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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?
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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.
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.
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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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An estate lawyer will handle things like wills, estates, trusts, POAs for anyone. He is basically a property lawyer. An elder law attorney is generally better for dealing with older people in terms of knowing about guardianship and other issues that typically affect older people. If you don't have any special issues, the estate lawyer is fine.
Having practiced both elder law AND estate planning for 25 years, I can give you a good answer on this: An estate lawyer is an attorney who handles the affairs of an estate, i.e., the property, money, and other legal interests of a deceased individual. They will need to go to the local probate court if the individual died with a will, contact heirs and anyone else mentioned in the will, prepare and file accountings on behalf of the executor, and make sure all debts are paid and the balance of the estate properly distributed. If the deceased has a revocable trust, they will also assist the trustee in following the terms of the trust at this point.
An estate PLANNING attorney, on the other hand, meets with individuals before they die! Their role is to help the client determine how they want their estate distributed (e.g., 10% to Aunt Sally, 25% to Brother Joe, 5% to my alma mater, all my Chinese tea-cups to Martha, etc.), suggest ways to minimize estate taxes (for very large estates), prepare wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, etc.
An elder law attorney focuses on the needs of senior citizens, which may overlap those duties discussed above. There may be issues to be dealt with in the care of a disabled and/or incapacitated senior: seeking a court-appointed guardianship or conservatorship, reviewing public assistance options, etc. However, it will also include planning for long-term care in a nursing home. This is where the sub-specialty of Medicaid planning comes in. The attorney will assess the current income and assets of the client, review their family situation, look at the client's current health, and then come up with a plan to maximize the availability of Medicaid to help pay for the client's long-term care. As such, it may include suggestions such as making gifts to family members, setting up an irrevocable trust, deeding the home in a life estate, and so on.
Note that many attorneys handle all three categories, although not necessarily. Thus, not every elder law attorney will handle guardianship cases, and not every estate planning attorney will be an expert on Medicaid planning. Thus, it's always a good idea to review the website of any attorney whose name you receive, to try to find out their various areas of expertise and experience.
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.
An estate lawyer is an attorney who handles the affairs of an estate, i.e., the property, money, and other legal interests of a deceased individual. They will need to go to the local probate court if the individual died with a will, contact heirs and anyone else mentioned in the will, prepare and file accountings on behalf of the executor, and make sure all debts are paid and the balance of the estate properly distributed. If the deceased has a revocable trust, they will also assist the trustee in following the terms of the trust at this point.
An estate PLANNING attorney, on the other hand, meets with individuals before they die! Their role is to help the client determine how they want their estate distributed (e.g., 10% to Aunt Sally, 25% to Brother Joe, 5% to my alma mater, all my Chinese tea-cups to Martha, etc.), suggest ways to minimize estate taxes (for very large estates), prepare wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, etc.
An elder law attorney focuses on the needs of senior citizens, which may overlap those duties discussed above. There may be issues to be dealt with in the care of a disabled and/or incapacitated senior: seeking a court-appointed guardianship or conservatorship, reviewing public assistance options, etc. However, it will also include planning for long-term care in a nursing home. This is where the sub-specialty of Medicaid planning comes in. The attorney will assess the current income and assets of the client, review their family situation, look at the client's current health, and then come up with a plan to maximize the availability of Medicaid to help pay for the client's long-term care. As such, it may include suggestions such as making gifts to family members, setting up an irrevocable trust, deeding the home in a life estate, and so on.
Note that many attorneys handle all three categories, although not necessarily. Thus, not every elder law attorney will handle guardianship cases, and not every estate planning attorney will be an expert on Medicaid planning. Thus, it's always a good idea to review the website of any attorney whose name you receive, to try to find out their various areas of expertise and experience.