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I wanted to post the letter which contained no confiential information, but i don't see an ability to link. They refer to it as GUIDE and specificially mention Alzheimer support.
I couldn't sign up my mom because she didn't have dementia in her medical records and, when I was looking into GUIDE a few months back, I wasn't ready to move her primary care to a provider within whichever organization we'd sign on with.
But it sounds like a wonderful program; although respite was frequently mentioned by the two organizations I spoke with, training and other support made it sound like a winner. I'd be happy to share my notes by DM.
You can look up participating organizations in your area from the list on Medicare's website at https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/guide. One thing I found was that organizations just starting up the program weren't very helpful; the ones that could competently speak about GUIDE were the ones who'd been at it a few years.
I took from what I read about it after you posted the first time re GUIDE is that there is no financial compensation for the caregiver which is what many come to the forum looking for. Just wanting to clarify that.
It is a help in finding services that have a monetary value and helpful to the recepient and caregiver but the funds go to the providers to pay for their services. So much per patient they sign up if I remember correctly.
Also a deadline has passed for new providers to join in the program while it is in this current phase, so it’s not like you can ask your current provider to join it. My LO has passed now but I would not have wanted to give up her provider either. Plus she was in a SNF the last three years, so it would have been too late for her.
I do wish someone who is using it or has used it would post as it might be a great help to the caregivers of the newly diagnosed who come here looking for help and aren’t ready to place their loved ones in a SNF.
I would call the number on the letter you received for further information or instruction OR Go to the Medicare site OR Call 1-800-Medicare.
Best of luck. You can SOMETIMES get help from Medicare, but it isn't much help usually, and it is available only dependent on your not having Advantage type supplemental insurance plans (with those any help available usually comes through your supplemental plan). MediCAID often has more choice in plans and that is according to the state policies as Medicaid is a combination federal and state program. Again, good luck.
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.
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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.
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.
But it sounds like a wonderful program; although respite was frequently mentioned by the two organizations I spoke with, training and other support made it sound like a winner. I'd be happy to share my notes by DM.
You can look up participating organizations in your area from the list on Medicare's website at https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/guide. One thing I found was that organizations just starting up the program weren't very helpful; the ones that could competently speak about GUIDE were the ones who'd been at it a few years.
I took from what I read about it after you posted the first time re GUIDE is that there is no financial compensation for the caregiver which is what many come to the forum looking for.
Just wanting to clarify that.
It is a help in finding services that have a monetary value and helpful to the recepient and caregiver but the funds go to the providers to pay for their services. So much per patient they sign up if I remember correctly.
Also a deadline has passed for new providers to join in the program while it is in this current phase, so it’s not like you can ask your current provider to join it. My LO has passed now but I would not have wanted to give up her provider either. Plus she was in a SNF the last three years, so it would have been too late for her.
I do wish someone who is using it or has used it would post as it might be a great help to the caregivers of the newly diagnosed who come here looking for help and aren’t ready to place their loved ones in a SNF.
OR
Go to the Medicare site
OR
Call 1-800-Medicare.
Best of luck.
You can SOMETIMES get help from Medicare, but it isn't much help usually, and it is available only dependent on your not having Advantage type supplemental insurance plans (with those any help available usually comes through your supplemental plan).
MediCAID often has more choice in plans and that is according to the state policies as Medicaid is a combination federal and state program.
Again, good luck.