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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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Talk to a homecare agency. With us, we don't send an aide out to a home for under a three-hour shift because it's not worth it. Most homecare agencies these days want at least a four-hour shift committment twice a week or more. If all your looking for is someone to come and have a coffee with someone once a week, your best bet would be to consult a caregiver website like care.com ot NextDoor as suggested.
If the senior you're asking about is still well enough to go out in public, why not contact their local Senior Center and get them a membership? These places usually offer transportation is the person needs a ride.
My father did. It was great. He paid $15 per hour with a minimum of 3 hours. There was no hands on care but she would do light housework. She came every Monday and they did laundry. The problem was my father didn't understand that he needed to schedule her and refused to do that for more than one day but expected her to be available on other days. I had to have that conversation with him 100 times.
There are organizations that have Volunteers that may come and visit for a bit. Check with your local Senior Center. You can contact a caregiving agency and ask if they have "Companion sitters" there may be a number of hours per week you would have to contract for. You can check if your local church or other place of worship, if you have one have visitors that would come. If you LO is on Hospice you can request a Volunteer that will come and sit. Now any of the "companion sitters", Volunteers will do no "hands on" care. You could even check with the local community College and see if they have a CNA program and say you are interested in hiring a student that could sit for a few hours each week.
Hi Mike. Paid carers normally want a shift of longer than ‘an hour or so’, and do more ‘work’ than just companionship. For a short stay, you need to find someone local, as otherwise the traveling time is not helpful. ‘Nextdoor.com’ might help. Even if you are not a church-goer, you may find a local church that helps along these lines. Good luck!
Hi Mike, Welcome to Forum. Stay around and read. We are a Forum of strangers who have all done or are now doing some caregiving. Or who may need caregiving guidance ourselves.
I think if you are looking for a volunteer assn. who might have some help in your area, some ideas to follow up on, I would start with any senior centers in your area, and I would start with faith-based groups you might be interested in who have a sense of community and help. There is "The Village" in my area. There is On Lok. I am lucky to be in a city with lots of help. Use the internet to search your own.
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.
If the senior you're asking about is still well enough to go out in public, why not contact their local Senior Center and get them a membership? These places usually offer transportation is the person needs a ride.
Check with your local Senior Center.
You can contact a caregiving agency and ask if they have "Companion sitters" there may be a number of hours per week you would have to contract for.
You can check if your local church or other place of worship, if you have one have visitors that would come.
If you LO is on Hospice you can request a Volunteer that will come and sit.
Now any of the "companion sitters", Volunteers will do no "hands on" care.
You could even check with the local community College and see if they have a CNA program and say you are interested in hiring a student that could sit for a few hours each week.
Welcome to Forum.
Stay around and read.
We are a Forum of strangers who have all done or are now doing some caregiving. Or who may need caregiving guidance ourselves.
I think if you are looking for a volunteer assn. who might have some help in your area, some ideas to follow up on, I would start with any senior centers in your area, and I would start with faith-based groups you might be interested in who have a sense of community and help. There is "The Village" in my area. There is On Lok. I am lucky to be in a city with lots of help. Use the internet to search your own.