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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.
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"Independent living" means independent living, not independent (*except I forget to eat/take meds) living.
In other words, she is not a candidate for independent living. At best, she's a candidate for assisted living, but as others have said, she won't get better and might be better suited to memory care.
A good memory care place will have a variety of people in it from the virtually independent, to the non-verbal, staring of into space residents. The key is finding a place where they aren't all lumped together all the time.
My mom's place has everything from a 47-year-old man with early onset Alzheimer's but perfectly functional, an 80-year-old retired neuroscientist who devours books all day, to people who are wheelchair-bound, have feeding tubes, and are staring off into space, and everything in between. They have a huge communal room, and the high-functioning folks do their thing with or without assistance in about 2/3 of the room while the low-functioning ones have their low-key activities with major assistance in the other 1/3.
Honestly, I've found the memory care model to be so valuable because of the endless stimulation they provide. I think my mother's decline was slowed significantly because of the interaction with the staff and others at her place. It isn't a bad option, and it doesn't require the residents to be far gone with dementia.
CheryIEF, if your Mom goes to a senior facility that offers Independent Living, the Staff will give your Mom an assessment. Chances are that they find your Mom cannot live in the Independent Living community, instead she would need to live in the Assisted Living/Memory Care section. Or live in Independent Living but the nurse or med-tech will bring your Mom her meds, which is an extra cost. As for eating, the Staff would call your Mom to remind her to come down to the dining room, that might be an extra cost.
You would need to take tours [many are on-line now] to see if such communities offer their Memory Care residents "apartments". My Dad live in what he called his college dorm room, one room with bath. Smaller then most motel rooms. But he was happy there. I've seen other places that had the bedroom separate, bath, and a living room area.
Don't forget Dementia continues to get worse. My Dad was first in Independent Living, but after awhile the Staff found him wandering at night trying to open the building front door. That isn't safe. In Memory Care, the main building doors are locked 24 hours.
Does your city have Group homes? In San Antonio there are group homes that provide full-time care, but they are smaller and less expensive than ALF. Depending on the facility, they have individual rooms with common living and dining rooms.
Mom can live wherever she can afford to live and would like to live as long as she has funds to do so as well as to hire caregivers. Otherwise she will need to enter care. In home caregivers are very expensive. You may start by looking at Independent Living Facilities to assess what they can provide and at what cost.
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.
In other words, she is not a candidate for independent living. At best, she's a candidate for assisted living, but as others have said, she won't get better and might be better suited to memory care.
A good memory care place will have a variety of people in it from the virtually independent, to the non-verbal, staring of into space residents. The key is finding a place where they aren't all lumped together all the time.
My mom's place has everything from a 47-year-old man with early onset Alzheimer's but perfectly functional, an 80-year-old retired neuroscientist who devours books all day, to people who are wheelchair-bound, have feeding tubes, and are staring off into space, and everything in between. They have a huge communal room, and the high-functioning folks do their thing with or without assistance in about 2/3 of the room while the low-functioning ones have their low-key activities with major assistance in the other 1/3.
Honestly, I've found the memory care model to be so valuable because of the endless stimulation they provide. I think my mother's decline was slowed significantly because of the interaction with the staff and others at her place. It isn't a bad option, and it doesn't require the residents to be far gone with dementia.
You would need to take tours [many are on-line now] to see if such communities offer their Memory Care residents "apartments". My Dad live in what he called his college dorm room, one room with bath. Smaller then most motel rooms. But he was happy there. I've seen other places that had the bedroom separate, bath, and a living room area.
Don't forget Dementia continues to get worse. My Dad was first in Independent Living, but after awhile the Staff found him wandering at night trying to open the building front door. That isn't safe. In Memory Care, the main building doors are locked 24 hours.
At my mother's Asssited Living facility, there were studios, one and two bedroom units.