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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 question is very vague, but the short answer to your question is yes. We really need more information to answer you properly, but depending on the severity of the stroke, there really is no reason you can't care for someone who has had a stroke. Unless you yourself are in poor health and just physically can't do it. My husband had a massive stroke at the age of 48 which left completely paralyzed on his right side, unable to talk and walk and with difficulty comprehending the spoken word. After many months of therapy, PT, OT and Speech, he was able walk with a brace on his leg, speak short sentences and words and return home, where I cared for him at home until he died in 2020 at the age of 72. He developed many other health issues from his stroke like seizures,(which started about a year after his stroke and is very common with stroke survivors)and eventually vascular dementia, which is what killed him, but I was grateful that I was able to care for him at home all that time. Was it easy? No, not always, but he was my husband and I was going to do whatever it took to make sure he received the best care possible. And now that it's all said and done, I would do it all over again for the man I loved. I wish you well.
I’ve done it for a previous spouse who was abusive before the stroke. In fact It was a month before I’d planned to leave him for his abuse and alcoholism. I’d already left him once. After his stroke I felt that I should not leave him in that condition. I stayed for two more years until he could take care of himself. Bad temper gets worse after a stroke due to emotional lability. He couldn’t always control his bladder. He threatened . He refused to take medication that would have helped. He got booze and I found bottles everywhere. My life was much restricted as it was hard to go out and I had to give up my job. Whatever good was left in him the stroke took away. Don’t do it. Even if you live and think you can manage, you’ll go through changes too. Then you realize you wasted what could have been good years for you.
Of course this all depends upon YOU and upon the PATIENT. Your age, your strength, your circumstances. The patient's age, disabilities, personality. To say the least, and as with ANY caregiving, it would be a dedication of your life, basically, to this person in many circumstances. Only you know yourself well enough to assess whether or not you are up to this task or wish to take it on. I was an RN who loved her job, and found it a joy to care for patients. It was always clear to me, however, that I could not take on such a job 24/7 for either love nor money.
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.
My husband had a massive stroke at the age of 48 which left completely paralyzed on his right side, unable to talk and walk and with difficulty comprehending the spoken word.
After many months of therapy, PT, OT and Speech, he was able walk with a brace on his leg, speak short sentences and words and return home, where I cared for him at home until he died in 2020 at the age of 72.
He developed many other health issues from his stroke like seizures,(which started about a year after his stroke and is very common with stroke survivors)and eventually vascular dementia, which is what killed him, but I was grateful that I was able to care for him at home all that time. Was it easy? No, not always, but he was my husband and I was going to do whatever it took to make sure he received the best care possible.
And now that it's all said and done, I would do it all over again for the man I loved.
I wish you well.
Only you know yourself well enough to assess whether or not you are up to this task or wish to take it on. I was an RN who loved her job, and found it a joy to care for patients. It was always clear to me, however, that I could not take on such a job 24/7 for either love nor money.