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 mother entered a NH in TX on December 9, 2013. We did a lady bird deed on her home in May of 2008, to prepare for asset protection from Medicaid. In my calculations, this is out of the 60 month look back period. Am I correct?
There was someone on this site recently who just went through dealing with a LBD property with thier deceased parent who was on medicaid in a NH on TX. You -or whomever is the DPOA or contact person for your elder with medicaid- will still need to deal with HMS (the outside contractor for MERP for TX). As the property is still in their name it comes up on states database. HMS will send a letter "intent to file claim" aka a NOI to the DPOA. It will go out about 4 -10 weeks after death. The cover letter will not be warm & fuzzy but state that $$$ is owed to the State and there is not reason not to place claim & it is cost effective unless they hear differently with documentation from family.
DPOA or familys atty must fill out the form and include a copy of the LBD as a out of probate transfer exemption to any claim by the state and send this back to HMS within the short time frame indicated in the NOI with a request of release of the claim. Usually the elder law atty who did LBD does all this & their fees to do were included in initial paperwork fees.
There is a 1page form "MERP authorization and certification" that you get back that is essentially a release of the claim by the state. You need to hold onto that as it provides for documentation that it happened just in case there is anything that crops up when the house is sold. What can happen is the the claim is a subterranean claim that appears when the title company is doing their search on property for mortgage comany. You just give title co a copy of the release & all ok. There is a great article on the MERP claim & title co issues in Stargazer a couple of years ago. Google Stargazer MERP Texas and it will come up & explains all this better than I can.
The release is just for the property by HMS, it will state that the state retains the ability to seek recovery from any other sources. What this is about IMHO is to be able to recover any proceeds from a life insurance policy or special needs trust that has funds paid to the estate. Back in the 50's& 60's men often had their life insurance policy have their estate as the beneficiary rather than their wife as the little woman didn't understand finance......lol! My dad had this....
Btw the posters LBD was done less than 5 yrs before date of medicaid application (2 years) and was totally legal for asset protection.
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.
DPOA or familys atty must fill out the form and include a copy of the LBD as a out of probate transfer exemption to any claim by the state and send this back to HMS within the short time frame indicated in the NOI with a request of release of the claim. Usually the elder law atty who did LBD does all this & their fees to do were included in initial paperwork fees.
There is a 1page form "MERP authorization and certification" that you get back that is essentially a release of the claim by the state. You need to hold onto that as it provides for documentation that it happened just in case there is anything that crops up when the house is sold. What can happen is the the claim is a subterranean claim that appears when the title company is doing their search on property for mortgage comany. You just give title co a copy of the release & all ok.
There is a great article on the MERP claim & title co issues in Stargazer a couple of years ago. Google Stargazer MERP Texas and it will come up & explains all this better than I can.
The release is just for the property by HMS, it will state that the state retains the ability to seek recovery from any other sources. What this is about IMHO is to be able to recover any proceeds from a life insurance policy or special needs trust that has funds paid to the estate. Back in the 50's& 60's men often had their life insurance policy have their estate as the beneficiary rather than their wife as the little woman didn't understand finance......lol! My dad had this....
Btw the posters LBD was done less than 5 yrs before date of medicaid application (2 years) and was totally legal for asset protection.