Are you sure you want to exit? Your progress will be lost.
Who are you caring for?
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?
Which best describes your loved one's social life?
Acknowledgment of Disclosures and Authorization
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.
✔
I acknowledge and authorize
✔
I consent to the collection of my consumer health data.*
✔
I consent to the sharing of my consumer health data with qualified home care agencies.*
*If I am consenting on behalf of someone else, I have the proper authorization to do so. By clicking Get My Results, you agree to our Privacy Policy. You also consent to receive calls and texts, which may be autodialed, from us and our customer communities. Your consent is not a condition to using our service. Please visit our Terms of Use. for information about our privacy practices.
Mostly Independent
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.
Share a few details and we will match you to trusted home care in your area:
My fathers MC was 6500 a month, everything included there but extra for haircuts, and we still had the DR visits, etc. Luckily they could mostly be done there for a reasonable cost. we are in MD metro area
In my central MN metro area an ALF one bedroom rents for$3900-4100 per mo. Some but not all meals included. Medication mgmt is $875/mo. More if it is injections. For my mom this put her cost around $60,000/year, BUT she still need about 8,000 or so for health ins premiums, prescription costs, vitamins, orthopedic.shoes, deductibles & copays, eyeglasses, DENTAL, cell phone, renter's insurance, clothing, and extra help getting to her doctor appointments (she can't take.a van, needs one on one assistance). It's really a good idea to remember all the things that ALF doesn't cover. Nobody can go into a facility and have zero extra expenses.
Unfortunately, that is about right for 2 people I am from that area originally.....here it is $6,000-$8,000 a month for one sooo......if their LTC policy is for so much and will only cover 2 years I would look into other options...Adult Family Care Home which I had to do when I could no longer afford $8,000 a month When gal on this site has her folks in a place in LA for about $2500 a month...couldn't believe it....but here they average $2500-$3500 a person would live in a private home with a caretaker/cna they may take 2-4 people just depends on the home. One home I looked at was huge, new and had a beautiful master suite for a married couple. They do all the cooking, cleaning, laundry etc...they still have freedom. That would make your LTC money go alot farther down the road. Check AHCA website for homes in your area and ratings just as an ALF. Crazy that the costs for our seniors is way out of control but we have the money to keep prisoners locked up at over $100,000 a year with free health care and dental......let's put that money towards our senior population and put the prisoners in tents in Arizona like the Sheriff Joe Arpaio was did! ...lol...very low come back rate for those prisoners! They didn't like living in a tent city......or wearing pink underwear! Good luck....
Is that the total for the two of them...breaking down to $5750 each? To be in a private 2 bedroom AL with med management in a nice (?) place in Encinitas, seems fairly reasonable. In 2004, my adopted mom was paying a little over $5000 for a central California Beach community NH (which usually cost more) for our Aunt in a 3-bed ward (just for purposes of comparison).
$ 11,500 for both? for AL that is somewhat on the high side but with medicine or prescription management that seems OK.
What I'd like to find out about is what is it like for you all to get the Genworth policy to actually pay and what sort of issues or problems you find with the LTC policy. Thanks!
We pay $5,600 a month for a two bedroom, two bath, with medical management in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dad (92) receives VA assistance and SSI. Mother (78) receives SSI. The combination of the three sources is not enough to cover the monthly expense. Their savings is dwindling. Best guess is they will not be able to afford this place after 2014. Dad is healthy - mom has dementia . Help!
The charge for my Mom's memory care place was $7200/month, all inclusive. My MIL is at 6500/mo for slightly less than full service care at a different AL. Both in north NJ. You don't have to keep them there. Take some time and check out other places to see if there is something that would work and cost less. For example, when looking for a place for MIL we found a wonderful place, gourmet food, lot's of trip, etc. It was about 2000/month more than the other places. Great place for a 70 year old, but we were looking for a late '90s person who wasn't about to go on day trips and honestly doesn't appreciate gourmet food. We don't have to pay for services that aren't appreciated by the resident.
Point of interest for other care givers. The fact that yo had only 3 days to identify/choose a facility is not unusual. It's easier to look when you aren't in a rush or desperate. It's a task that can be done slowly and methodically when we see our loved ones BEGIN to decline. I did this over a 4 month period and checked out 9 different places. When my Mom got hospitalized, I saw a few more places. Continued while she was in rehab. It's a process and it's important to identify what is important to you and your loved one, not the social worker at a rehab place 2 days before discharge.
I had researched other places but threw info away. We hired a geriatric care manager because we had to move them in 3 days and needed help. The mngr. Said she negotiated this deal. I saw the averages so this just seems high. 9 people moved out last month because of rent raises continuous over 5 years.
The average cost for a private one-bedroom apartment in an assisted living residence is $3,022 per month, according to research compiled by several nonprofit senior living organizations, including the Assisted Living Federation of America.
I do wish this forum allowed edits for those typos. In the post above so should be to.
The more I think about this post, the more depressed I get. How long can these folks live in assisted living if their cost is 11,500/mo? That's more then 110,000 a year. But surely it's not $11,500 a year with med mngt for two. If so, then I'd worry about there being something seriously wrong with the place. Either way, it's a bad situation!
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.
Crazy that the costs for our seniors is way out of control but we have the money to keep prisoners locked up at over $100,000 a year with free health care and dental......let's put that money towards our senior population and put the prisoners in tents in Arizona like the Sheriff Joe Arpaio was did! ...lol...very low come back rate for those prisoners! They didn't like living in a tent city......or wearing pink underwear! Good luck....
What I'd like to find out about is what is it like for you all to get the Genworth policy to actually pay and what sort of issues or problems you find with the LTC policy.
Thanks!
Point of interest for other care givers. The fact that yo had only 3 days to identify/choose a facility is not unusual. It's easier to look when you aren't in a rush or desperate. It's a task that can be done slowly and methodically when we see our loved ones BEGIN to decline. I did this over a 4 month period and checked out 9 different places. When my Mom got hospitalized, I saw a few more places. Continued while she was in rehab. It's a process and it's important to identify what is important to you and your loved one, not the social worker at a rehab place 2 days before discharge.
The more I think about this post, the more depressed I get. How long can these folks live in assisted living if their cost is 11,500/mo? That's more then 110,000 a year. But surely it's not $11,500 a year with med mngt for two. If so, then I'd worry about there being something seriously wrong with the place. Either way, it's a bad situation!