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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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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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My mother has brain cancer and I have hired a private party to care for her while I work, but then I care for her the rest of the day and night. She needs 24/7 care.
I’m so sorry about your mom’s diagnoses. Unfortunately, caregivers who are family members seldom are compensated for our caregiving. If there is a government agency who will provide funding, it’s not very much. I found something through my local area Agency on Aging once that would pay $40 per week. They suggested taking out a reverse mortgage on our home, kind of like robbing Peter to pay Paul. If your mom has the funds, you can draw up an agreement that she would compensate you from those. I’m not sure though, if she is mentally incapacitated if anything she signed would be valid. I’ve never read here of any family caregiver who was ever subsidized to care for a loved one.
Here is what the AARP website states: Question: Can I Get Paid to Be a Caregiver For a Family Member? Answer: In some cases and some places. Your chances are best if you are caring for someone eligible for Medicaid and living in a state with a Medicaid care program or caring for a U.S. military veteran. But there are other possibilities.
Go to this AARP webpage for more information: www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/info-2017/you-can-get-paid-as-a-family-caregiver.html?INTCMP=RDRCT-IC-CAREGIVING
Where do you live? I've heard that in NY there are programs that will pay for around-the-clock home care. Other states use a Medicaid Waiver program to keep the person at home, but the total paid out generally can't exceed what it would cost to keep that person in a care center. (The cost of a Nursing Home in NY is $180,000/year -- more than twice the US average. So it is easy to see why NY has a huge incentive to have people cared for in their own homes.)
I don't know of 24/hour at-home care paid from from other public programs. Medicaid may provide for some additional in-home care for your mother (to give you some respite) or pay you for a certain number of hours. Generally this is at a rate close to minimum wage. It is a help, but it wouldn't exactly allow you to quit your job.
I think two sources you can contact for information about your specific area are the Area Agency on Aging (call Senior Help Line in some places), and also the regional office of an organization focusing on cancer such as American Cancer Society. If there are local options for help they would probably know about them.
Medicaid covers the cost of nursing home care for persons who meet their financial and medical criteria.
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.
C.
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.
Question: Can I Get Paid to Be a Caregiver For a Family Member?
Answer: In some cases and some places.
Your chances are best if you are caring for someone eligible for Medicaid and living in a state with a Medicaid care program or caring for a U.S. military veteran. But there are other possibilities.
Go to this AARP webpage for more information:
www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/info-2017/you-can-get-paid-as-a-family-caregiver.html?INTCMP=RDRCT-IC-CAREGIVING
I don't know of 24/hour at-home care paid from from other public programs. Medicaid may provide for some additional in-home care for your mother (to give you some respite) or pay you for a certain number of hours. Generally this is at a rate close to minimum wage. It is a help, but it wouldn't exactly allow you to quit your job.
I think two sources you can contact for information about your specific area are the Area Agency on Aging (call Senior Help Line in some places), and also the regional office of an organization focusing on cancer such as American Cancer Society. If there are local options for help they would probably know about them.
Medicaid covers the cost of nursing home care for persons who meet their financial and medical criteria.
I am so sorry you are dealing with this.