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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?
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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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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.
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My mom is planning to go out of the state for one day this summer. My dad is very sick and she's afraid to leave him alone. We ended up asking community care to step in and they have decided that it would be best if he had a life alert button thing to wear around his neck (She tries to be home as much as she can but she also has to leave the house for her volunteer work and other errands). If you have community care in your area, then check it out. Before community care, when Dad was left alone, we always had someone checking up on him daily and a list of phone numbers for him to call if he fell down (Neighbors, friends). It worked out well. If being gone for longer than a day, then maybe ask someone she trusts to spend the days and nights with her. If that's not possible, then look at respite care. I am new to whole caregiver thing so I hope that my advice will be helpful to you.
Not sure what you mean by limited mobility. Can she get to the bathroom and bathe on her own? Is she a fall risk? Can she move around her home with a walker or a cane? Can she prepare her own meals? All of that matters.
I assume that you have to help her move around in her home and help her physically whenever leaving her home.
I assume there is nobody to take care of her while you have a vacation. So, yes, you need a way to get respite services.
Is she is eligible, based on ADLs, for Assisted Living (even though she is not living there), there are Assisted Living places that have temp status; she could go into Assisted Living on temporary respite status; I had my mother do that for a max of 30 days --- originally it was to be for 10 days, but we extended it ---- because we all needed the break and we actually thought it might work out for her long-term (it did not). It would involve a lot of paperwork, payment in advance, but it could work for you.
It might be less expensive to hire a Live-In to stay with her while you go on vacation. Also, paperwork. There's always paperwork. Go through an agency. So you know that there has been some vetting of the caregiver. If it's only a week, and your mother sleeps through the night, so that the Live-In can get 8 hours interrupted sleep, you should be able to find an agency who can provide a Live-In for a week. You have to pay a daily rate, and pay for the caregiver's food.
I wish I knew of a free or very inexpensive option for you, but I don't.
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.
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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.
I assume that you have to help her move around in her home and help her physically whenever leaving her home.
I assume there is nobody to take care of her while you have a vacation. So, yes, you need a way to get respite services.
Is she is eligible, based on ADLs, for Assisted Living (even though she is not living there), there are Assisted Living places that have temp status; she could go into Assisted Living on temporary respite status; I had my mother do that for a max of 30 days --- originally it was to be for 10 days, but we extended it ---- because we all needed the break and we actually thought it might work out for her long-term (it did not). It would involve a lot of paperwork, payment in advance, but it could work for you.
It might be less expensive to hire a Live-In to stay with her while you go on vacation. Also, paperwork. There's always paperwork. Go through an agency. So you know that there has been some vetting of the caregiver. If it's only a week, and your mother sleeps through the night, so that the Live-In can get 8 hours interrupted sleep, you should be able to find an agency who can provide a Live-In for a week. You have to pay a daily rate, and pay for the caregiver's food.
I wish I knew of a free or very inexpensive option for you, but I don't.
Alternately, you could arrange with an agency for caregivers to come and stay at your home -- but this will likely be more expensive.