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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.
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If your mom has funds to pay you, then get a care contract in place so she doesn’t appear to be gifting you her funds. If she doesn’t have savings then you can check on community Medicaid to see if she qualifies. You might be able to earn a minimal salary for a few hours. You may have to get training before you would qualify for the position. Check with your area agency on aging and ask for a needs analysis. Ask what services are available for your mom and yourself as her caregiver. As you will need savings for your own retirement you might find it better if you can get help for your mom and you return to work. The funds available through Medicaid are very limited. Good luck on your search.
So Michigan has a regional area on aging and there are commissions on aging at the county level. So, the fastest way is to contact the county commission on aging, who will do the initial assessment but they can only give respite for up to 6 hours a week. The social worker there will refer you to the area on aging and start your Medicaid paperwork. While you are "pending" they will still provide you with services.
So, lets say the needs assessment states she needs 60 hours of care (unlike almost every other state, we do not have limits on hours Medicaid will provide care). Under what is called "self determination," you could get paid for 40 hours, no OT allowed at at reasonable wage she sets (pretty much up to $20 an hour), then get respite for the other 20 hours.
So 2 issues, first, Medicaid puts a lein on her home after she dies to recover what they paid out. There are lady bird deeds here that a lawyer can set up to transfer title...also, unlike other places this can be done after she applies for Medicaid. Second, MI Medicaid will not pay a POA to caregive as according to state law, it is a conflict of interest. So, do you have POA?
Main thing is to make sure you can afford to take care of Mom. Even if she pays you.
If you are working in a job right now and plan to quit to take care of Mom, think about it. Hard. Can you survive on a pay cut? Will Mom need more help later on than just you? When Mom passes away, do you plan on going back to work? This isn't as easy as it sounds. If you're out of the workforce for many years, it's not always a given that you can go back and pick up where you left off. While you've been out, there's younger people who have come up and will work for less.
If you're moving out of your home to live with her, or she moves in with you... is the home handicap accessible? Is the bathroom equipped? Are meds stored safely?
How is your health? Can you lift Mom? Will you be able to handle it if she becomes incontinent? If she's up at night? Who will sit with her when you need to run errands like grocery shopping? There will be no more vacations, no dinners out, no outings with friends. Mom will be your world. Can you do that for years?
Sorry to be a downer. Just so many people on here who didn't realize how rough it was going to be as a full time caretaker.
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.
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.
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 she doesn’t have savings then you can check on community Medicaid to see if she qualifies. You might be able to earn a minimal salary for a few hours. You may have to get training before you would qualify for the position. Check with your area agency on aging and ask for a needs analysis. Ask what services are available for your mom and yourself as her caregiver.
As you will need savings for your own retirement you might find it better if you can get help for your mom and you return to work. The funds available through Medicaid are very limited. Good luck on your search.
https://www.michigan.gov/osa/
So, lets say the needs assessment states she needs 60 hours of care (unlike almost every other state, we do not have limits on hours Medicaid will provide care). Under what is called "self determination," you could get paid for 40 hours, no OT allowed at at reasonable wage she sets (pretty much up to $20 an hour), then get respite for the other 20 hours.
So 2 issues, first, Medicaid puts a lein on her home after she dies to recover what they paid out. There are lady bird deeds here that a lawyer can set up to transfer title...also, unlike other places this can be done after she applies for Medicaid. Second, MI Medicaid will not pay a POA to caregive as according to state law, it is a conflict of interest. So, do you have POA?
no OT allowed at at reasonable wage “she” sets (pretty much up to $20 an hour)
If you are working in a job right now and plan to quit to take care of Mom, think about it. Hard. Can you survive on a pay cut? Will Mom need more help later on than just you? When Mom passes away, do you plan on going back to work? This isn't as easy as it sounds. If you're out of the workforce for many years, it's not always a given that you can go back and pick up where you left off. While you've been out, there's younger people who have come up and will work for less.
If you're moving out of your home to live with her, or she moves in with you... is the home handicap accessible? Is the bathroom equipped? Are meds stored safely?
How is your health? Can you lift Mom? Will you be able to handle it if she becomes incontinent? If she's up at night? Who will sit with her when you need to run errands like grocery shopping? There will be no more vacations, no dinners out, no outings with friends. Mom will be your world. Can you do that for years?
Sorry to be a downer. Just so many people on here who didn't realize how rough it was going to be as a full time caretaker.