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How are they managing their medications?
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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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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'm thinking you're talking about a nursing home with rehab. If that's what you mean, then you can get a Medicare opinion on the nursing home stafffing, cleanliness and overall performance here: http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html
I'd want to make a visit and make sure I liked the looks of the facility; because mom is a fall risk, I would insist on the dining room being a common room with a large-screen TV opened all day. (This because she could be pushed up to the large dining table, and her wheelchair locked in place to keep her safe.) If your loved one needs a special diet, will they accommodate? If your loved one will be a fall risk (forgets, and tries to get up by him/herself), then there's a litany of other questions you'd like to know; most importantly, do you have bed alarms, door alarms, seat alarms? What specifically do you do to ensure my LOs safety? Etc.
I've learned that older facilities have generally been ineffectively retrofitted. Like old schools or government buildings remodeled for nursing home use. I doubt I'd put mom in one like that.
How many times a week do you do rehab? Which ones? I think the usual are physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Can I join my loved one to watch? Do you work toward specific family goals? Will the occupational therapist do a home visit on discharge to recommend safety issues that need to be addressed immediately?
Does my LO's own doctor practice out of your facility? Do you have whatever specialist your LO may need on staff? (For instance, if your LO had congestive heart failure, it would be nice to know they had a cardiologist making rounds once a week...and on immediate call. What hospital does your nursing home transport to? (All of mom's records are on computer at one local hospital. That was important to me.)
I'm sure there are tons more; start a sheet of paper with all of the questions you can think of for each nursing home you talk to. If you keep the answers on little scrappies, you'll go nutz. ;)
I would not ask the rehab center, they will tell you how great they are. I would ask the MD's, RN's, PT's and SW's which ones they think are the best. Then I would see which ones are covered by my insurance.
The big mistake we made picking a rehab center was aligning recommendations from friends with mom's needs. In retrospect, the people who told us one particular center was great were young (er) folks who'd had knee or hip replacements. Mom had a stroke, and unbeknownst to us at the time, had developed vascular dementia. I would talk to the discharge folks at the hospital about what your LO needs and listen carefully. After mom broke her hip, my brother and I threw out the ratings and listened to the discharge nurse who said, but you haven't looked at this place, have you? A little down at the heels, yes. But great, dedicated staff, good pastoral program.
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'd want to make a visit and make sure I liked the looks of the facility; because mom is a fall risk, I would insist on the dining room being a common room with a large-screen TV opened all day. (This because she could be pushed up to the large dining table, and her wheelchair locked in place to keep her safe.) If your loved one needs a special diet, will they accommodate? If your loved one will be a fall risk (forgets, and tries to get up by him/herself), then there's a litany of other questions you'd like to know; most importantly, do you have bed alarms, door alarms, seat alarms? What specifically do you do to ensure my LOs safety? Etc.
I've learned that older facilities have generally been ineffectively retrofitted. Like old schools or government buildings remodeled for nursing home use. I doubt I'd put mom in one like that.
How many times a week do you do rehab? Which ones? I think the usual are physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Can I join my loved one to watch? Do you work toward specific family goals? Will the occupational therapist do a home visit on discharge to recommend safety issues that need to be addressed immediately?
Does my LO's own doctor practice out of your facility? Do you have whatever specialist your LO may need on staff? (For instance, if your LO had congestive heart failure, it would be nice to know they had a cardiologist making rounds once a week...and on immediate call. What hospital does your nursing home transport to? (All of mom's records are on computer at one local hospital. That was important to me.)
I'm sure there are tons more; start a sheet of paper with all of the questions you can think of for each nursing home you talk to. If you keep the answers on little scrappies, you'll go nutz. ;)