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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.
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.
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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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Wife has PPMS (primary progressive multiple sclerosis). I'm not interested in (just Her) We are a married couple, needing assisted living. I cannot give her the care needed at times.
Where ever you live, you should be able to find full service Assisted Living/Nursing Home combined facilities. Unless you are sure you have finances to pay privately for the rest of both of your lives, I advise looking for a nice facility but one that does accept Medicaid. My Mom is in one here that offers independent living apartments, assisted living with various stages of staff assistance and then memory care if/when needed as well. They do NOT have a nursing home attached. There is a requirement to meet as far as being private pay for a certain length of time, but then, when you are eligible for Medicaid, you stay in the same facility...different apartment type living. There is an extra charge for rent, for spouse or friend to live in who really needs no help....but here, it's $200/mo only to cover extra dining room usage, laundry etc. Our elder care attorney is the one who advised that we start by finding a place that ultimately would accept Medicaid, to assure that Mom (and Dad while he was alive) would not be forced to move again, if their money ran low. Residents get Medicaid rooms faster than those looking from the outside too. Hope this helps. Actually, our law office was able to give me a list when we started looking....of all the places in town that had Medicaid beds....so we just started our search from that list.
Look up Terry Wahls, MD. Wahls had suffered from MS for 8 years. She was able to reverse her symptoms through lifestyle changes, primarily diet. Best of luck to you.
For couples with differing care needs, there's typically a 'second person fee' that covers the spouse who's not receiving care. Be sure to have the salesperson spell out everything that's included and, if you would still provide some of your wife's care, compare the cost and services against living together in independent living and bringing in home care. Depending upon the community, you both may enjoy the lifestyle more with that option.
There are so many nice facilities out there. If you dont have any family to help you find one then I suggest you contact Area Agency on Aging and ask them to refer you to a placement consultant You could also connect with a consultant through the assisted living section on this website. They will let you know what is available in your area. I wish you both the best. Let us know how things turn out. Your search will help others.
My mother is at a Brookdale community with Assisted Living and a Memory Care wing. There are lots of couples in both! Brookdale is a nation wide company (and have been wonderful -my mother is in memory care) i am sure there is a community near you- take a tour and check it out!
I understand that some Sunrise Homes do offer that service, even in the memory care area. My dad had that option (just pay an additional $$ for the food) when mom was in a Sunrise for about 2 months before she died; dad declined to be with her, and opted to llive with my husband and me, which he happily did until his death recently.
My mom really loved Good Samaritan in Denton, TX. All levels of care, can live in main building apartments or in duplex on grounds. Takes VA benefits. She was from California, then Arizona, but adapted well.
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.
You could also connect with a consultant through the assisted living section on this website. They will let you know what is available in your area. I wish you both the best. Let us know how things turn out. Your search will help others.