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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.
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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.
Remember, this assessment is not a substitute for professional advice.
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You know you are a caregiver when you are typing a comment here and Mom says from the other side of the room. "It's not true dear I never said that" and you realize she is not as demented as you thought she was. Remind your self to change all the passwords.
You are overjoyed when results from the UA culture come back and it shows infection! So, the decline will continue but on a much slower pace than it appeared last week.
.. you hear a sound on the TV and worry that it's her crying out or falling .. .. you watch a training video for nursing aides and out loud, say, "Oh .. sure .. try THAT when they're covered head to toe with BM." .. the label on the tube of something wore off, you smell it, decide to use it anyway ... and sigh with relief that you didn't just use bengay for hemorrhoids
Yourself and parents of young children can have the same conversation. "Into things", "changing diapers", "mashing up food". I know it's sad...but you have to laugh about it or go crazy one.
Some of these are so familiar! I actually went to speak at a televised City Council hearing in my slippers!
You know you are a caregiver when you are out of the house and people ask you why game show noises are blasting from your iphone, and you nonchalantly inform them that you have the volume turned up on your mothers surveillance camera. LOL.
As an aside for less than a hundred dollars you can actually buy a camera that streams to your phone, for when you leave the house. This has really helped me with the panic I sometimes feel when I have to run errands.
You can't remember the last time you took a shower. You realize you have had the same pair of undies on for 3 days! You have diapers in your cart every time you go to Walmart.
You try to explain to the cop at the traffic check why there is an empty syringe on the front seat and Mom is asleep in the back seat with her hands in mittens secured with duct tape. ( the syringe was for liquid morphine)
you think you sound like a GPS and it's only you getting 'em through their ADL's.
you ask on their BDay how old are you today, ...and she says, "I don't want to tell you" (cause she doesn't know, bless her) and I say, "Come on were both women"and she says, "57" (my age, she is 87 yesterday).
and I say your baby's BDay is tomorrow and he is going to be 61 looking shocked and amazed, she says, it doesn't feel like that much.
when her brother calls, just as she is finishing her dinner, while cleaning her plates you listen as she proceeds to tell him the birthdate, height, and how old each of their 11 other siblings would be now if they were still alive.
she hangs up the phone and asks you; "when are you going to make dinner?"
You know you are a caregiver... when she has more hiding places, than you can find for a candy or cookie tucked somewhere, and you thought you were clever in getting them all thrown out...
We don't have a problem with the fridge, yet....we can't get her to go in...
I agree with BoniChak...You know you're a caregiver if you always have to check out the potty, the floor, the side edge of the toilet paper, the sink...anything that they may have remotely come in contact with during their bathroom visit! If you don't you could end up very embarrassed. ...just saying (:
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 know your a caregiver, if you are cooking broccoli or cabbage and the house smells better than it has in weeks!
You WISH they would put up nanny cams, to see how much you do......and deal with.
You go outside in 10 below weather, just to get hear....NOTHING!
You "borrow" your Mom's Valium, once in a while.....ok, more than once in a while.
You keep a stash of chocolate goodies where your diabetic Mom can never find them. (In plain sight, but up a flight of stairs.)
YOUR turn!
.. you watch a training video for nursing aides and out loud, say, "Oh .. sure .. try THAT when they're covered head to toe with BM."
.. the label on the tube of something wore off, you smell it, decide to use it anyway ... and sigh with relief that you didn't just use bengay for hemorrhoids
and the calamine lotion to keep it from being used as hand lotion, ick!
I actually went to speak at a televised City Council hearing in my slippers!
You know you are a caregiver when you are out of the house and people ask you why game show noises are blasting from your iphone, and you nonchalantly inform them that you have the volume turned up on your mothers surveillance camera. LOL.
As an aside for less than a hundred dollars you can actually buy a camera that streams to your phone, for when you leave the house. This has really helped me with the panic I sometimes feel when I have to run errands.
You realize you have had the same pair of undies on for 3 days!
You have diapers in your cart every time you go to Walmart.
you think you sound like a GPS and it's only you getting 'em through their ADL's.
you ask on their BDay how old are you today,
...and she says, "I don't want to tell you" (cause she doesn't know, bless her)
and I say, "Come on were both women"and she says, "57" (my age, she is 87 yesterday).
and I say your baby's BDay is tomorrow and he is going to be 61
looking shocked and amazed, she says, it doesn't feel like that much.
she hangs up the phone and asks you; "when are you going to make dinner?"
You know you are a caregiver...
when she has more hiding places, than you can find for a candy or cookie tucked somewhere, and you thought you were clever in getting them all thrown out...
We don't have a problem with the fridge, yet....we can't get her to go in...