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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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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: A.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. D.If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records. E.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.
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Mostly Independent
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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"No, Tricare for Life by itself generally does not cover long-term custodial care, such as:
Assisted living Memory care Most senior living communities Long-term nursing home residence when the primary need is help with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, eating, supervision, etc.) Ongoing in-home caregiving for dementia or frailty
What Tricare for Life Does Cover Tricare for Life works as a supplement to Medicare. It generally covers medically necessary care, including:
Hospitalizations Physician visits Skilled nursing care after a qualifying hospital stay Home health services prescribed by a physician (skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc.) Hospice care Durable medical equipment
What It Usually Does NOT Cover
If someone needs:
A caregiver to stay with them Help bathing, dressing, toileting Dementia supervision Assisted living rent and services Long-term memory care those costs are typically paid out-of-pocket unless another program applies.
For Veterans
A veteran with 20 years of service may have additional options beyond Tricare for Life:
VA Benefits Depending on:
Disability rating Service-connected conditions Income and assets Wartime service history the veteran may qualify for:
VA homemaker and home health aide services Adult day health care Respite care Community nursing home care VA Community Living Centers Home-Based Primary Care Veteran-Directed Care (in some areas)
Aid and Attendance
The VA's Aid and Attendance benefit can provide a significant monthly payment to help offset:
Assisted living Memory care In-home caregivers Many veterans and spouses are unaware they may qualify."
My husband is a twenty-year Navy veteran with a 50 percent service disconnected disability rating. He receives 13 hours of services through a home health agency. The rest I pay for out of pocket. I contacted Vet Connect and we do not qualify for Aid & Attendance due to his income.
Just curious. Don't you get a benefit booklet yearly that tells you what TriCare covers. Also, updates with any changes? From what Geaton posted, like any Medicare suppliment it pays mainly healthcare costs. I don't know about TrCare, but suppliments only pay for what Medicare allows. Medicare pays 80% of what they consider reasonable and supplimentals may pay the 20% left. Does Tricare have an online site that explains the benefits they have?
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:
A.
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.
D.
If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
E.
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.
"No, Tricare for Life by itself generally does not cover long-term custodial care, such as:
Assisted living
Memory care
Most senior living communities
Long-term nursing home residence when the primary need is help with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, eating, supervision, etc.)
Ongoing in-home caregiving for dementia or frailty
What Tricare for Life Does Cover
Tricare for Life works as a supplement to Medicare. It generally covers medically necessary care, including:
Hospitalizations
Physician visits
Skilled nursing care after a qualifying hospital stay
Home health services prescribed by a physician (skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc.)
Hospice care
Durable medical equipment
What It Usually Does NOT Cover
If someone needs:
A caregiver to stay with them
Help bathing, dressing, toileting
Dementia supervision
Assisted living rent and services
Long-term memory care
those costs are typically paid out-of-pocket unless another program applies.
For Veterans
A veteran with 20 years of service may have additional options beyond Tricare for Life:
VA Benefits
Depending on:
Disability rating
Service-connected conditions
Income and assets
Wartime service history
the veteran may qualify for:
VA homemaker and home health aide services
Adult day health care
Respite care
Community nursing home care
VA Community Living Centers
Home-Based Primary Care
Veteran-Directed Care (in some areas)
Aid and Attendance
The VA's Aid and Attendance benefit can provide a significant monthly payment to help offset:
Assisted living
Memory care
In-home caregivers
Many veterans and spouses are unaware they may qualify."
The response from Geaton777 sums it up nicely.