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Which best describes their mobility?
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How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
Fall risks, spoiled food, or other threats to wellbeing
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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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Quite a lot. It might be easier for forum members to answer your question helpfully if you describe the context in which it has arisen for you.
Broadly:
Power of Attorney is given by one person (the principal) to another person (the attorney). It authorises the attorney to act for the principal. Essentially, if I give you Power of Attorney I am giving you permission to act for me as though you actually were me, as my deputy. POA can be temporary and specific - say, for example, I plan to be abroad for six months and you have very kindly agreed to take care of my house. I can give you POA to deal with tradesmen, pay bills, decide who's allowed in, etc.; and I can also specify that you may not sell the house or conduct your own business from it. There is also Durable Power of Attorney, which is the sort most applicable to questions of managing life in older age. A DPOA continues after the Principal has lost legal capacity, so that the Attorney can continue to act for the Principal even if the Principal no longer understands what is happening. Once a person has lost capacity, he cannot revoke a DPOA or create a new one; so it is vitally important to give this authority only to someone you have complete confidence in.
Guardianship is authority awarded by courts to a person the court deems fit to look after the best interests of someone who is unable to make decisions for him- or herself. Family members, friends or neighbours can apply to the courts for guardianship of a loved one, and the court will approve the application if that seems to be best for the vulnerable person. But the court may decide that the applicants are not a good choice of guardian, and choose instead to award guardianship to someone else entirely - such as a lawyer, who will then be paid for the work out of the vulnerable person's funds or, if there aren't any, the public purse.
If your loved one has already lost capacity, it is too late for him or her to create a Power of Attorney. In that case, depending on what you need to do for the person and whether or not you need formal legal powers to do it, you would have to apply for guardianship.
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.
Broadly:
Power of Attorney is given by one person (the principal) to another person (the attorney). It authorises the attorney to act for the principal. Essentially, if I give you Power of Attorney I am giving you permission to act for me as though you actually were me, as my deputy. POA can be temporary and specific - say, for example, I plan to be abroad for six months and you have very kindly agreed to take care of my house. I can give you POA to deal with tradesmen, pay bills, decide who's allowed in, etc.; and I can also specify that you may not sell the house or conduct your own business from it.
There is also Durable Power of Attorney, which is the sort most applicable to questions of managing life in older age. A DPOA continues after the Principal has lost legal capacity, so that the Attorney can continue to act for the Principal even if the Principal no longer understands what is happening. Once a person has lost capacity, he cannot revoke a DPOA or create a new one; so it is vitally important to give this authority only to someone you have complete confidence in.
Guardianship is authority awarded by courts to a person the court deems fit to look after the best interests of someone who is unable to make decisions for him- or herself. Family members, friends or neighbours can apply to the courts for guardianship of a loved one, and the court will approve the application if that seems to be best for the vulnerable person. But the court may decide that the applicants are not a good choice of guardian, and choose instead to award guardianship to someone else entirely - such as a lawyer, who will then be paid for the work out of the vulnerable person's funds or, if there aren't any, the public purse.
If your loved one has already lost capacity, it is too late for him or her to create a Power of Attorney. In that case, depending on what you need to do for the person and whether or not you need formal legal powers to do it, you would have to apply for guardianship.