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Which best describes their mobility?
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How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
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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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Attend an elder law attorney for advice and for making a contract here. This is a matter of expertise not opinion. You cannot afford to go wrong. This has tax implications and work rule boundaries.
A caregiver is an employee. You need to pay them, document, create tax records - everything legal above board. If you do not, you could find yourself in a legal entanglement. See an attorney.
Their taxes must be paid. Employees are covered with state and federal laws and regulations. They are entitled to appropriate holiday time off and specific hours working per week, plus overtime. Plus you may subject yourself to unemployment benefit insurance if they apply. You need to pay all their taxes.
If the live-in isn't working out or you decide you do not want them there, they may 'decide' to stay anyway requiring you to call the sherrif to get them out. It can be a legal and otherwise mess and headache.
There is 'no exchange' for housing and caregiving. I checked into this in California (as I thought I could set up a 'live-in' caregiver in exchange for 'room and board.' (NO, IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT). You need to see an attorney and clarify.
Burnt, who is an experienced aide and now owns a business, says that room and board can be considered in the salary. That in her State, live-ins are considered salary. My State they are hourly.
There is so much that goes with hiring a live-in. They are entitled to days off. Just because they are live-ins, they don't work 24 hrs a day. There must be back up. They are not self-employed so you nedd to deduct payroll taxes. I suggest you contact your Labor Board to find out what your responsibilities are. If you hire someone, have a contract written up, witnessed and notarized. Better a lawyer does it. Make sure the aide has a backup plan. Meaning if this does not work out, they have a place to go. I would not allow any mail to come to your address. They can set up a UPS mail box using any address but yours, if even an address us needed. You make sure this agreement stipulates that if the person they are caring for dies or needs to go into care, their employment ends. Give them the least time you can by law, to leave the residence. We have one member now where family has to evict a live-in because they refuse to leave.
Make sure all ur ducks are in row, but for me, I'd opt for an Assisted Living.
Excellent advice, JoAnn. My mother’s live in stayed there for 11 months and used my mom’s address as her own. And all the bills were still in my mom’s name thanks to my sibling who had POA & made these arrangements
Room, board and car are not things you cannot charge for if the whole purpose is For it to be for work. And no one person can work every single hour of the week.
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.
You need to pay them, document, create tax records - everything legal above board. If you do not, you could find yourself in a legal entanglement. See an attorney.
Their taxes must be paid. Employees are covered with state and federal laws and regulations. They are entitled to appropriate holiday time off and specific hours working per week, plus overtime. Plus you may subject yourself to unemployment benefit insurance if they apply. You need to pay all their taxes.
If the live-in isn't working out or you decide you do not want them there, they may 'decide' to stay anyway requiring you to call the sherrif to get them out.
It can be a legal and otherwise mess and headache.
There is 'no exchange' for housing and caregiving.
I checked into this in California (as I thought I could set up a 'live-in' caregiver in exchange for 'room and board.' (NO, IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT).
You need to see an attorney and clarify.
Gena / Touch Matters
There is so much that goes with hiring a live-in. They are entitled to days off. Just because they are live-ins, they don't work 24 hrs a day. There must be back up. They are not self-employed so you nedd to deduct payroll taxes. I suggest you contact your Labor Board to find out what your responsibilities are. If you hire someone, have a contract written up, witnessed and notarized. Better a lawyer does it. Make sure the aide has a backup plan. Meaning if this does not work out, they have a place to go. I would not allow any mail to come to your address. They can set up a UPS mail box using any address but yours, if even an address us needed. You make sure this agreement stipulates that if the person they are caring for dies or needs to go into care, their employment ends. Give them the least time you can by law, to leave the residence. We have one member now where family has to evict a live-in because they refuse to leave.
Make sure all ur ducks are in row, but for me, I'd opt for an Assisted Living.
Check the going rate for private caregivers in your mom’s area.
Room, board and a car shouldn’t reduce a person’s salary.
Are you planning to hire more than one person? My in-laws hired more than one person. They are entitled to time off. So, plan accordingly.
Best wishes to you and your family.