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So that you can receive more helpful responses for the situation you are dealing with. I mean this as no offense but your initial input here has been piecemeal and the kind and helpful responders who have been on this site for a long time have tried to figure out in a more exact manner what you are up against such as the living situation you are enduring. If you don't fully provide that in a single post then the alternative is to look at your profile. It certainly is not mandatory but a suggestion to provide you with advice.
Go up to your avatar in the blue timeline up top on the far right. Click on it. Then a menu drops down with choices. Explore them all, but for profile just click on that word. Pretty self-explanatory when you get there. This is also where you can send and receive private messages.
Roger, it tells a little about you and who you are caregiving, is the reason people request it. Otherwise we are left with a ton of questions. Which is fine, too. I myself am not the slightest concerned. I find your questions pretty easy to understand and address.
Don't worry about it. If you don't wish to tell us a bit about yourself you can remain my special "mystery man".
It gives us context for your situation: - who you are caring for, their age, their cognitive or medical problems, your relationship/histrionics with them, whether they have a history of mental illness or abusiveness, their financial situation - whether your LO lives with you, you with them, elsewhere, a facility, independently, etc. - recent activity in the caregiving arrangement - challenges you face and wish to improve - your age, your health, your caregiving preferences (as in "do not want to" or "i want to keep doing it") - whether you or someone else has PoA for your LO; or none at all. - what state you and LO live in, country, county - other players (their spouse, siblings,adult children, etc)
All this information is helpful for us to give you the best and more personalized answers and insights. We're not snoopy but we all know that nearly no 2 caregiving circumstances are the same.
The downside - at least for me - for "putting up a profile" is that if you ever want to ask a question that's not related to what you mentioned on your profile, some responders will still tie the two together. Probably the same responders who like digging through your previously asked questions and linking them to your current question, related or not.
True, but I've personally only seen this happen when the OP puts up duplicate or nearly identical questions, or when we are seeking missing info for context between 2 related posts by the same OP. Sometimes responders don't read all the existing answers... I'm guilty of that sometimes. Some OPs give TMI. I'm thinking about ones that are one continuous ream of words with no punction filling the maximum word count, then overflows into the Post Reply box, like a verbal vomit or a thought hairball.
It helps with more detailed answers. For example if you ask about the possibility of mom having cataract surgery and that is the only info in your question you will get answers that it is a pretty easy surgery and the recovery is not a problem. HOWEVER if in your profile you mention that that mom is 90 years old and has dementia and is bedbound that would give you an entirely different set of answers.
Completing a profile can sometimes make the answers you get more complete. If I ever answer a q1uestion and there is no profile or other information I will comment and then add that more information might garner better or more complete answers.
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").
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.
Otherwise we are left with a ton of questions. Which is fine, too. I myself am not the slightest concerned. I find your questions pretty easy to understand and address.
Don't worry about it. If you don't wish to tell us a bit about yourself you can remain my special "mystery man".
- who you are caring for, their age, their cognitive or medical problems, your relationship/histrionics with them, whether they have a history of mental illness or abusiveness, their financial situation
- whether your LO lives with you, you with them, elsewhere, a facility, independently, etc.
- recent activity in the caregiving arrangement
- challenges you face and wish to improve
- your age, your health, your caregiving preferences (as in "do not want to" or "i want to keep doing it")
- whether you or someone else has PoA for your LO; or none at all.
- what state you and LO live in, country, county
- other players (their spouse, siblings,adult children, etc)
All this information is helpful for us to give you the best and more personalized answers and insights. We're not snoopy but we all know that nearly no 2 caregiving circumstances are the same.
For example if you ask about the possibility of mom having cataract surgery and that is the only info in your question you will get answers that it is a pretty easy surgery and the recovery is not a problem.
HOWEVER if in your profile you mention that that mom is 90 years old and has dementia and is bedbound that would give you an entirely different set of answers.
Completing a profile can sometimes make the answers you get more complete.
If I ever answer a q1uestion and there is no profile or other information I will comment and then add that more information might garner better or more complete answers.