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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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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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Oh, about her bathing. Mom couldn't take a bath if her life depended on it. Shower either, although we did have shower bars put up all over the place. I hired a lady who does this for a living to come in once a week and give her a sponge bath in front of the kitchen sink in her wheelchair. Mom likes her a lot. Mom's able to stand and hold onto the counter to make sure she gets squeeky clean, and gets her hair washed with a very wet washcloth, shampoo, and a big turkish towel around her shoulders. Works like a charm. $30. It was a nightmare before I got this lady, by the way. "No!!!!" became her mantra. Ha!
Since your mom can't be alone and you still have to carry on with your life with errands and appointments and such you might have to consider in-home help with a caregiver. I recommend going through an agency as opposed to someone who works on their own. You can get a caregiver a few hours a day or just a few hours a week. The agency will help you with the schedule to suit yours and your mom's needs. Usually there's a 2-hour minimum. If you schedule it specifically, a caregiver can give your mom a bath or shower. She may be embarrassed to have you do it and may feel more comfortable with a professional.
Do you have family support? Siblings? An aunt or uncle? Now is the time to enlist their help if they're willing.
Caring for someone with dementia is very challenging, take all the support you can get. This website is a great resource for support and information.
If mom has assets, it's time to start spending them for some help. Eyerishlass got it right for sure. We use Comfort Care in our area -- suburban Chicago. $22 an hour for great people.
One other thing I'll mention. And, by the way, mom lives with me, has dementia, and absolutely cannot be left alone. That's Senior Day Care. I send mom one day a week to a place a few miles from our home. It's $66 a day; they provide a mid-morning snack, a healthful lunch, and afternoon treat. Lots of activity, doggy visits, and plenty of people-watching for mom. I also use a taxi to take her and pick her up. So MY free day starts when she goes out the door. She pays for that out of her rainy-day savings.
I'm her POA and an only child. I use her money liberally to make her life better. That, after all, is exactly why she saved it.
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.
Do you have family support? Siblings? An aunt or uncle? Now is the time to enlist their help if they're willing.
Caring for someone with dementia is very challenging, take all the support you can get. This website is a great resource for support and information.
One other thing I'll mention. And, by the way, mom lives with me, has dementia, and absolutely cannot be left alone. That's Senior Day Care. I send mom one day a week to a place a few miles from our home. It's $66 a day; they provide a mid-morning snack, a healthful lunch, and afternoon treat. Lots of activity, doggy visits, and plenty of people-watching for mom. I also use a taxi to take her and pick her up. So MY free day starts when she goes out the door. She pays for that out of her rainy-day savings.
I'm her POA and an only child. I use her money liberally to make her life better. That, after all, is exactly why she saved it.