Are you sure you want to exit? Your progress will be lost.
Who are you caring for?
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?
Acknowledgment of Disclosures and Authorization
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.
✔
I acknowledge and authorize
✔
I consent to the collection of my consumer health data.*
✔
I consent to the sharing of my consumer health data with qualified home care agencies.*
*If I am consenting on behalf of someone else, I have the proper authorization to do so. By clicking Get My Results, you agree to our Privacy Policy. You also consent to receive calls and texts, which may be autodialed, from us and our customer communities. Your consent is not a condition to using our service. Please visit our Terms of Use. for information about our privacy practices.
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.
Remember, this assessment is not a substitute for professional advice.
Share a few details and we will match you to trusted home care in your area:
There are days when my mum sleeps virtually all the time. Her carers get her up in the morning, wash and dress her and transfer her from her bedroom to her lounge (which she still retains as 'her' space although we live in the same house. Some days she doesn't even stay awake long enough to eat her breakfast or take her medication, and we let her lie back on the sofa with her feet up, hot water bottles, and blankets until she wakes. I take the view that as she has dementia and is confused and upset for about 75% of her waking hours, whilst she's asleep we are doing her a service. But as pamstegma says, you need to be careful about pressure sores. If your mum's asleep in bed then you should get an air mattress for her because this will help, but she needs hot water bottles with such a mattress because these things are cold as the air that circulates within them is cold. Also, to ward off pressure sores you could use ProShield as a regular washing soap for her - this protects the integrity of skin that spends a lot of time compressed. What is interesting about the sleep pattern is that it's not really a pattern - some days my mum's wide awake, and if we take her out she can remain awake for a long time although the following day she may sleep for 18 hours. I think if you are keeping your mum comfortable you're doing as much as you can.
I'm not sure (not that anyone can be completely sure - we are frail humans trying to figure out and make time for what is best in the way of care for the vulnerable who sometimes don't speak in ways that seem to make sense). I've struggled with such questions when my pets were ill with death coming. Best thing I can think of, is make some time and a schedule, that you are able to do, to be with her, in the room, for maybe half hour or 45 min at a time. You might sit on the bed and read, or sew, have a nap. Allow her to sleep but be close by. I think it is sad to wait for the fragile to ask for what they need - part of what we/they need, is the comfort of predictability in some basic routine and schedule, and the experience that even if we cannot talk, we want to know we are loved and valued. I have found as caregiver, even for dying pets - the conflicts of interest of where to spend energy, are exhausting in themselves. You make time to pay attention, only to find it wasted, as the opposite symptom returns, or you feel hope, only to find that after 2-3 days, it's back to deterioration again. You worry about the many life needs that are going unaddressed during this period, or may even worry about how to have enough money to last through care.
On the other hand, there are moments which bring back such reward of love still shared. I like to think I am someone who made the time, and worked to sit close, maybe read aloud, or do something gentle, so that I played the role which I believe in doing, and after they passed, I slept better for making some deliberate time. It's not necessary to do too much, or respond to every whim - only necessary to be kind and make some time to be present and show care - maybe 2-3 half hour periods in a day, and follow SOME routine, so they can rely on that.
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.
On the other hand, there are moments which bring back such reward of love still shared. I like to think I am someone who made the time, and worked to sit close, maybe read aloud, or do something gentle, so that I played the role which I believe in doing, and after they passed, I slept better for making some deliberate time. It's not necessary to do too much, or respond to every whim - only necessary to be kind and make some time to be present and show care - maybe 2-3 half hour periods in a day, and follow SOME routine, so they can rely on that.