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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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I don’t know about Ohio , but in my state a coroner does not even have to be a medical doctor which boggles my mind .
I’d be interested to see the legal outcome of this . If it goes to criminal or civil court and what the verdict is. Or if the nursing home settles with the family before hand .
I’m with Alva , when I worked in the hospital , some of the worst cases that came in were living at home not getting proper care. Bedsores , dirty , no nail care , matted hair .
The article said the woman had had a stroke recently . I wonder if she was not eating as much and did not want tube feedings . This can make skin breakdown more likely to happen as well as more difficult or impossible to heal . I’ve seen it happen , some just breakdown and it can’t be healed when someone is very fragile , leading to sepsis and death . Fun fact , your entire body of skin is considered an organ . Without proper nutrition it can fail and breakdown .
I worked in SNF , I’ve seen these things happen . Like a fall , other things , a stroke , a bout of CHF , a UTI , pneumonia can be the beginning of the end and the skin fails and breaks down as well . The most common place for bedsore , the sacral area .
I hate to say it but this woman, clearly fragile by looking at her, died of a bedsore, I believe one that went septic. Bedsores whether in nursing home or in hospital are often lethal and I say that all the time here. People when they hear bedsore think just a sore, but decubiti are flesh eating down to the bone and can get there in days. This was ruled a homicide and I cannot find out why just on internet search of the Oregon, Oh facility where this occurred, but bedsores are investigated and are one of the leading hargingers of loss of licensure. That and restraints of any sort.
To tell the truth, Cover, and I know your feelings, I have seen the WORST BEDSORES enter my hospital from in home care. They cannot turn patients adequately there being usually one person doing the care. They don't understand that this is not wound care needs but an entire would clinic. They are hideously difficult to heal, truly the flesh dies and it spreads quicker than a cat abscess.
There aren't any good 100% sure ways to give care to fragile elders. There's no way to make the end of life good, no clear and certain path, and for SURE it isn't attempting in home care when it can't be done.
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.
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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.
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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 don’t know about Ohio , but in my state a coroner does not even have to be a medical doctor which boggles my mind .
I’d be interested to see the legal outcome of this . If it goes to criminal or civil court and what the verdict is. Or if the nursing home settles with the family before hand .
I’m with Alva , when I worked in the hospital , some of the worst cases that came in were living at home not getting proper care. Bedsores , dirty , no nail care , matted hair .
The article said the woman had had a stroke recently . I wonder if she was not eating as much and did not want tube feedings . This can make skin breakdown more likely to happen as well as more difficult or impossible to heal . I’ve seen it happen , some just breakdown and it can’t be healed when someone is very fragile , leading to sepsis and death . Fun fact , your entire body of skin is considered an organ . Without proper nutrition it can fail and breakdown .
I worked in SNF , I’ve seen these things happen . Like a fall , other things , a stroke , a bout of CHF , a UTI , pneumonia can be the beginning of the end and the skin fails and breaks down as well . The most common place for bedsore , the sacral area .
To tell the truth, Cover, and I know your feelings, I have seen the WORST BEDSORES enter my hospital from in home care. They cannot turn patients adequately there being usually one person doing the care. They don't understand that this is not wound care needs but an entire would clinic. They are hideously difficult to heal, truly the flesh dies and it spreads quicker than a cat abscess.
There aren't any good 100% sure ways to give care to fragile elders. There's no way to make the end of life good, no clear and certain path, and for SURE it isn't attempting in home care when it can't be done.
Poor woman.