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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.
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.
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Well, how much help does she need? Can she cook and feed herself safely? Can she take pills the correct way herself? How about bathing? The list goes on and on as to what she can do by herself. You just need to step back and access the situation. I know it's hard to be logical and practical, when suddenly the emotions of your mom having to move out of her house and into asst living come in and mess it up. Try to stay focused on what's best for her.
Mom is 78. She has been in her motorized scooter full time for about 4 years now..she doesn't walk at all. She gets from the scooter to the toilet, from the scooter to her bed, and from the scooter to her recliner. She makes NO attempt whatsoever to walk, as she is scared to death of falling. I am SO worried she is going to fall and break a hip, just getting in and out of her scooter. She bathes on her own, on Saturday morning. Bathe, well...she washed her hair. That is about the extent of it. She was a built in seat in her shower, so she doesn't stand and clean all of her parts. If she has to "cook" herself, it's cheese/crackers or yogurt or something easy she can grab from the fridge, and maybe toss something in the micro. No standing involved mind you...she does it all from her scooter. (We curse ourselves now for letting her get it.) She lives home alone..We live right across the driveway from her. I work full time, plus have a hubby and daughter to take care of. My 3 boys are out on their own now. I have 5 siblings....which aren't close enough to be very much help. Seeing I am close, I have taken the major care of her. She has a little high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and takes shots to keep her blood sugar down, but nothing WAY out whack. She is severly overweight, and therefore....the scooter...I can't leave her alone if I need a vaca...I always need someone in house or very close to check on her and be there for her if she needs help. I worry about her constantly...my mind is SO pulled in so many directions.
Well, in asst living her meals will be taken care of, and you can have more help or less help depending on how much mom needs and how much money you want to spend. As far as worrying about her falling at home alone, my mother-in-law who lives in asst living fell in April and broke her hip while she was alone in her apartment, so obviously that can happen anywhere. I am personally so glad we put my m-i-l into assisted living. She has dementia/alz and is legally blind due to macular degeneration, so this was a no brainer for us. Why not do some shopping around for asst living that you think look good, and take the tour.
I guess my real problem is the guilt. The guilt I will have of putting her somewhere. I don't know if I could get over that. She doesn't hardly see anyone at her home..no friends come over for coffee or anything. She basically doesn't have any friends. Just her few younger neighbors (our friends) that stop in and say hi once in awhile. I just don't know how much longer of bending over backwards for her I can do, and not being enjoying my own family.
My mother-in-law never had any girlfriends, or friends at all once she got married to my father-in-law and they moved from Colorado to here in Oregon. In fact, she took much pride in telling me (#3 daughter-in-law) that she didn't need anyone except her family. Her boys and husband were all she needed. Well the boys are all 60+ yrs old now, and her husband is dead, so there she sat in her little house day in and day out with the curtains closed as per usual. She wasn't depressed exactly, just alone, which is what she SAID she liked (not true). I felt so bad for her, that I started taking her with me whenever I did errands etc. She became my 'traveling partner' sort of. Because of her inability to see well, coupled with her tripping and breaking her foot then later her hip, the doctors said she couldn't live alone anymore. My point is, she's the one that decided NOT to have friends. She's the one that decided to put ALL her eggs into one basket, with a job (which always came first) and then her family. Now in asst. living, she's the one that decides whether she wants to hold up in her apartment and watch TV all day and vegetate, OR actually go out of her room and visit with people. I still take her with me when I can, but it is such a relief to know she's not sitting in that little dark house all alone. THAT used to make me feel guilty, but it wasn't valid guilt. I hadn't done anything wrong. Do you get my drift?
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").
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.
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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.