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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?
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.
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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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The POA does not gain any ownership rights to the principal's property. Depending on how the POA agreement is written, they POA may have a lot of "rights" either immediately after the signing or after it is "activated" when the principal is deemed incompetent. Usually the POA gains near total control over the principal's property after the principal is deemed incompetent. Frequently POAs have the authority to act as though they were the principal even if the principal is still competent so they can act in the principal's stead.
The POA can (and usually should) deny family the opportunity to strip the elder's home of valuables while they are hospitalized or in rehab. POA can press charges if items are not returned upon request. POA can usually sell items and use the monies raised to fund care needs. POA is not allowed to sell items and pocket the money for their own use or "gift" the principal's property to others.
Most of the time no one has a right to see a POA agreement before it is activated but it may become a public document when the POA begins using it's authority. Some states require the POA to be filled with the county court when activated for incompetence. Certainly if someone sues or contests the POA then the court will see the document and may or may not make it public.
POA does not give someone any rights to the property of someone else. But they may have a lot of power over it. It depends on what kind of Power of Attorney they have and how the document was written.
Sometimes the document gives the person with the power of attorney the right to give themselves gifts or sell any property. However, the power of attorney is supposed to act in the best interests of the person who granted them that power-the grantor. They have a "fiduciary duty" to the person. If the POA is not acting in the best interests of the grantor, their power of attorney can be legally challenged in court. They can't, for example, put a house owned by the grantors into their own name. That would be called "self dealing".
If you challenge the power of attorney, your sibling will have to produce the signed document in court. If you think your sibling is taking advantage of your parents, you and your other siblings should contact an attorney that specializes in probate.
Also, if either of your parents is still legally competent, they can revoke the current power of attorney and name a new one. You are considered to be legally competent until a court says you are not.
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.
The POA can (and usually should) deny family the opportunity to strip the elder's home of valuables while they are hospitalized or in rehab. POA can press charges if items are not returned upon request. POA can usually sell items and use the monies raised to fund care needs. POA is not allowed to sell items and pocket the money for their own use or "gift" the principal's property to others.
Most of the time no one has a right to see a POA agreement before it is activated but it may become a public document when the POA begins using it's authority. Some states require the POA to be filled with the county court when activated for incompetence. Certainly if someone sues or contests the POA then the court will see the document and may or may not make it public.
Sometimes the document gives the person with the power of attorney the right to give themselves gifts or sell any property. However, the power of attorney is supposed to act in the best interests of the person who granted them that power-the grantor. They have a "fiduciary duty" to the person. If the POA is not acting in the best interests of the grantor, their power of attorney can be legally challenged in court. They can't, for example, put a house owned by the grantors into their own name. That would be called "self dealing".
If you challenge the power of attorney, your sibling will have to produce the signed document in court. If you think your sibling is taking advantage of your parents, you and your other siblings should contact an attorney that specializes in probate.
Also, if either of your parents is still legally competent, they can revoke the current power of attorney and name a new one. You are considered to be legally competent until a court says you are not.