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How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
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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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You could list the activities you think are the most important and ask how she would handle them. What you would want to find out is her thought process and how she approaches problems and creates solutions.
Your profile indicates dementia is involved. Think of the reasons you want an aide, the specific issues you might be having with care, and raise those as potential issues to get an idea what her solutions might be.
E.g., you could ask how she would handle sundowning, aggressive behavior, repetitive questions, etc.
Get her drivers license and SS card and PROOF of any certifications she claims she has. Have her sign a release allowing you to do a background check and credit check.
Check references. Focus on what you need and regardless of how well the references check out, make sure you know what you need vs what the reference needed. If a person is primarily a " sitter" and your mom is active and you don't need a sitter, don't hire a sitter. Also some aids have worked for agencies where they had very specific tasks to perform and will say for instance that they don't do housecleaning because that wasn't required at the agency. While you can appreciate that the agency didn't require housekeeping you might. If you expect your aid to keep your mothers space clean, be sure to go over that. Be very specific and don't assume that what you think of as appropriate is the same as what they think. If they have a problem with cleaning the kitchen after making a meal find out beforehand. I have a list of things I want done everyday. Them I have "busy" work for if the aid has time. My busy work never gets done. But the must do list is always done so I let the other slide. I had to work on accepting that. Also I think it is good to know why someone left their previous jobs. Did the patient die, go into a nursing home, go with an agency? It might not have anything to do with the aid but rather the progression of the patients disease. But you will learn something about the aid just asking about previous jobs. Have your very specific list of things you want done and ask if there is a problem with them doing any of them. For instance I want my aunts thyroid med given and then her taken on a walk them I want her breakfast made and the remainder of her meds given. I want her breakfast made at her home, not take out brought in. I want her to eat at her breakfast table and not in front of the tv. She takes three bp meds. I don't want her to eat salty foods. Also ask the aid how often she has missed work in the past. Does she have children and how does she manage them. Does she herself have health issues that might interfere? Does she have a person who might back her up if she can't come? Then I intervirw that person etc. Does she want off on specific days? Also if you gave a salary range in mind don't start out at the top without letting the aid know that you are because of her experience and your expectations. You might decide to go with a lower salary and give her a raise in 90 days. I also invite another family member or friend in for the interview and ask for feedback. Ask if they have cell phones, accept texts can stay off the phones during their shifts, etc. Be prepared to explain how you want them to sign in. How you will pay them and how frequently. Make sure the applicant knows that she is working for you and if you ask that moms lunch be warned and placed on a thermos that she doesn't let mom tell her different, etcetera. The best applicants come though personal referrals.
Good luck and know that the first person might not be a fit and that while there are people out there who are truly preying on the weak snd vulnerable, there are also great helpers who truly enjoy working with elders.
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.
Your profile indicates dementia is involved. Think of the reasons you want an aide, the specific issues you might be having with care, and raise those as potential issues to get an idea what her solutions might be.
E.g., you could ask how she would handle sundowning, aggressive behavior, repetitive questions, etc.
Focus on what you need and regardless of how well the references check out, make sure you know what you need vs what the reference needed. If a person is primarily a " sitter" and your mom is active and you don't need a sitter, don't hire a sitter. Also some aids have worked for agencies where they had very specific tasks to perform and will say for instance that they don't do housecleaning because that wasn't required at the agency. While you can appreciate that the agency didn't require housekeeping you might. If you expect your aid to keep your mothers space clean, be sure to go over that.
Be very specific and don't assume that what you think of as appropriate is the same as what they think. If they have a problem with cleaning the kitchen after making a meal find out beforehand. I have a list of things I want done everyday. Them I have "busy" work for if the aid has time. My busy work never gets done. But the must do list is always done so I let the other slide. I had to work on accepting that.
Also I think it is good to know why someone left their previous jobs. Did the patient die, go into a nursing home, go with an agency? It might not have anything to do with the aid but rather the progression of the patients disease. But you will learn something about the aid just asking about previous jobs.
Have your very specific list of things you want done and ask if there is a problem with them doing any of them. For instance I want my aunts thyroid med given and then her taken on a walk them I want her breakfast made and the remainder of her meds given. I want her breakfast made at her home, not take out brought in. I want her to eat at her breakfast table and not in front of the tv. She takes three bp meds. I don't want her to eat salty foods.
Also ask the aid how often she has missed work in the past. Does she have children and how does she manage them. Does she herself have health issues that might interfere? Does she have a person who might back her up if she can't come? Then I intervirw that person etc.
Does she want off on specific days? Also if you gave a salary range in mind don't start out at the top without letting the aid know that you are because of her experience and your expectations. You might decide to go with a lower salary and give her a raise in 90 days. I also invite another family member or friend in for the interview and ask for feedback. Ask if they have cell phones, accept texts can stay off the phones during their shifts, etc. Be prepared to explain how you want them to sign in. How you will pay them and how frequently.
Make sure the applicant knows that she is working for you and if you ask that moms lunch be warned and placed on a thermos that she doesn't let mom tell her different, etcetera. The best applicants come though personal referrals.
Good luck and know that the first person might not be a fit and that while there are people out there who are truly preying on the weak snd vulnerable, there are also great helpers who truly enjoy working with elders.