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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?
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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.
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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 will need to negotiate this with the insurer before you go this route as there is no guarantee they will reimburse you for this arrangement. They may need to have a vetting process to cover themselves in terms of liability.
One "pitfall" of privately hiring is that in most states it can mean the IRS sees you literally an employer, meaning you need to have a written contract, have to do tax withholding and reporting on their paychecks, and submitting a W2 to your employee. So, bookkeeping. Plus you will need to make sure your liability insurance is enough if the aid gets injured while working for you (or you may need to carry Worker's Comp). FYI my MIL worked for an agency and broke her back on the job. No subs if the aid gets sick or goes on vacation (so you should always use 2 people whenever possible, IMO).
You become an employer. You have to do all the paperwork. You have to make sure that back ground checks are done. You have to make sure that the IRS is happy. Make sure that your homeowners insurance will cover an employee that is injured on the job.
Depending on the coverage of the Long Term Care Insurance will it cover Memory Care?
How much help do you need? Hospice could be a "stop gap" a Nurse would see her each week. A CNA would come at least 2 times a week to give her a bath or shower. Both would order the supplies and medications that you would need. You would also get the equipment that you need to care for her. While it is not full time help you could also ask for a Volunteer that could come and sit with her while you go out for a few hours.
Why not consider a facility and bypass individual caregivers? There you will receive care from a professional staff 24/7. You can oversee her care as her advocate.
If you prefer to hire privately, make sure that you have a written contract regarding your wife’s care.
Don’t expect one caregiver to do everything. That’s impossible. They will need off for their own personal needs.
Hire more than one caregiver, if possible. This way, you always have someone with your wife if one of the caregivers can’t come in that day.
Pay a fair wage.
Best of luck to you and your wife. Contact Council on Aging in your area for an assessment of your wife’s needs. They can help guide you through this process.
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.
Have you checked with them?
One "pitfall" of privately hiring is that in most states it can mean the IRS sees you literally an employer, meaning you need to have a written contract, have to do tax withholding and reporting on their paychecks, and submitting a W2 to your employee. So, bookkeeping. Plus you will need to make sure your liability insurance is enough if the aid gets injured while working for you (or you may need to carry Worker's Comp). FYI my MIL worked for an agency and broke her back on the job. No subs if the aid gets sick or goes on vacation (so you should always use 2 people whenever possible, IMO).
You have to do all the paperwork.
You have to make sure that back ground checks are done.
You have to make sure that the IRS is happy.
Make sure that your homeowners insurance will cover an employee that is injured on the job.
Depending on the coverage of the Long Term Care Insurance will it cover Memory Care?
How much help do you need?
Hospice could be a "stop gap" a Nurse would see her each week.
A CNA would come at least 2 times a week to give her a bath or shower.
Both would order the supplies and medications that you would need.
You would also get the equipment that you need to care for her.
While it is not full time help you could also ask for a Volunteer that could come and sit with her while you go out for a few hours.
If you prefer to hire privately, make sure that you have a written contract regarding your wife’s care.
Don’t expect one caregiver to do everything. That’s impossible. They will need off for their own personal needs.
Hire more than one caregiver, if possible. This way, you always have someone with your wife if one of the caregivers can’t come in that day.
Pay a fair wage.
Best of luck to you and your wife. Contact Council on Aging in your area for an assessment of your wife’s needs. They can help guide you through this process.