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How are they managing their medications?
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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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Yes, this is determined by type of facility policies, some insurances, and state guidelines. I hope that helps answer some of your question. If you need further assistance you can reference your insurance company and provide them with policy number and locations of the facility you hope to utilize and get their information pre authorized or approved and fill out a preliminary application.
Yes, indeed. Assisted Living is not like a memory care or a nursing home. Usually they provide supervised medication administration, some help with showering, meals, and housekeeping. They do not provide transportation with aide companionship to doctor's appointments or some other types of outing. AL usually doesn't have 'elder-sitting' that makes sure residents with dementia don't take off or get into trouble.
In the AL I worked for residents were free to come and go as they liked. The doors were locked at a certain hour and if someone was planning on being out past that time, they had to make sure the administrator knew so someone would let them back in.
Usually if a person can't toliet independently or is in diapers, they can't stay at AL. Sure, there are CNA's who will help with an ocassional "accident", but not if it becomes a regular thing. That's usually when a nursing home or memory care comes in.
Look over the resident folder that every person going into an AL facility gets. It will tell you what services are available to residents and what is not available.
Yes, when you visit they will explain to you what is available, and at what price. Usually there are tiers of care for various needs -- medication management, incontinence care, frequency of housekeeping, number of meals provided per day, mobility assistance such as a wheelchair.
A person entering an AL should be able to do most things themselves.
My Mom, dementia, was excepted by a small AL and they had to do everything for her but she paid for those services. They dressed her, brushed her hair and made sure she brushed her teeth. She was given a shower 2x a week which was customary. If I wanted more, she would have paid for that. End of day they got her ready for bed.
Are you having problems with a LO not being properly cared for? What do you think the AL should be doing?
I think it depends on each facility. The place where my MIL started was AL (although they also offered IL).
The AL had "a la carte" services, like laundry, light housekeeping and medication dispensing, among other things. If someone needs more than that, they probably need MC or LTC.
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.
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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.
In the AL I worked for residents were free to come and go as they liked. The doors were locked at a certain hour and if someone was planning on being out past that time, they had to make sure the administrator knew so someone would let them back in.
Usually if a person can't toliet independently or is in diapers, they can't stay at AL. Sure, there are CNA's who will help with an ocassional "accident", but not if it becomes a regular thing. That's usually when a nursing home or memory care comes in.
Look over the resident folder that every person going into an AL facility gets. It will tell you what services are available to residents and what is not available.
My Mom, dementia, was excepted by a small AL and they had to do everything for her but she paid for those services. They dressed her, brushed her hair and made sure she brushed her teeth. She was given a shower 2x a week which was customary. If I wanted more, she would have paid for that. End of day they got her ready for bed.
Are you having problems with a LO not being properly cared for? What do you think the AL should be doing?
The AL had "a la carte" services, like laundry, light housekeeping and medication dispensing, among other things. If someone needs more than that, they probably need MC or LTC.