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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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Depends on where you live. My dad doesn’t have dementia but is frail. His CHF has worsened. He just started hospice and 24 hour care. Previously he only had care 8-2 pm He insists on staying at home. my mom is in memory care. I live in the Washington DC region and through an agency it runs $35-40/hr. I have 3 shifts /24 hrs for my dad. 2 are private and I pay them directly $25/hr. The other shift I have to use an agency because we get VA benefits only through this VA contractor agency and the agency caregiver is great. When I have a good caregiver I feel it’s worth the extra sometimes. Yes financing is a huge stressor. Memory care in this area is outrageously expensive. Good news though. I’m in the hospital awaiting the birth of my first grandchild!!
I advertised on Craigslist gig and got excellent help. Be specific on the work environment and the duties. I specifically asked each applicant to respond with how their experience fits the job. That was important because I had several applicants who just said “I can do this, when do I start”. ALSO, look at the other ads on craigslist. From the ads I found that 24 hour care doesn’t have to be 24 hour pay. There are certain hours for pay and work and certain hours for sleep UNLESS there is a reason for the aide to get up and then those hours are paid. A loved one who has a happy/sleepy medication and an excellent depends pad can be very low maintenance. My mom is in bed by 5:30 p.m. she sleep through the night and has a motion detector pointing to her bed. We have found that most times she will sleep until 6 a.m. and then start moving. Once she is changed and clean, she likes to go back to bed and gets up later for brunch, shower, exercise, watching people, lotions, singing songs to the radio, watching easy tv. When/if my mom gets antsy, we know it is a UTI brewing and usually with increased hydration, she doesn’t get the full on UTI.
I’m paying $30/hour through an agency for 12 hours per day. Real costly but worth it if you can afford it. In case of emergency, like when I had heart attack one night, they had the resources to get coverage immediately. If there was just one hire I don’t know what I would have done.
Cost of care depends on where you live. You have to research the agencies in your area. CNAs are limited in what they can do because they are not Medically trained. Unless certified, they cannot handle medications or give shots.
That depends on who you can hire who is capable and able to provide this care and whether it is done through an agency or otherwise. About one and one half years ago a dear friend died at home with Hospice which would not send her home without 24/7 caregivers present. It was pretty awful. She had no closeby friends to take this on and only her former neighbor to arrange. Two women took on this care, 12 hours day shifts, 20.00 and hour and this was an AMAZINGLY GOOD RATE to get. She provided meals for them. Even at that very low rate, her money, as you can imagine hemorrhaged out. Whether this was "legally done" or not I cannot know. I suspect these women, latinex, were illegals or they never would have so faithfully done this difficult work without a break; they were marvelous and so kind and efficient and faithful in her care. One had been a part time housekeeper for her, and she had another friend in need of work; together they took this on.
I am just saying--add up 20.00 24 hours a day and you will quickly see the cost. If you are hiring someone through an agency, double that.
Call in your area, place ad notice on NextDoor. Check care.com. Speak with social worker in your area for some ideas and I surely do wish you good luck.
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.
I live in the Washington DC region and through an agency it runs $35-40/hr. I have 3 shifts /24 hrs for my dad. 2 are private and I pay them directly $25/hr. The other shift I have to use an agency because we get VA benefits only through this VA contractor agency and the agency caregiver is great. When I have a good caregiver I feel it’s worth the extra sometimes.
Yes financing is a huge stressor.
Memory care in this area is outrageously expensive.
Good news though. I’m in the hospital awaiting the birth of my first grandchild!!
Cost of care depends on where you live. You have to research the agencies in your area. CNAs are limited in what they can do because they are not Medically trained. Unless certified, they cannot handle medications or give shots.
About one and one half years ago a dear friend died at home with Hospice which would not send her home without 24/7 caregivers present. It was pretty awful. She had no closeby friends to take this on and only her former neighbor to arrange. Two women took on this care, 12 hours day shifts, 20.00 and hour and this was an AMAZINGLY GOOD RATE to get. She provided meals for them.
Even at that very low rate, her money, as you can imagine hemorrhaged out. Whether this was "legally done" or not I cannot know. I suspect these women, latinex, were illegals or they never would have so faithfully done this difficult work without a break; they were marvelous and so kind and efficient and faithful in her care. One had been a part time housekeeper for her, and she had another friend in need of work; together they took this on.
I am just saying--add up 20.00 24 hours a day and you will quickly see the cost. If you are hiring someone through an agency, double that.
Call in your area, place ad notice on NextDoor. Check care.com. Speak with social worker in your area for some ideas and I surely do wish you good luck.