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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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Respite care - For myself, one thing saving my sanity is having mom go to my sister's for a few days every month. It is very helpful and recharges my batteries a bit. I get in some R & R and get some things done too. Mom is still fairly independent so I'm sure I'm just scratching the surface on stress level.
The thing that helped me the most with my mother was to take one day at a time. If I went to visit her at the facility and she was “with it”, it was a blessing. If she was not, I forced myself to not dwell on it. Understand that there are no “rules” or roadmaps for dementia. People who have it live inside their own brains. Trying to convince them people aren’t coming through the walls and there are no spy cameras in the light fixtures is fruitless. And always remember, you have the option of a facility. Self-sacrifice isn’t pretty. Don’t feel guilty about needing help from a therapist to understand this journey. Don’t feel guilty about anything. Don’t dwell in the past about how things “used to be” unless they’re the happiest of memories. Unfortunately those days are gone. Take your respite when you can and where you can, even if it’s just playing video games on your tablet while they nap.
Make sure all your ducks are in a row. Wills are drawn up. POAs or guardianships are in effect. If there is property, you have an attorney on board to help liquidate assets the easiest and legal way.
And always come back here often to let us know how it goes.
I have been at this with my 92 year old dad for 4 years now. Luckily he does not live with us. He still lives on his own but hanging on by a shoestring some days. He has care that comes in every day. I started thinking back to the beginning. Mild cognitive impairment. Fast forward 4 years and we're in full blown dementia. He's angry, combative, forgetful, and just plain mean sometimes. I find myself thinking back to last year, the year before, reflecting on how he has changed. Things pop into my brain sometimes like this weekend. Was helping him get some of his tax stuff together. He used to be so particular, even a year ago. Anymore, he acts like he doesn't care. Kind of caught me by surprise. What appears to be to be happening is that his world is getting smaller and smaller. I picture this circle closing in and closing in. What's important to him is getting smaller and smaller, less and less. He has never been much of a multi tasker but now that's even worse. And I am finding more and more that he will be ranting and raving about something one day but if you let a few days go by, he has forgotten about that and is on to something else. So different than before. The one thing I absolutely have to work on this year (I say this EVERY new years) is to be more patient. I tend to get very, very frustrated and I just really need to work on that.
Thanks so much everyone - going to try all of the wisdom! I do see that I need to do a variety of things and KEEP doing them, I get lazy/busy/stressed and backslide(pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again).
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.
Respite care - For myself, one thing saving my sanity is having mom go to my sister's for a few days every month. It is very helpful and recharges my batteries a bit. I get in some R & R and get some things done too. Mom is still fairly independent so I'm sure I'm just scratching the surface on stress level.
Good luck!
Make sure all your ducks are in a row. Wills are drawn up. POAs or guardianships are in effect. If there is property, you have an attorney on board to help liquidate assets the easiest and legal way.
And always come back here often to let us know how it goes.