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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.
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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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You mention in your profile that you are caring for someone with Alzheimer's. If this is the reason for your question these ideas might help. *Give the person plenty of time to respond to a question or statement. (Up to 30 seconds, I know it is a long time but it can take that long to process the information and formulate a response) * Talk clearly and distinctly and look at the person you are talking to. (There are a lot of facial clues we give so if the person is not understanding what you say they might get clues if you are happy, sad, angry by your face) * Lower your voice. (Higher pitched vices are more difficult to hear and understand. Higher pitches are lost before lower pitch) * Keep questions simple. Yes or No. Two choices not 3 or more. (Example. Do you want a sandwich? Do you want Ham or do you want Turkey? Would be the best way to ask about lunch. NOT What do you want for lunch? or Do you want a Ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce, mayo and tomato or do you want soup and a Grilled Cheese sandwich?) * If the person gets stuck on a word or forgets what they were saying if you get the gist of the conversation just reply as if they completed the statement. If you have no idea what they are asking or talking about you can change the subject. *If things get real frustrating Do not argue, if it is safe walk out of the room and take a minute to relax. I found that when my Husband would get very insistent on something I would start to laugh at the situation and pretty soon he would laugh and then I could more easily redirect him. * Redirecting is a great tool to use. Try to get them interested in something else. Change subject. Ask if they can help with a tasks. Sorting socks, folding towels, cutting recipes out of a magazine. Stacking blocks. Or both take a break and go for a walk, sit and play cards, color, do a puzzle.
Important thing to remember is with dementia things can change rapidly and the thing that piss you off today they may not do next week. They may do something even more annoying! So be glad with what you have while you have it. The noises my Husband used to make, people would ask how I could stand it and I would say "because when he does stop I am going to miss it" and oddly enough I do miss it.
You might want to elaborate in your question or in your profile to get better answers if this is not what you were asking about.
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.
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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.
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.
If this is the reason for your question these ideas might help.
*Give the person plenty of time to respond to a question or statement. (Up to 30 seconds, I know it is a long time but it can take that long to process the information and formulate a response)
* Talk clearly and distinctly and look at the person you are talking to. (There are a lot of facial clues we give so if the person is not understanding what you say they might get clues if you are happy, sad, angry by your face)
* Lower your voice. (Higher pitched vices are more difficult to hear and understand. Higher pitches are lost before lower pitch)
* Keep questions simple. Yes or No. Two choices not 3 or more. (Example. Do you want a sandwich? Do you want Ham or do you want Turkey? Would be the best way to ask about lunch. NOT What do you want for lunch? or Do you want a Ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce, mayo and tomato or do you want soup and a Grilled Cheese sandwich?)
* If the person gets stuck on a word or forgets what they were saying if you get the gist of the conversation just reply as if they completed the statement. If you have no idea what they are asking or talking about you can change the subject.
*If things get real frustrating Do not argue, if it is safe walk out of the room and take a minute to relax. I found that when my Husband would get very insistent on something I would start to laugh at the situation and pretty soon he would laugh and then I could more easily redirect him.
* Redirecting is a great tool to use. Try to get them interested in something else. Change subject. Ask if they can help with a tasks. Sorting socks, folding towels, cutting recipes out of a magazine. Stacking blocks. Or both take a break and go for a walk, sit and play cards, color, do a puzzle.
Important thing to remember is with dementia things can change rapidly and the thing that piss you off today they may not do next week. They may do something even more annoying! So be glad with what you have while you have it. The noises my Husband used to make, people would ask how I could stand it and I would say "because when he does stop I am going to miss it" and oddly enough I do miss it.
You might want to elaborate in your question or in your profile to get better answers if this is not what you were asking about.