Are you sure you want to exit? Your progress will be lost.
Who are you caring for?
Which best describes their mobility?
How well are they maintaining their hygiene?
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?
Which best describes your loved one's social life?
Acknowledgment of Disclosures and Authorization
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.
✔
I acknowledge and authorize
✔
I consent to the collection of my consumer health data.*
✔
I consent to the sharing of my consumer health data with qualified home care agencies.*
*If I am consenting on behalf of someone else, I have the proper authorization to do so. By clicking Get My Results, you agree to our Privacy Policy. You also consent to receive calls and texts, which may be autodialed, from us and our customer communities. Your consent is not a condition to using our service. Please visit our Terms of Use. for information about our privacy practices.
Mostly Independent
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.
Remember, this assessment is not a substitute for professional advice.
Share a few details and we will match you to trusted home care in your area:
My family is suppose to see to it that he gets his meds daily and make sure someone is taking care of him. So now I am home from work (I and my husband moved in with him) and his meds are still sitting at the table. Now, they are driving me nuts as much as he is. It seems that others are doing less and less and I am taking on more and more. This is getting REAL OLD!
Yes I know it's exaperating that they don't take their meds. My mom seems to skip her nightime meds all together, so I now have them in with the daytime, but that means she does not get the double dose she needs, good thing they are not for any thing life threatening. Did you try putting them all in a pill reminder box? Thanks what I did, I even resorted to writing the days more clearly on them, and writing either BREAKFAST or DINNER meds right on the box, and then even went to putting numbers on them, nothing really worked. Thank god her caregiver has the box opened to the proper meds for the next morning to take. Try to see if different little tricks as I have mentioned helps. Yeah caregiver duties does suck..try being an only child and yeah guess who gets to do ALL OF IT? Only thing you can do is grin and bear it and while doing it try to keep yourself sane and positive...come visit us more often here and you will see how we get bewildered here as well!
We used the pill box that has the days of the week and the Am or PM very large on it but, if we called her to remind her to take the meds my Mother in law would say she had taken them. We filled the box up weekly and visited several times a week and she would miss everytime we didn't go. Now we have moved her and have to put them in her hand with a glass of water 2 times daily and watch her take them. A friend of hers visits on Sunday so we spend the day doing 'our thing'. We asked the friend to give the meds to her but, he didn't realize that he had to put them in her hand and watch her take them. The first time this happened the AM pills were laying on the counter when we got back, the PM pills were on the floor (I guess they fell) Mom-in-law said she didn't know where 'those pills' came from. Now the friend understands what he needs to do to help. What I'm trying to say is--they are like babies, you have to do things for them like you would a baby. Not only for meds but, baths, meals, getting clothes out, putting to bed, etc.
ive done that to my dad give him his weekly box full of pills . he doesnt think to take them . it got all screwed up and i ended up giving him his meds every am and every pm . so i ll know he does take those meds . i mix dad s meds in with apple sauce , he swallow them better , no more handin it over to him cuz they end up on the floor . afraid my grandbabies will eat em .
Sad to say that there comes a time in some care circumstances that no number of phone calls, pill boxes or reminders will do the trick. I've been there for more than a year now. I am the live tickler system.
Maybe his memory is failing? If you think his memory is ok, ask him how come he's not taking his medicine. He may tell you he's tired of taking his meds, and may be a signal that he is depressed. He just may be confused, or think that he has already taken his medicine? It is frustrating, for sure when one realizes it is happening. May also feel like it takes some time until it sinks in for you regarding what is happening. Sometimes in elder care affirmations are smoke screens.
Isabel, I know what you mean. My mom has this new thing now: she takes meds. until she thinks she is "better" then out the window everything goes. I tell her that some med/supplements/ vitamins are short term, and others are a lifetime thing. I tried all types of "reminder" gadgets...they were ignored or tossed out. As you said, you can only do what you can do. Even if a parent lives in your home it is hard to manage medications - it becomes another fulltime job!
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.
Yeah caregiver duties does suck..try being an only child and yeah guess who gets to do ALL OF IT? Only thing you can do is grin and bear it and while doing it try to keep yourself sane and positive...come visit us more often here and you will see how we get bewildered here as well!
he doesnt think to take them . it got all screwed up and i ended up giving him his meds every am and every pm . so i ll know he does take those meds .
i mix dad s meds in with apple sauce , he swallow them better , no more handin it over to him cuz they end up on the floor . afraid my grandbabies will eat em .
Maybe his memory is failing? If you think his memory is ok, ask him how come he's not taking his medicine. He may tell you he's tired of taking his meds, and may be a signal that he is depressed. He just may be confused, or think that he has already taken his medicine? It is frustrating, for sure when one realizes it is happening. May also feel like it takes some time until it sinks in for you regarding what is happening. Sometimes in elder care affirmations are smoke screens.