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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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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.
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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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I have a care manager for my dad. I am his legal guardian but I work full-time so she keeps tabs with the memory care (previous to that, skilled nursing), and makes all the arrangements for any appointments needed and transportation. She also attends some of his appointments with him. She is able to talk to medical staff and facilities in a way that I can't. She understands the 'system' better than me and knows when to raise a red flag, which rarely happens. She does not visit the memory care often and definitely doesn't do any micromanaging. But she is always working in the background. She is a godsend, as I could never do all of this on my own. I am lucky that dad has the means to pay for this. About $100 per hour, or about $300 to $1000 per month depending on how much time she has spent.
The court assigned my mom a GCM (family dysfunction). Yes, it was expensive, $110.00/hr. Her purpose was to determine whether the home care mom was receiving was adequate and appropriate. When the time came the GCM also helped to find an appropriate facility for mom.
Before mom is placed would be the time to employ the aid of a GCM. If mom has been placed and you think there is something, not right, mom's needs not being met or mom being abused in some way then you would contact the Area Agency on Aging and ask the ombudsmen to check on mom.
It sounds as if you want someone to report to you on how mom is being cared for. If that is the case is sounds like maybe, just maybe you need to let go a bit. Learn to assist the staff by being supportive of their efforts. Don't look for things to be wrong.
If you want to hire a private caregiver to be a constant companion for your mother, that's one thing, but no nursing home will allow a spy to oversee what they do. That isn't what a geriatric care manager does anyway.
Either find a place you trust from the get-go, or don't place your mother in a memory care. Do your research, get referrals, check your state's websites for complaints, then make an informed decision.
The most important thing to do when you have a loved one in a nursing home is to establish an open and friendly line of communication with the administration and nursing staff. They are your best allies for keeping up with what's going on with your loved one. I think you're planning to do the exact opposite, and that won't go well no matter how hard you try to fix it later.
It's a bit like when we all had children in school. If you were "that mother" who was always griping about the teachers or homework, a little note went into your child's record for every subsequent teacher to see, and believe me, your kid paid the price through the years.
Don't be that daughter either. Pick your battles, and don't expect the worst from the people who have chosen a career caring for our most vulnerable seniors.
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").
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.
Before mom is placed would be the time to employ the aid of a GCM. If mom has been placed and you think there is something, not right, mom's needs not being met or mom being abused in some way then you would contact the Area Agency on Aging and ask the ombudsmen to check on mom.
It sounds as if you want someone to report to you on how mom is being cared for. If that is the case is sounds like maybe, just maybe you need to let go a bit. Learn to assist the staff by being supportive of their efforts. Don't look for things to be wrong.
If you want to hire a private caregiver to be a constant companion for your mother, that's one thing, but no nursing home will allow a spy to oversee what they do. That isn't what a geriatric care manager does anyway.
Either find a place you trust from the get-go, or don't place your mother in a memory care. Do your research, get referrals, check your state's websites for complaints, then make an informed decision.
The most important thing to do when you have a loved one in a nursing home is to establish an open and friendly line of communication with the administration and nursing staff. They are your best allies for keeping up with what's going on with your loved one. I think you're planning to do the exact opposite, and that won't go well no matter how hard you try to fix it later.
It's a bit like when we all had children in school. If you were "that mother" who was always griping about the teachers or homework, a little note went into your child's record for every subsequent teacher to see, and believe me, your kid paid the price through the years.
Don't be that daughter either. Pick your battles, and don't expect the worst from the people who have chosen a career caring for our most vulnerable seniors.