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There are two routes: agency and private. If you use a reputable agency they will screen, hire and manage for you. I used Visiting Angels and they were great. If you hire privately you will have to do all the screening, pay the taxes, and figure out liablity ins. etc. I have had good luck with private hire, too. Also, secure your parents home by removing valuables and important papers and other private information. Give the caregivers a list of duties with the everyday or important activities listed first. Ask them if there is anything they don't like or are not qualified to do I would hire a team of two caregivers (ie day shift/night shift) so, that in case one has an emergency, you have a back up. Are you living nearby? It is always good to drop in unnannounced once and a while. If not, you can install a home cam that monitors digitally. Bottom line, if you feel uncomfortable with a paid caregiver or they are getting too involved and interfering in your parent's personal life, replace them. good luck
THANK YOU. Visiting Angels is a great lead, and your advise is sound. If I was to move down the private path, is their an "add" or a wording, or a web site people use to "get connected"? Where to find a private person to live in the house, is the next step. I am getting into Visiting Angels information now. Thanks
Good question. When I need to hire privately (there not many agencies in the town we just moved to) I try to make a connection to someone in the community who would have access to good information. (I find the local "offices on aging" to be of little help...they just send you lists of caregivers and you have to wade through them.) I have never done an ad or online post...others in this forum have. I asked a colleague who had been a caregiver to her mother. She recommended a hospice nurse who recommended one of my current caregivers. The other is a friend of a friend. I try to rely on "word of mouth" to find new caregivers. But you still need to do a background check, check references, etc. I also have a good sense of their character when I interview them. Have ready, for any caregiver, a list of duties and questions so that when you interview there are no misunderstandings about what is required. I especially ask about personal care; ie bathing. (Some caregivers will just get them in the tub and they are on their own.) I also heard that calling the head administrator at a good asst. living center or NH and asking if they have staff members who are looking for extra hours is a good way of finding someone. Haven't tried that yet. On the east coast, I paid 19./hr for the agency caregivers. I pay 15./hr privately. Of course, it also depends on 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:
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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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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.
If you hire privately you will have to do all the screening, pay the taxes, and figure out liablity ins. etc. I have had good luck with private hire, too.
Also, secure your parents home by removing valuables and important papers and other private information.
Give the caregivers a list of duties with the everyday or important activities listed first. Ask them if there is anything they don't like or are not qualified to do
I would hire a team of two caregivers (ie day shift/night shift) so, that in case one has an emergency, you have a back up.
Are you living nearby? It is always good to drop in unnannounced once and a while. If not, you can install a home cam that monitors digitally.
Bottom line, if you feel uncomfortable with a paid caregiver or they are getting too involved and interfering in your parent's personal life, replace them.
good luck
I asked a colleague who had been a caregiver to her mother. She recommended a hospice nurse who recommended one of my current caregivers. The other is a friend of a friend. I try to rely on "word of mouth" to find new caregivers. But you still need to do a background check, check references, etc. I also have a good sense of their character when I interview them.
Have ready, for any caregiver, a list of duties and questions so that when you interview there are no misunderstandings about what is required. I especially ask about personal care; ie bathing. (Some caregivers will just get them in the tub and they are on their own.)
I also heard that calling the head administrator at a good asst. living center or NH and asking if they have staff members who are looking for extra hours is a good way of finding someone. Haven't tried that yet.
On the east coast, I paid 19./hr for the agency caregivers. I pay 15./hr privately. Of course, it also depends on experience.