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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?
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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.
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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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The answer is a firm "maybe." The VA limits healthcare benefits based on two factors. Priority goes to those veterans who have service connected disabilities having gone through the disability compensation process. For instance, if a veteran hurt his back or knee while in the service, irregardless of combat, and he can show that through his service medical records, then after going through the disability application process, that would be a service connected disability which the VA would treat for free. For those veterans who have a combined service connected disability rating of 50% or greater, the VA provides healthcare for every condition or disease for free, even those which are not service connected. For those veterans who do not have a service connected disability, there is a financial limitation based on last year's income and current assets. Finally, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have or had the opportunity to enroll and receive healthcare for something like five years after discharge, but that situation is not very likely to apply to your situation.
This page lists priority groups. It is very difficult for Group 8 veterans to be enrolled right now due to federal funding constraints.
As Ralph suggested, the only way to find out is to apply. Pam was right...find the veteran's discharge papers, which is a key document that will be required with the application form. If your dad is a peacetime veteran, he might be young enough to have a form DD-214 although it's possible that he has a predecessor form which depended on which Service he was in. If you cannot find this document, it is possible to get a copy through the National Archives in St. Louis:
There are two agencies under the VA - the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) and the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The former handles health benefits, the latter, cash benefits.
Though he would have to have served during wartime for cash benefits (Pension, but not necessarily Compensation), he does not have to have served during wartime for health benefits.
Once he is in the system ask the VA primary care physician to enroll him in Geriatric Extended Care program which will provide home visits, adult day care, durable medical equipment and incontinence supplies not covered by Medicare.
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.
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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.
Check out the VA's benefits handbook for a full description:
http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book/benefits_chap01.asp
This page lists priority groups. It is very difficult for Group 8 veterans to be enrolled right now due to federal funding constraints.
As Ralph suggested, the only way to find out is to apply. Pam was right...find the veteran's discharge papers, which is a key document that will be required with the application form. If your dad is a peacetime veteran, he might be young enough to have a form DD-214 although it's possible that he has a predecessor form which depended on which Service he was in. If you cannot find this document, it is possible to get a copy through the National Archives in St. Louis:
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/
Getting enrolled in the VA Healthcare is the first step to being able to access healthcare services, including in home care.
http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/index.asp
There are two agencies under the VA - the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) and the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The former handles health benefits, the latter, cash benefits.
Though he would have to have served during wartime for cash benefits (Pension, but not necessarily Compensation), he does not have to have served during wartime for health benefits.
Once he is in the system ask the VA primary care physician to enroll him in Geriatric Extended Care program which will provide home visits, adult day care, durable medical equipment and incontinence supplies not covered by Medicare.