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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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I agree with both gladimhere and Geaton; you do get to decide, and if you're asking “when is it time”, it's time, or why would you ask? Yes, you do get to decide, but that decision is based on your tolerance to give proper care and your emotional and mental health, not the stage of the disease. The object, here, is to protect and preserve the caregivers health, your health. Some caregivers wait too long to place their LO in a facility. Thinking you can do more than you really can, or believing that it's your obligation to keep him at home are both myths and can be destructive for both you and your husband. You must realize your caregiving limits. Placing him where he gets the care he needs only reinforces your love for him and causes you to accept and acknowledge the fact that he requires better care than you can give. Remember, just because he is no longer at home, that you, indeed, are still caring for him. You don't loose your authority to advocate for him.
Wandering is a major reason people place their LO in a care facility. It certainly was a major reason for me to place my wife along with the sleeplessness and safety factors.
My Mom was in an AL and because of money had to move her to LTC on Medicaid. My daughter, RN, and I felt she got better care at LTC than the AL. Many a time I had to tell the AL she needed a change. Not so at LTC.
I agree to look around. MC is usually private pay. Your husband maybe beyond them. You also need to protect yourself. Medicaid allows for splitting of assets. Your husbands half will be used for his care and once spent down, u can apply for medicaid. You will be considered the Community Spouse and will be able to remain in the house and have a car. You will be given enough money to live. There is more to this so speak to a lawyer well versed in Medicaid.
YOU get to decide when — not the illness, not another's opinion, not a promise you possibly made to him, not a family expectation. When you feel you no longer can or no longer wish to, that is when. Nothing before or during that decision will feel good...that's normal. It does not mean you do not love or care about him. Please don't feel guilty about taking care of yourself. Never feel guilty about that. May you receive great wisdom and peace in your heart whatever you choose to do, and when.
of course your children have busy lives and their own families that they are responsible for and want to be part of their lives.
Start shopping now. Sometimes earlier the better as they may make the adjustment a bit easier.
You need and deserve a life outside of the caregiving. In a facility you will be able to visit as a wife.
It is hard for the caregiver to back away, nobody will be able to care for him like you do or in the same way. Be prepared for that. It does not mean that he is not receiving good care.
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.
Wandering is a major reason people place their LO in a care facility. It certainly was a major reason for me to place my wife along with the sleeplessness and safety factors.
I agree to look around. MC is usually private pay. Your husband maybe beyond them. You also need to protect yourself. Medicaid allows for splitting of assets. Your husbands half will be used for his care and once spent down, u can apply for medicaid. You will be considered the Community Spouse and will be able to remain in the house and have a car. You will be given enough money to live. There is more to this so speak to a lawyer well versed in Medicaid.
of course your children have busy lives and their own families that they are responsible for and want to be part of their lives.
Start shopping now. Sometimes earlier the better as they may make the adjustment a bit easier.
You need and deserve a life outside of the caregiving. In a facility you will be able to visit as a wife.
It is hard for the caregiver to back away, nobody will be able to care for him like you do or in the same way. Be prepared for that. It does not mean that he is not receiving good care.