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I know my sister is the leader of the pack of this hate. My mother had an irrevocable trust and I'm the trustee. How can I protect me from any lawsuit that my sister may or may not do. What should I do to prepare myself?
Check you paperwork, but usually the healthcare proxy/POA decides where the principal lives and the financial/durable POA needs to handle paying the bills for it.
Although you state you can handle your mother's care without expense to the estate, I would discourage you from spending only your own funds to provide for your mother's needs. I would encourage you to get a care giver agreement in place with your mother stating mother will contribute to the household expenses and funds for up to xx hours of respite care per week (as needed) as well as annual respite for a vacation or two. If you and the financial/DPOA are having issues now, it will most likely get worse over time, particularly if your mother does become incapacitated. The precedent needs to be set that your mother's care will be funded from her resources. You also need to consider that someday your mother may need to qualify for Medicaid (even if she remains in your home, there are some services available via Medicaid) and a care giver agreement will make sure Mom's expenses are viewed as expenses and not disqualifying gifts. Remember this could be a long term arrangement and a caregiver agreement doesn't compel you to use mother's funds now. An agreement just facilitates the option if the day comes when Mom needs more care that you can provide without some help or additional resources.
Who wins, if the POA and healthcare agent disagree about where the patient should live and what care should be provided? I am the healthcare proxy and my powers are active right now, between multiple diagnoses and hospitalization and a recent diagnosis of dementia/Alz. My sister is POA but only upon enactment of the trust, and mom is not incapacitated yet according to her doctors. I want Mom to live in my home where I can easily care for her with a little respite. POA wants to drain the bank accounts to provide expensive paid care in her home instead. Who gets to decide? I can provide care without expense to the estate, so it seems like I can bypass her since the AHCD includes wording about choosing housing...?
Contact top elder care lawyer and get the best legal advice you can. You can talk yourself blue in the face, but it'll just exhaust you, and not resolve a thing.
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.
Although you state you can handle your mother's care without expense to the estate, I would discourage you from spending only your own funds to provide for your mother's needs. I would encourage you to get a care giver agreement in place with your mother stating mother will contribute to the household expenses and funds for up to xx hours of respite care per week (as needed) as well as annual respite for a vacation or two. If you and the financial/DPOA are having issues now, it will most likely get worse over time, particularly if your mother does become incapacitated. The precedent needs to be set that your mother's care will be funded from her resources. You also need to consider that someday your mother may need to qualify for Medicaid (even if she remains in your home, there are some services available via Medicaid) and a care giver agreement will make sure Mom's expenses are viewed as expenses and not disqualifying gifts. Remember this could be a long term arrangement and a caregiver agreement doesn't compel you to use mother's funds now. An agreement just facilitates the option if the day comes when Mom needs more care that you can provide without some help or additional resources.
I am the healthcare proxy and my powers are active right now, between multiple diagnoses and hospitalization and a recent diagnosis of dementia/Alz. My sister is POA but only upon enactment of the trust, and mom is not incapacitated yet according to her doctors. I want Mom to live in my home where I can easily care for her with a little respite. POA wants to drain the bank accounts to provide expensive paid care in her home instead. Who gets to decide? I can provide care without expense to the estate, so it seems like I can bypass her since the AHCD includes wording about choosing housing...?
yourself blue in the face, but it'll just exhaust you, and not resolve a thing.