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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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I wish I had had access to sugar and creamer when I was sick. Is the creamer real or artificial and likewise as huge mom suggested the sweeter? If they are artificial that could be the cause of the diarrhea. The amount available should be limited and her meals supervised. She may be more interested if the food are lenderized so she can drink them. See if she will drink nutritional things like Ensure or Boost. My favorite is chocolate boost. Can she tell you what she would like and have you bring it in. At this sage of her life appetite does tend to decrease and should be encorages rather than forced. Protein powder which is tastless can be added to any food, so for example if she likes mashed potatoes mix the powder in then if does not matter if she refuses the meat. Make sure all vegetables are thoroughly cooked so they are really soft. If she won't eat vegetables substitute her favorite fruit. Melon and grapes go down well but apples are too fiberous to swallow easily. provide snacks throughout the day. I had a tiny fridge in my room and hubby brought in things like yogurt and soft cheeses and Yum smoked salmon and pickled herring. All forbidden on a cardiac diet but I only ate a tiny bit at a time
My mother lost her appetite about 3 years ago. It has caused her to lose 20 lbs & want to sleep all the time. When we would take her out to eat she'd eat about half of a kid's meal. She also drinks no water, she is 96.
When Mother's Dementia started ramping to another level she craved everything sweet. Cookies, she wanted cookies, a never ending supply of cookies. And sherbert. The nutritionist in the NH along with the aides would sneak her orange sherbert when she lost her appetite for most other things.
A very wise RN told me when I was concerned about Mother's nutrition to let her have whatever she wanted at that point.
Are you sure your Mom is not eating packets of artificial sweetner along with packets of sugar? I believe some artificial sweeteners if over eaten can cause diarrhea.
My dad thought he was not done eating until everything on the table was gone! We had to move the jellys! He thought he could dip his fries in them! So we had to be creative and slide things out of sight.
What do you think of the food served by the nursing home? It may be nutritious, but is it also palatable? It just crosses my mind that maybe your mother is hungry, in the way that my aunt phrased it when she was a little girl: "I'm not bread-and-butter hungry, I'm cake hungry."
Make sure your mother is getting enough food that she enjoys. Honestly, if she wants to live on ice cream and bananas nowadays how can it hurt?
At least your mom is eating edible things and not things like soap or paper. It's a little quirk and if she has dementia, her brain is misfiring. If she is eating great amounts of these things, have the aides remove it from her table or empty the containers of all but one or two packets. Possibly her table needs to be supervised so she will not steal from other's plates.
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.
A very wise RN told me when I was concerned about Mother's nutrition to let her have whatever she wanted at that point.
Are you sure your Mom is not eating packets of artificial sweetner along with packets of sugar? I believe some artificial sweeteners if over eaten can cause diarrhea.
Make sure your mother is getting enough food that she enjoys. Honestly, if she wants to live on ice cream and bananas nowadays how can it hurt?
Is she having trouble eating? Dentures an issue? Swallowing an issue? When did this start?
Or maybe the food isn't very appetizing?