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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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You know youre a caregiver if you get to stick a suppository up someone else every morning and you load and lift the oxygen tanks and wheelchair over and over and carry buckets of water and,and,and.My list could go on forever.
Luckylu there are always the side benefits of all that muscle building you are doing. I once had a call from a patient asking me to come over and stack the firewood closer to the house. I declined that invitation.
You know you are a caregiver when you know more about caregiving than the CNAs at the NH, and have to instruct them on how to handle your loved one's needs - right down to how to operate a portable oxygen tank!!
You know your a caregiver if you have notes taped to your body reminding yourself to put Mothers robe in the dryer.You also know your a caregiver if you start the day with coffee and end the day with coffee and you never notice any energy from it.
I am not exhausted because I take care to get enough sleep. However, I am never caught up on housework, especially, laundry, and I hate both of my siblings and several of my husband's children.
In spite of having excellent qualifications for professional positions the employer just cannot get past the fact that caregiving does not mean mooching off folks, eating bonbons and watching tv all day! Sorry, very bad attitude today!
Glad, I'm sending positive thoughts out into the universe for you. The right job, the BETTER job, just hasn't come up yet. Now go have a glass of wine, or some ice cream, or whatever it is that soothes you.
You tote home bottles of drinking water every time you go to the grocery store, because your mother decided the tap water she drank for 85 years is not good enough for her anymore. Strange how things change when a new mule comes on the scene. Hee haw.
Is there a prize? You know you are a caregiver when your old knees are on the floor everyday, emptying the catheter bag. The plastic ones leak and this 81 year old couldn't find any glass...everything is plastic. I found in the recycle, a 1.75 liter Jim Beam bottle. Works fine although the male aide told me that he probably will never have another drink as long as he lives. LOL
Reading all these comments is the best laugh I've had in a long time. Only us caregivers can joke about stuff like...poop, and oh yes!...those annoying, used, tissues folded neatly and stacked on a bedside table for further use, tissues folded and stuck up sleeves that come tumbling out when the shirt is removed, and all the missed tissues that I end up picking out of the washer and/or dryer.
JessieBelle, sounds like me...here it is June, my mom looks like a burrito wrapped in her blankets. I told mom no heater on when it's 90° outside. So....
You know you're a caregiver (for an elderly person), if you carry a coat, hat, and gloves wherever you go even if it's summertime. Love my little momma who turns 101 on June 16!
((((((Ellen)))))) my condolences on the loss of your mother. A 63 year old marriage is extraordinary. I am glad she did not linger long but am so sorry for your pain. Losing both parents within a 6 month period must be very difficult. My heart goes out to you. ((((((((hugs)))))))) and thank you for letting us know.
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 acutally found myself a bit giddy when I walked into Binsons Medical they have everything ONLY a caregiver could want! : )
When people tell you to "take care of yourself";
JessieBelle, sounds like me...here it is June, my mom looks like a burrito wrapped in her blankets. I told mom no heater on when it's 90° outside. So....
You know you're a caregiver (for an elderly person), if you carry a coat, hat, and gloves wherever you go even if it's summertime. Love my little momma who turns 101 on June 16!
I guess I posted my previous post on the wrong thread - you know you are a caregiver when...you post on the wrong thread,
To pick up on Madge's thought from elsewhere- you know you are a caregiver when your kitchen table is piled with unopened mail and it isn't yours.