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Which best describes their mobility?
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How are they managing their medications?
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Fall risks, spoiled food, or other threats to wellbeing
Are they experiencing any memory loss?
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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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You can hire a consultant from aginglifecare.org to look at the family dynamic to see what works best. The specialist can guide you in finding caregivers to help and offset the care your family is doing now and how long this is sustainable.
Nobody wants to have to place their loved ones in a facility of any kind, but often there really is no other choice. The family must do what is best for all involved, and often that is placing a loved one so they know their loved one is being cared for 24/7 and the rest of the family can just be there for them and love on them and not be their loved ones burned out and overwhelmed caregivers. Often times placing a loved one in a facility is a win win all the way around.
But if your family opts to take on your mothers care by yourselves just know that down the road many family members will become burned out and resentful that they're having to give up their lives to be a caregiver, and may bow out leaving moms care to the few remaining. And boy won't that be fun? So make sure you go into this with eyes WIDE open.
Happens all the time, Funky. I can't even tell you how many care situations I've worked in that started off with multiple adult children and even grown grandchildren that are very enthusiastic about caregiving for the elderly parent or grandparent. One case I remember, the woman had eight grown kids and about a dozen grandkids willing to help and all of them local. I came on the job pretty early on. Everyone helped for a couple of months then stopped. Then all the caregiving was down to one daughter in her late 60's who and a two time cancer survivor. The family didn't get it that dementia isn't like a cold. It doesn't get better with time and some chicken soup. A few months after I started that position, I actually took the daughter to look at some nursing home/memory care facilities. They ended up placing her. The one daughter who basically became a care slave, took a lot of backlash from her siblings and the grandkids for it. She reminded them that she was not the only one forced to promise not put mother/grandmother in a "home". They all promised and backed out when they saw what caregiving was going to be. No one wanted to clean up incontinence and change diapers. No one wanted to stay up all night so the client could wander around the house. No one wanted to deal with the belligerence, aggression, paranoia, verbal abuse and physical abuse dementia behaviors that were every day.
is mom in her own home, or are the family members going to house mom from one family member to another..?
Have family tour a few assisted living places closest to them.. since all the family members are so willing to take care of mom now,, and that will change as time goes on..
ethel and Leo had help come in to take care of both of them. That worked out great until 2 caregivers decided to sue their estate due to "injuries". Ethel n Leo actually lost everything.. these people stole their life, savings, and their home. They lost everything.. this couple did not deserve that..
mom have a living trust? POA set for finances and health decisions? Very important.. who is going to take the reins? son senior designated as POA for finances? Younger child designated for health decisions? How are the duties of taking care of mom going to be equally distributed?
im sure they can reach out to the hospital and ask social liaison if they know of any businesses.. talk to dr for evaluation for palliative or hospice care.
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.
The family must do what is best for all involved, and often that is placing a loved one so they know their loved one is being cared for 24/7 and the rest of the family can just be there for them and love on them and not be their loved ones burned out and overwhelmed caregivers.
Often times placing a loved one in a facility is a win win all the way around.
But if your family opts to take on your mothers care by yourselves just know that down the road many family members will become burned out and resentful that they're having to give up their lives to be a caregiver, and may bow out leaving moms care to the few remaining. And boy won't that be fun?
So make sure you go into this with eyes WIDE open.
What do you mean by a "family home care business like [people]"?
Do you mean hiring in-home aids to support family caregivers?
How old is your Mother? What are her health and cognitive issues?
What are her financial means to pay for any other help?
Does she have a PoA to make these decisions on her behalf?
I'm in MN so you can PM me if you want.
Have family tour a few assisted living places closest to them.. since all the family members are so willing to take care of mom now,, and that will change as time goes on..
ethel and Leo had help come in to take care of both of them. That worked out great until 2 caregivers decided to sue their estate due to "injuries". Ethel n Leo actually lost everything.. these people stole their life, savings, and their home. They lost everything.. this couple did not deserve that..
mom have a living trust? POA set for finances and health decisions? Very important.. who is going to take the reins? son senior designated as POA for finances? Younger child designated for health decisions?
How are the duties of taking care of mom going to be equally distributed?
talk to dr for evaluation for palliative or hospice care.