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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 researched this issue well before making a selection. I contacted companies that advertise in AARP publications, as well as those that sent solicitations to my father. Google was another source for locating companies in our area that provided the services.
First dismissal was of the ones, especially those that advertised in senior publications, which asked for name, phone and address. I in turn asked them for information according to the checklist I had developed. I was advised that they send out brochures, but the folks who answered the call lines didn't respond to specific inquiries about the products. They got crossed off the list.
Some of the local ones weren't much better; one didn't respond to my call for 2 days. Another cross off my list.
Eventually I settled with Guardian, a Michigan company which also provides security alarms systems for homes. Their rep was the only one who didn't try to convince me with a prepared sales pitch but answered my questions honestly, especially about the limitations of GPS wander management. That conversation lasted about 45 minutes, and all my questions were answered.
Others I talked to about GPS wander management lauded its virtues; they didn't tell me what the Guardian rep did, that the GPS technology was still being tweaked for wander management. When I probed about the limitations, the sales rep might falter, or enthusiastically reaffirm its virtues, avoiding all the candor I had gotten from Guardian. I appreciated Guardian's honesty.
BTW, I understand that wander management technology has improved since the time when we purchased the services.
We went with Guardian and haven't regretted it. If my father leans over to pick up something off the floor, the sensor in his alert pendant monitors that change in physical aspect and within a few seconds he's been paged on the monitor. Since they're local, I have no trouble getting through to them if I have questions.
I'm "first responder", with the fire department second.
They even contacted me when they couldn't reach Dad one day. The staffer said they heard singing in the background but Dad wasn't answering. He was actually in church, had bent over either sitting down or getting up, and the monitor activated with a possible fall alert.
I have no regrets about going with Guardian and highly recommend them. However, I don't know if they're available outside of Michigan. You might contact local home security alarm companies to see if they offer that service.
What I would also recommend is purchasing a lock box for the exterior of the house. There are 2 kinds of attachment mechanisms - 1 has a loop which fits over the door knob and the other is attached directly to the exterior of the house.
My Dad, being a woodworker, and all around handyman, studied the loop box and observed that a hacksaw could cut through it, allowing a thief to open it and get the key. So we got the box that's installed in the studs, next to the front door.
It has a 4 digit lock, the combination of which can be changed at any time. I give the combination to EMS when I call so they can get in before I get there as I'm some ways away.
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.
First dismissal was of the ones, especially those that advertised in senior publications, which asked for name, phone and address. I in turn asked them for information according to the checklist I had developed. I was advised that they send out brochures, but the folks who answered the call lines didn't respond to specific inquiries about the products. They got crossed off the list.
Some of the local ones weren't much better; one didn't respond to my call for 2 days. Another cross off my list.
Eventually I settled with Guardian, a Michigan company which also provides security alarms systems for homes. Their rep was the only one who didn't try to convince me with a prepared sales pitch but answered my questions honestly, especially about the limitations of GPS wander management. That conversation lasted about 45 minutes, and all my questions were answered.
Others I talked to about GPS wander management lauded its virtues; they didn't tell me what the Guardian rep did, that the GPS technology was still being tweaked for wander management. When I probed about the limitations, the sales rep might falter, or enthusiastically reaffirm its virtues, avoiding all the candor I had gotten from Guardian. I appreciated Guardian's honesty.
BTW, I understand that wander management technology has improved since the time when we purchased the services.
We went with Guardian and haven't regretted it. If my father leans over to pick up something off the floor, the sensor in his alert pendant monitors that change in physical aspect and within a few seconds he's been paged on the monitor. Since they're local, I have no trouble getting through to them if I have questions.
I'm "first responder", with the fire department second.
They even contacted me when they couldn't reach Dad one day. The staffer said they heard singing in the background but Dad wasn't answering. He was actually in church, had bent over either sitting down or getting up, and the monitor activated with a possible fall alert.
I have no regrets about going with Guardian and highly recommend them. However, I don't know if they're available outside of Michigan. You might contact local home security alarm companies to see if they offer that service.
What I would also recommend is purchasing a lock box for the exterior of the house. There are 2 kinds of attachment mechanisms - 1 has a loop which fits over the door knob and the other is attached directly to the exterior of the house.
My Dad, being a woodworker, and all around handyman, studied the loop box and observed that a hacksaw could cut through it, allowing a thief to open it and get the key. So we got the box that's installed in the studs, next to the front door.
It has a 4 digit lock, the combination of which can be changed at any time. I give the combination to EMS when I call so they can get in before I get there as I'm some ways away.