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Longer answer: help them apply as it requires copies of many documents like banking, etc. My MIL is in a very nice facility and she is on Medicaid. She gets all the same care as the other private-pay residents. Heads-up: depending on what state/county you are in getting approved will take many months. If parents have medical bills they can't pay, don't pay them until they qualify for Medicaid. Then they can submit the bills for coverage if they were incurred within 3 months of Medicaid qualification.
FYI the Medicaid application is time-sensitive so be absolutely sure to send it in completed and accurate by the deadline listed or you will have to reapply. You can download the application on the govt/dept of Health + Human Services for your county website.
In the meantime you can call the county and have social services assess them for in-home care like meal prep, housekeeping and maybe driving. Good luck!
Medicaid is your only answer here. Unfortunately, in our country, there is no good and easy answer when you have no money. Fortunately, we do have Social Security and medicare and medicaid when there are no funds. Placement will not be easy. Hospice and elder care has become ALSO a part of the Military-Industrial machine, and most facilities would naturally prefer to take people with money, to whom they can charge the going price. I think that you are very wise not to think that what the answer is amounts to trying to fit the seniors into your homes and care for them when there is no one able to do that difficult 24/7 job. Your easiest plan for placement will come with any hospitalization, which of course will come. When the senior enters make it clear to social services that the family feels they are no longer safe at home alone, that there are no funds, and that they cannot RETURN home alone. Use the words "UNSAFE DISCHARGE" as these are the words that will get a Hospital licensing threatened under the Governmental JCAHO hospital accreditation. If they attempt to send them home say "That is an unsafe dischage" and if they attempt to get family to take them home with "We can make this work, we will help", don't believe them. I speak as a nurse who over 40 years pretty much saw it all. I am wishing you good luck. You might want to ask questions on the forum about how to qualify your parents for medicaid. Many here have been through the onerous process. I haven't so can't help there.
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.
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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.
Longer answer: help them apply as it requires copies of many documents like banking, etc. My MIL is in a very nice facility and she is on Medicaid. She gets all the same care as the other private-pay residents. Heads-up: depending on what state/county you are in getting approved will take many months. If parents have medical bills they can't pay, don't pay them until they qualify for Medicaid. Then they can submit the bills for coverage if they were incurred within 3 months of Medicaid qualification.
FYI the Medicaid application is time-sensitive so be absolutely sure to send it in completed and accurate by the deadline listed or you will have to reapply. You can download the application on the govt/dept of Health + Human Services for your county website.
In the meantime you can call the county and have social services assess them for in-home care like meal prep, housekeeping and maybe driving. Good luck!
Your easiest plan for placement will come with any hospitalization, which of course will come. When the senior enters make it clear to social services that the family feels they are no longer safe at home alone, that there are no funds, and that they cannot RETURN home alone. Use the words "UNSAFE DISCHARGE" as these are the words that will get a Hospital licensing threatened under the Governmental JCAHO hospital accreditation. If they attempt to send them home say "That is an unsafe dischage" and if they attempt to get family to take them home with "We can make this work, we will help", don't believe them.
I speak as a nurse who over 40 years pretty much saw it all.
I am wishing you good luck.
You might want to ask questions on the forum about how to qualify your parents for medicaid. Many here have been through the onerous process. I haven't so can't help there.