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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.
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You need to understand the difference in what MediCARE & MedicAID does.
By & large MediCARE is an entitlement program to pay for hospitalization and provider bills (physicians, PT's, OT's) that either come from the hospital stay or for in the office visits. MediCARE is in different parts, like part A, part B....& part D is all about drugs. Hospice is a MediCARE benefit and done based on physicians orders and has to be qualified initially and then on a regular basis (they have to have to be evaluated by MD's with less that 6 months to live for hospice). Medicare basically does not pay at all for the day to day care needs (that is what Medicaid does and usually in a NH setting). Medicare is a federal program so the rules tend to be all the same which is kinda good. The bad part is Medicare reinbursement tends to be low so many free-standing providers do not take Medicare.
MedicAID is a needs-based program (they basically have to be impoverished with about 2K in assets and 2K in monthly income - the exact amount is set by the state) that provides for day to care costs (the room & board fee) at NH but also does provide for a big range of services for those that still live at home. What MedicAID does depends on your state because Medicaid is managed or administered by each state under a general federal umbrella (and $$). Some states (like Minnesota, NY) have a wide range of social at home services under medicaid while other states,like most southern states, provide for much, much less.
CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is the clearinghouse for all Medicare and Medicaid. Google it and go through it - it's a good site and pretty clear to understand.My mom's state (TX) site (Texas DADS site) is OK but written so that it is not clearly understandable.
As an aside, 93 is pretty up there in age. My mom is in her 90's and basically did well on her own till 91 and then went into IL and now is in a NH. She is on Medicaid. For us, realistically, that was no way to provide for the 24/7 oversight and care that she would increasingly need plus the socialization and activities and services that a good NH does. There is no way at home she would have had occupational therapy down the hall 3X's a week; or arts & crafts every week or old movie night or fresh laundry every day. Bathing is a big issue when they are at home - my mom's NH has bathing done as a 2 or 3 person bathing team in a big shower room (think high school gym from the 1970's). My mom is now on hospice (hip break) so alot of her care is now via Medicare at the NH and she is now 4X a week bathing team. There is no way this could be done at home without basically a couple of people shutting down everything else to take for her. No way I or other family was ever going to do this - no apologies either. None of this is easy but your need to be a clear eyed realistic to what caregiving involved. Good luck and keep a sense of humor.
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.
By & large MediCARE is an entitlement program to pay for hospitalization and provider bills (physicians, PT's, OT's) that either come from the hospital stay or for in the office visits. MediCARE is in different parts, like part A, part B....& part D is all about drugs. Hospice is a MediCARE benefit and done based on physicians orders and has to be qualified initially and then on a regular basis (they have to have to be evaluated by MD's with less that 6 months to live for hospice). Medicare basically does not pay at all for the day to day care needs (that is what Medicaid does and usually in a NH setting). Medicare is a federal program so the rules tend to be all the same which is kinda good. The bad part is Medicare reinbursement tends to be low so many free-standing providers do not take Medicare.
MedicAID is a needs-based program (they basically have to be impoverished with about 2K in assets and 2K in monthly income - the exact amount is set by the state) that provides for day to care costs (the room & board fee) at NH but also does provide for a big range of services for those that still live at home. What MedicAID does depends on your state because Medicaid is managed or administered by each state under a general federal umbrella (and $$). Some states (like Minnesota, NY) have a wide range of social at home services under medicaid while other states,like most southern states, provide for much, much less.
CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is the clearinghouse for all Medicare and Medicaid. Google it and go through it - it's a good site and pretty clear to understand.My mom's state (TX) site (Texas DADS site) is OK but written so that it is not clearly understandable.
As an aside, 93 is pretty up there in age. My mom is in her 90's and basically did well on her own till 91 and then went into IL and now is in a NH. She is on Medicaid. For us, realistically, that was no way to provide for the 24/7 oversight and care that she would increasingly need plus the socialization and activities and services that a good NH does. There is no way at home she would have had occupational therapy down the hall 3X's a week; or arts & crafts every week or old movie night or fresh laundry every day. Bathing is a big issue when they are at home - my mom's NH has bathing done as a 2 or 3 person bathing team in a big shower room (think high school gym from the 1970's). My mom is now on hospice (hip break) so alot of her care is now via Medicare at the NH and she is now 4X a week bathing team. There is no way this could be done at home without basically a couple of people shutting down everything else to take for her. No way I or other family was ever going to do this - no apologies either. None of this is easy but your need to be a clear eyed realistic to what caregiving involved. Good luck and keep a sense of humor.