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How are they managing their medications?
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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.
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Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
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Go to your computer and look at Assisted Living Facilities in your area. Then call them and make appointments. Get up a list of questions you may have. Costs. Levels of care and how that affects costs. How often costs are raised. Staffing; how much staff for which levels of care. Ask for a tour. As you get closer to decisions ask to share a meal in common dining. Wishing you good luck.
Balsley6, if your area has the forum NextDoor.com join and ask the community what is the best assisted living in the area. Depending on the size of your community, you should get a lot of answers.
Once you narrow down a few place, ask for a tour, and ask if you can have lunch there. That will give you an idea on how well the food is made. On the tour, go with your gut feeling if you feel the place looks great, or if you are getting a hard sell, or the Staff looked overwhemed.
One place may be cheaper on rent, but it could have a menu of things your Mom needs which would jack up the price. When my Dad moved to Independent Living, he got weekly housekeeping and weekly linen service [Staff would wash his bedding and towels], 3 meals in the dining room, cable TV, landline telephone. A medical alert pendant, and a nurse on duty 24/7. Electric was extra mainly for the heat/air conditioning as each apartment had their own HVAC.
Later Dad would forget to take his meds, so I added on Med Tech service where twice a day a qualified person would dispense his pills and make sure he took them. All his meds were kept locked in the nurses office. This was an extra add on cost of $30/day which was well worth it.
Make sure the place you visit offers secure Memory Care, so your Mom can stay at the same facility and still be able to see any friends she had made while there. My Dad eventually moved to Memory Care, and Dad's only worry was who was the chef. Same chef, Dad, which made him a happy camper. Dad had to downsize from a 2-bedroom apartment w/full kitchen, to a one bedroom room. He referred to it as his college dorm. Thankfully his collection of books and bookcases would fit.
Your mother has dementia AND she smokes. She needs Memory Care Assisted Living and she likely needs to also quit smoking b/c there are going to be very few, if any, MCs that allow residents with dementia to smoke. On the right hand side of this screen in a blue box it says Find Care & Housing; click Memory Care, and punch in your zip code or city, and then See My Results. That's a good starting point to find a Memory Care AL for your mom.
Visit, visit, visit... and especially accept any invitation to eat a meal... here you can see how the staff interacts with the residents. Take her with you if possible so she can get used to the idea and may even speak up and choose for herself. We did this several years ago and while I did not find "The One" I did find several I knew we did not want which will make our selection easier if/when we do need one. Unfortunately, sometimes these decisions have to be made quickly and the more checking you can do the more your are prepared. This is my advice even if someone doesn't think they need one any time soon. Fortunately, we still are not needing to move to one, but I am ready to start visiting again because I know many have changed. We have visited ALs and NHs.
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.
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.
Get up a list of questions you may have. Costs. Levels of care and how that affects costs. How often costs are raised. Staffing; how much staff for which levels of care.
Ask for a tour. As you get closer to decisions ask to share a meal in common dining.
Wishing you good luck.
Once you narrow down a few place, ask for a tour, and ask if you can have lunch there. That will give you an idea on how well the food is made. On the tour, go with your gut feeling if you feel the place looks great, or if you are getting a hard sell, or the Staff looked overwhemed.
One place may be cheaper on rent, but it could have a menu of things your Mom needs which would jack up the price. When my Dad moved to Independent Living, he got weekly housekeeping and weekly linen service [Staff would wash his bedding and towels], 3 meals in the dining room, cable TV, landline telephone. A medical alert pendant, and a nurse on duty 24/7. Electric was extra mainly for the heat/air conditioning as each apartment had their own HVAC.
Later Dad would forget to take his meds, so I added on Med Tech service where twice a day a qualified person would dispense his pills and make sure he took them. All his meds were kept locked in the nurses office. This was an extra add on cost of $30/day which was well worth it.
Make sure the place you visit offers secure Memory Care, so your Mom can stay at the same facility and still be able to see any friends she had made while there. My Dad eventually moved to Memory Care, and Dad's only worry was who was the chef. Same chef, Dad, which made him a happy camper. Dad had to downsize from a 2-bedroom apartment w/full kitchen, to a one bedroom room. He referred to it as his college dorm. Thankfully his collection of books and bookcases would fit.
Good luck!