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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.
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It really just depends on the person. It depends on how well they function and how the disease progresses with them. Some people are able to manage in the home for years if they have someone there to make sure they don't leave on the stove, that they get their bath, eat their meals, make their doctor appointments, take their medication, etc. If there is not anyone in the home to help with these things, then may have to go to assisted living or Memory Care immediately, after diagnosis, to have their needs met. Please note that some patients develop difficult behavior that makes it hard to handle them in the home, such as staying up all night, repeating, agitation, hiding items, lying, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
My cousin was hit fast. She was running her household and paying bills one month, but a couple of months later and she was not able to function on her own. She lived alone, so had to enter assisted living immediately.
I have a family friend who has had dementia for over 10 years and she stays in her home with her adult daughter as her caregiver. She is mobile and cooperative and with the exception of a few bladder infections, stays healthy. She has done quite well at home even though she has had advanced dementia for many years.
It's when things get unmanageable in the home when people need to consider a facility of some sort. For example some patients fall a lot, get fractures and end up in rehab. Others get resistant or hostile and cannot be managed in the home. Still, others begin to wander and they need a secure memory unit. Eventually, there are other matters like incontinence, inability to chew, swallow or walk. It's difficult to handle those patients in a house with limited manpower from a spouse or one child caretaker.
You can go to the Alzheimers website to look at the stages. It gives the progression by stage. Keep in mind that the patient may have symptoms from one or two stages at once. And there is no time frame for how long each stage may last. It's such a cruel disease, as it is very random in how it strikes and how it affects each person.
I have obsessed over the time thing ever since mom was diagnosed 2 years ago. The thing is...the deterioration is usually so gradual that its hard to know where they are in the progression until something major occurs. Mom started out with the repeating things and over the last 2 years, she pretty much has no short term memory, as well as lost ability to balance her checkbook, follow a recipe, follow lengthy conversations, and other cognitive functions. I take her to all appointments and do her shopping. She has someone come clean her house twice a month, and still takes care of her own hygiene. She eats the same thing every day, which doesnt involve cooking, and ive read that others also do this. Even if other types of food are bought, she doesnt eat it. I know shes getting worse, but how long we have before something major happens, i dont know. Have noticed that she seems to get irritated much quicker these days. I have found an assisted living with a memory care unit a few miles from me, but so far she refuses to consider it...she doesnt remember/believe that she has ALZ either. Wish there was a way to predict what will happen next, but as everyone has said to me...it does vary by individual.
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.
My cousin was hit fast. She was running her household and paying bills one month, but a couple of months later and she was not able to function on her own. She lived alone, so had to enter assisted living immediately.
I have a family friend who has had dementia for over 10 years and she stays in her home with her adult daughter as her caregiver. She is mobile and cooperative and with the exception of a few bladder infections, stays healthy. She has done quite well at home even though she has had advanced dementia for many years.
It's when things get unmanageable in the home when people need to consider a facility of some sort. For example some patients fall a lot, get fractures and end up in rehab. Others get resistant or hostile and cannot be managed in the home. Still, others begin to wander and they need a secure memory unit. Eventually, there are other matters like incontinence, inability to chew, swallow or walk. It's difficult to handle those patients in a house with limited manpower from a spouse or one child caretaker.
You can go to the Alzheimers website to look at the stages. It gives the progression by stage. Keep in mind that the patient may have symptoms from one or two stages at once. And there is no time frame for how long each stage may last. It's such a cruel disease, as it is very random in how it strikes and how it affects each person.