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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.
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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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Hazel, do you find you do better with the written word? Thank goodness for e-mails, I love it. I avoid the telephone at all cost unless it is someone I know very well.
But I do find myself doing ok in an emergency situation.
Your message just now is written very clearly. Have you tried writing your message? Let others read what you are trying to say.
I have done that if I am stressed out with certain situations or people. I found that is isn’t always that I am not speaking clearly. They aren’t listening so I wrote it plain and simple for them to read.
The bonus to writing is that they can’t interrupt your train of thought.
I'm assuming this is not a casual conversation but someone who needs to understand important information you are trying to get across? It might be helpful to write what you want to say in concise bullet points and make a copy for each of you to follow.
Hazel you have not completed your profile and you give no indication of to whom you need to speak or what about.
When I was working as a MOA, I would have to communicate with people who for one reason or another either could not speak or it was very difficult for me to understand them. I found that written communication worked best.
If you need to make an appointment email and explain in your email that you cannot talk on the phone. Write down your concerns and give them to the people you need to know them.
Do you have someone who can help you? Perhaps they can make the appointment for you and attend it with you too. I have a friend who due to childhood trauma cannot advocate for herself. I attend appointments with her and hold her hand. It helps her stay grounded. I have her permission to ask questions of doctors and other medical personnel as she tends to freeze and forget when in a stressful situation.
Hazel, I would try to be upfront just as you were here. When you are in a position where you have to communicate with someone who doesn't know you well just explain to them that you have a condition that makes it difficult for you to communicate when you are uncomfortable at all, and ask for their patience. I have a friend who has CADISIL, which makes it VERY difficult for her. She can at times seem almost aggressive, she reacts quickly and sometimes almost inappropriately, and she can suffer from an almost stroke-like aphasia when speaking, with lots of word searching and so on. She has to explain that she has this condition often. You will find that most people will accommodate you when they understand. Wishing you the very best.
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.
But I do find myself doing ok in an emergency situation.
I have done that if I am stressed out with certain situations or people. I found that is isn’t always that I am not speaking clearly. They aren’t listening so I wrote it plain and simple for them to read.
The bonus to writing is that they can’t interrupt your train of thought.
Best wishes to you.
When I was working as a MOA, I would have to communicate with people who for one reason or another either could not speak or it was very difficult for me to understand them. I found that written communication worked best.
If you need to make an appointment email and explain in your email that you cannot talk on the phone. Write down your concerns and give them to the people you need to know them.
Do you have someone who can help you? Perhaps they can make the appointment for you and attend it with you too. I have a friend who due to childhood trauma cannot advocate for herself. I attend appointments with her and hold her hand. It helps her stay grounded. I have her permission to ask questions of doctors and other medical personnel as she tends to freeze and forget when in a stressful situation.
You speak clear enough to be understood. Don't you worry.
You're just as good as the next. Always remember that.
Blessings