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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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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.
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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.
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Guilty? Your father had Alzheimer's. You didn't cause it and you could not have fixed it. You did the best you could, so guilt is inappropriate. Grieving experts tell us that we often want someone to be "angry with" at the end of life, because it is an easier emotion and it prevents our having to walk in the finality of loss. Often the ones we are mad at is Hospice or Doctor or Nursing or Hospital. But sometimes it is ourselves. You have to change out you G-words now. The word you are looking for is not guilt, but is GRIEF. Words we repeat to ourselves matter.
I am so sorry for this loss. October is only about one half year ago. You have had not only your loved one taken, but your very reason for being ripped away. You were a "caregiver" and it is going to be a real change to reclaim being simply a beloved child.
Give yourself time to adjust. Let friends and family help. If you need to get help know that Abnormal Grieving is now a diagnosis in the DSM-5 and as such is covered by insurance so you can get help and guidance. Consider grieving support groups whether in person or online on Facebook or other social media. Remember to CELEBRATE this life. Do letters or collage or keep a journal. Take long walks and remember what your loved one cared about. It was a LONG life, and it wasn't only about you, or about a dread disease.
I wish you peace. It will come. I am so very sorry for this loss and this broken heart, and hope you will do your love the honor of remembering to celebrate a long long life.
My local caregiver support group that I've been attending since 2018(2 years before my husband died)was there for me while I was at my wits end caring for my husband, and they were there for me after he died, and still are as I'm rebuilding my new life without my husband. I still attend now to help others that are still in the throes of caregiving, and to let others know that there is light at the end of this often very dark tunnel and to give them hope that life does go on after caregiving. So if you were connected in any way to a caregiver support group before the death of your loved one, please stay connected. Also like already mentioned, Grief Share is a great resource and pretty much every city has a least one group that meets weekly. And like Alva mentioned below, get rid of any misplaced guilt. You have NOTHING to feel guilty over, as we all do the very best we can do and that is all we can do. Give yourself time now to heal. It doesn't happen overnight, but slowly and surely it does happen. May God bless you and keep you.
Feeling a similar way...especially since living with and caring for my parents for years. Now, as my surviving parent nears the end of life...there is nothing that is helping relieve the overwhelming sadness, loss, fear, and "unmoored". You have my sympathy.
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.
Your father had Alzheimer's. You didn't cause it and you could not have fixed it.
You did the best you could, so guilt is inappropriate.
Grieving experts tell us that we often want someone to be "angry with" at the end of life, because it is an easier emotion and it prevents our having to walk in the finality of loss. Often the ones we are mad at is Hospice or Doctor or Nursing or Hospital. But sometimes it is ourselves. You have to change out you G-words now. The word you are looking for is not guilt, but is GRIEF. Words we repeat to ourselves matter.
I am so sorry for this loss. October is only about one half year ago. You have had not only your loved one taken, but your very reason for being ripped away. You were a "caregiver" and it is going to be a real change to reclaim being simply a beloved child.
Give yourself time to adjust. Let friends and family help. If you need to get help know that Abnormal Grieving is now a diagnosis in the DSM-5 and as such is covered by insurance so you can get help and guidance. Consider grieving support groups whether in person or online on Facebook or other social media.
Remember to CELEBRATE this life. Do letters or collage or keep a journal. Take long walks and remember what your loved one cared about. It was a LONG life, and it wasn't only about you, or about a dread disease.
I wish you peace. It will come. I am so very sorry for this loss and this broken heart, and hope you will do your love the honor of remembering to celebrate a long long life.
I still attend now to help others that are still in the throes of caregiving, and to let others know that there is light at the end of this often very dark tunnel and to give them hope that life does go on after caregiving.
So if you were connected in any way to a caregiver support group before the death of your loved one, please stay connected.
Also like already mentioned, Grief Share is a great resource and pretty much every city has a least one group that meets weekly.
And like Alva mentioned below, get rid of any misplaced guilt. You have NOTHING to feel guilty over, as we all do the very best we can do and that is all we can do.
Give yourself time now to heal. It doesn't happen overnight, but slowly and surely it does happen.
May God bless you and keep you.