activities of Daily Living) dressing, grooming, cooking.... Next would be are they safe in the home that they are currently in. Are there stairs? Is there a bathroom that is accessible? Are there wide halls and wide doorways? Carpet can be a trip hazard so hardwood, tile, laminate is better. The next would be to determine if they need Part time help or Full time help. If part time how much time and what are the hours that help is needed? There are places that will do a "needs assessment". You can check with the local Area Agency on Aging or call the local Senior Service Center and ask about what help is available and if an assessment can be done. the ultimate and sometimes difficult thing is Can my LO remain at home or is placement needed and if so is it Assisted Living, Memory Care or Skilled Nursing.
Annab849: Contact the COA (Council on Aging) in your locality. There they should have an elder case worker and also a social worker on staff. Start there for a needs assessment for your elderly family member.
I would first evaluate the dangers existing in where they are now. Are they unstable on their feet and have stairs to climb? Do they have dementia and wander if left alone. Is cooking a problem - leaving gas on, a burner with pot on it? Can they take meds, get dressed, in/out of bed, in/out of shower without assistance or someone observing?
Bottom line, are you fearful for their safety if you are not there? If yes, it's time to have someone in the home with them or at least a certain amount of in-home care. And if that's not available or affordable, it may be time to use the assets to get in to facility care (assisted living, nursing home, etc). When the money runs out, apply for NH medicaid bed.
And keep in mind, if medicaid bed looks like it would be likely - don't try to sell off assets less than market value or give things away. That kind of activity triggers a penalty for a number of months equal to what was given away - medicaid will not pay until penalty served.
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").
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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.
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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.
F.
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.
If not, the decisions are made in other ways.
Tell us about your own individual, who you are going to provide the best care for, and their circumstances. We can better help on a case by case basis rather than attempting to write a treatise on the best care for the elderly.
Can they do all the ADL's (Activities of Daily Living) dressing, grooming, cooking....
Next would be are they safe in the home that they are currently in.
Are there stairs?
Is there a bathroom that is accessible?
Are there wide halls and wide doorways?
Carpet can be a trip hazard so hardwood, tile, laminate is better.
The next would be to determine if they need Part time help or Full time help. If part time how much time and what are the hours that help is needed?
There are places that will do a "needs assessment". You can check with the local Area Agency on Aging or call the local Senior Service Center and ask about what help is available and if an assessment can be done.
the ultimate and sometimes difficult thing is
Can my LO remain at home or is placement needed and if so is it Assisted Living, Memory Care or Skilled Nursing.
These questions are just the tip of the iceberg.
Bottom line, are you fearful for their safety if you are not there? If yes, it's time to have someone in the home with them or at least a certain amount of in-home care. And if that's not available or affordable, it may be time to use the assets to get in to facility care (assisted living, nursing home, etc). When the money runs out, apply for NH medicaid bed.
And keep in mind, if medicaid bed looks like it would be likely - don't try to sell off assets less than market value or give things away. That kind of activity triggers a penalty for a number of months equal to what was given away - medicaid will not pay until penalty served.