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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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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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It will be hard finding care that you can't pay for. Mom should not be living on her own. Dementia is too unpredictable. Maybe you will need to consider placement.
If you live in California (other states may offer this as well) you and your mother may qualify if she can be enrolled in In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS). California pays me to take care of my boyfriend who has dementia. The pay rate is only $19.05 per hour but it's something. To qualify for IHSS in California the person needs to be on Medi-cal (state insurance for low income).
If your mother is the widow of a war-time veteran, she maybe eligible for VA Aid & Attendance. It's a pain in the neck to apply, and I hired a third party to handle it for me, but was able to get enough to pay for sitters to relieve me for 15-20 hours each week. It's not 24/7, but it helps.
Also, you may want to check on her Social Security benefits. If she is a widow and was married for over 10 years, she is eligible to receive Social Security survivor benefits based on her husband's benefit amount if it's more than what she is receiving from her benefit amount. She can't get both, but can get the larger of the two.
Yes the VA will pay for Aid & Attendance if all the planets are aligned, honorable discharge, low income, limit on assets in the bank. Etc.. Not much $1300 month.
What you are referring to is the VA Aid and Attendance. There are services provided by a VA Caregivers program. I receive 28 hours a week caregiver benefits. It is based on need not income.
Thank you so much for this link. I am here in Illinois and before I went to the Illinois information site, I was looking over the Pay for Senior Care site in general. It has a wealth of wonderful information and I have been reading all about Elder Care Technology | Tools to Help Aging in Place.
If your father was a Veteran, you can apply for Aide and Attendance. There must be an Honorable Discharge during wartime. The VA office has someone to help you with this application. It is for spouses of Veterans. Or you can apply for Medicaid home care, if your mother qualifies. See an elder law attorney if necessary. Medicaid home care doesn’t have as long a look back as nursing home care. Some home care agencies will also help with this, if they are Medicaid certified. Good luck with this…hugs 🤗
Check with your state's department of elderly services, ask her primary care for information, join a caregiver group, ask your human resources department for information about Employee Assistance programs for caregivers Most of these agencies will require a home visit to do an intake and review your needs. Be honest about your mom's financial resources, health and dependency issues.
there are more resources available but you need to ask, research and investigate. When an intake person comes for the assessment visit please have all documents ready: SS award letter current year, bank accounts, medical history including medication list, who are her PCP, specialists: cardiologist, gastro, dentist, eye doctor, foot doctor, and other doctors; if she receives massage therapy, PT/OT/Speech therapy, etc; why do you need assistance with her care ( be honest as to how caregiving is impacting you and your family, your work life, your social life, your personal health, etc)
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").
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.
Does your mom have any property that you can sell? Does she own a home to sell for additional income?
I tried to get some for my mother through my father's veteran coverage from the Navy. He served during war time too. They don't pay for spouses.
California pays me to take care of my boyfriend who has dementia. The pay rate is only $19.05 per hour but it's something.
To qualify for IHSS in California the person needs to be on Medi-cal (state insurance for low income).
Her options are:
1) Pay out-of-pocket for the additional homecare she needs that isn't getting paid by insurance.
2) Move her into your home with you and you stay with her 24/7 and homecare will take over when you go to your job.
3) Get her placed in a memory care facility. I'm sure she's on Medicaid and they pay for long-term care.
She's not getting 24 hour homecare for free though.
Also, you may want to check on her Social Security benefits. If she is a widow and was married for over 10 years, she is eligible to receive Social Security survivor benefits based on her husband's benefit amount if it's more than what she is receiving from her benefit amount. She can't get both, but can get the larger of the two.
https://www.payingforseniorcare.com/california
Find one in your state if you are not in California.
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Gena / Touch Matters
Thank you so much for this link. I am here in Illinois and before I went to the Illinois information site, I was looking over the Pay for Senior Care site in general. It has a wealth of wonderful information and I have been reading all about Elder Care Technology | Tools to Help Aging in Place.
Thanks again.
Steve
Good luck with this…hugs 🤗
Most of these agencies will require a home visit to do an intake and review your needs. Be honest about your mom's financial resources, health and dependency issues.
there are more resources available but you need to ask, research and investigate.
When an intake person comes for the assessment visit please have all documents ready: SS award letter current year, bank accounts, medical history including medication list, who are her PCP, specialists: cardiologist, gastro, dentist, eye doctor, foot doctor, and other doctors; if she receives massage therapy, PT/OT/Speech therapy, etc; why do you need assistance with her care ( be honest as to how caregiving is impacting you and your family, your work life, your social life, your personal health, etc)