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We are signed up for hospice care at home but we can't continue to take care of spouse as they are declining at a rapid rate. Hospice is refusing to place him in the hospice facility. Their answers are vague at best. Why do you think this is?
Most In Patient Hospice Units are for brief stays for symptom management, pain management or, if there is room Respite. If your loved one is on Hospice now ask for Respite. But for long term, full time help if that can not be done by you or safely at home placement in an appropriate facility. That would be Memory Care, Skilled Nursing or Assisted Living. The Hospice social worker can help with placement. If you can not care for spouse hiring caregivers is an option if placing them is not possible. IF your Hospice would take your loved one the cost to you would be probably as much as the cost of hired caregivers. While Hospice is covered by insurance, Medicare, Medicaid the cost of in patient care, the room, equipment and nursing staff would have to be private pay.
Are you saying Hospice is refusing this patient because it is not clear that death is expected within 6 months. Or are you saying this patient would be accepted for in home hospice, but not for in facility. Quite honestly, you are in contact with them and they are the ones familiar with your case, the ones who will know best what the case is and the reasons in your own particular case. Good luck.
Typically a person can be transferred to a hospice facility if hospice believes the person will be dying within the week. That is covered 100% under a persons Medicare. Most hospice facilities also have extra rooms that a family can pay out of pocket if they want their loved one to stay there longer. That is expensive and again has to be paid out of pocket either by the patient or the patients family. I'm not sure what the hospice agency is telling you, but you can always seek out another hospice agency in your area, and see if you have any better luck. Your loved one deserves the very best care at their end of life, and if they're not getting it, time for a change. Call and ask to speak to whoever is in charge at the hospice agency and see if you can't get some better answers. Best wishes.
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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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.
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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 your loved one is on Hospice now ask for Respite. But for long term, full time help if that can not be done by you or safely at home placement in an appropriate facility. That would be Memory Care, Skilled Nursing or Assisted Living. The Hospice social worker can help with placement.
If you can not care for spouse hiring caregivers is an option if placing them is not possible.
IF your Hospice would take your loved one the cost to you would be probably as much as the cost of hired caregivers. While Hospice is covered by insurance, Medicare, Medicaid the cost of in patient care, the room, equipment and nursing staff would have to be private pay.
Most hospice facilities also have extra rooms that a family can pay out of pocket if they want their loved one to stay there longer. That is expensive and again has to be paid out of pocket either by the patient or the patients family.
I'm not sure what the hospice agency is telling you, but you can always seek out another hospice agency in your area, and see if you have any better luck. Your loved one deserves the very best care at their end of life, and if they're not getting it, time for a change.
Call and ask to speak to whoever is in charge at the hospice agency and see if you can't get some better answers. Best wishes.