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How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
Fall risks, spoiled food, or other threats to wellbeing
Are they experiencing any memory loss?
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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.
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.
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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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You don’t want “free” legal ever, imho. Every state has it own unique laws and administrative code. That is what is important to meet legit legal. You need to have an attorney who understands and has the expertise for the area of law your concern is all about for your state.
There’s a bunch of us on this site who are not atty ‘s and have all kinds of personal direct experience with different legal related problems & issues with our parents. Lots have totally done the LTC Medicaid application for a parent on their own. Some have been paralegals with big white shoe law firms before becoming caregivers for a relative. Others have done forensic accounting for law firms. I’ve been an executor 3 times, so have a bit of experience with probate; but there’s absolutely no way that I’m knowledgeable in a way a probate attorney needs to be, nor can I access the representative to the court portal that attys can for probate.
If this is about legal needs of parents, they more than likely get SS $ each month. They have income coming in. Have them use some of that $ to pay for an hr or 2 of elder law atty time. There are things however you can do to make that time more efficient. Ask for a list of documents the atty wants to review. AND find these AND xerox all to take to the meeting. There’s lots of items you can get on your own and reduce the costs that otherwise a firms paralegal or runner would need to get. Like if your folks own a home, you need to have the Deed of Trust or Release of the Deed of Trust on the property. There’s no reason why you cannot get this. Otherwise atty has to charge a research & retrieval fee to get it.
this site has a list of elder law attorney by state. It’s there as a free resourceful for you to use. Take advantage of this.
Our family met with an elder law attorney and we were not charged for receiving general information and advice. He only charged for paperwork if we decided to do that. Many lawyers will give a free consultation. If your need for advice is minimal, you might call a local elder care lawyer and see if a free consultation could be arranged.
The lawyer's website also had a lot of good information on it that might help you.
My sister and I met with a local, qualified eldercare attorney. She said there is nothing we need to do at this time (my mom transferred all assets out 2 years ago, so she should get VA). Attorney said unless we needed to put mom in an institution, her VA and SS was more than our state would give us for her home care. YMMV. She said if we needed to put her in an institution, she could help. She charged nothing for consult, but said she would charge if we later needed trusts, etc.
All information is very state specific and very individual specific.
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.
Every state has it own unique laws and administrative code. That is what is important to meet legit legal. You need to have an attorney who understands and has the expertise for the area of law your concern is all about for your state.
There’s a bunch of us on this site who are not atty ‘s and have all kinds of personal direct experience with different legal related problems & issues with our parents. Lots have totally done the LTC Medicaid application for a parent on their own. Some have been paralegals with big white shoe law firms before becoming caregivers for a relative. Others have done forensic accounting for law firms. I’ve been an executor 3 times, so have a bit of experience with probate; but there’s absolutely no way that I’m knowledgeable in a way a probate attorney needs to be, nor can I access the representative to the court portal that attys can for probate.
If this is about legal needs of parents, they more than likely get SS $ each month. They have income coming in. Have them use some of that $ to pay for an hr or 2 of elder law atty time.
There are things however you can do to make that time more efficient. Ask for a list of documents the atty wants to review. AND find these AND xerox all to take to the meeting. There’s lots of items you can get on your own and reduce the costs that otherwise a firms paralegal or runner would need to get. Like if your folks own a home, you need to have the Deed of Trust or Release of the Deed of Trust on the property. There’s no reason why you cannot get this. Otherwise atty has to charge a research & retrieval fee to get it.
this site has a list of elder law attorney by state. It’s there as a free resourceful for you to use. Take advantage of this.
The lawyer's website also had a lot of good information on it that might help you.
All information is very state specific and very individual specific.