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I want to get my mother in an assisted living facility. She will not take care of herself hygienically and physically. She only receives about 900 a month from SS. She owns her home. What are my options?
While looking for an assisted living facility for your loved one, you need to investigate the facility's rating based on your state's regulations and reviews.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) helps consumers understand the purpose of assisted living ratings and explains why it's important to gain in-depth knowledge. While CMS has a rating system to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily, they do NOT have a website to audit assisted living facilities because each state regulate assisted living facilities.
I have found this website very informative about assisted living facilities: www.assistedlivingfacilities.org/resources/choosing-an-assisted-living-facility/making-sense-of-assisted-living-ratings/ The Ratings
As Jeanne stated, you need to contact your local Area Agency on Aging and ask them for help you.
One option would be to apply for Medicaid for her. In some states Medicaid will pay for assisted living, but it can be difficult to find a facility that accepts it. Hard, but not impossible. Or Medicaid could pay for some in-home help. Might that be enough to keep Mother on the right self-care track? And, of course, Medicaid pays for nursing home care when that is appropriate.
She could sell her home and use all the proceeds plus her SS payments to pay for ALF as long as that money lasts.
I think I'd start by having Mom's needs assessed. Her Area Agency on Aging can probably tell you how to arrange that, or you can contact her Department of Human Resources and ask for a needs assessment (which is what we did for our mom.) Once you have an appointment for someone to come interview her in her home, a knowledgeable family member should be present, too. Elders tend to exaggerate their capabilities. Mom may say "Of course I can manage my own medicines!" and you can gently remind her that she only took 1/3 of the pills she should have taken last month. The assessment interviewers are very familiar with this tendency to exaggerate, but they have to write down what they are told.
Once you have an objective view of her needs, then you can begin figuring out how to meet them. That might mean you start looking for ALF that accept Medicaid payments or that will accept such payments after the resident has been self-paying for a period of time (such a a year, or 18 months, or whatever.)
Or you may decide you'll try out less drastic measures and start looking for in-home help to do the cleaning, laundry, keep Mom company, etc.
Has your mother or her husband served in the military? There may be some benefits available through the VA.
Is this the kind of options you are interested in? Or have I misunderstood your question?
How does your mother feel about going into assisted living?
Assisted livings average 5k a month, depends on where you live. Her SS will not cover the cost. You could sell the house and use the money for her care. If you go this way, you have to make sure the house sells at market price in case Mom needs Medicaid within the next five years. You don't say it in ur profile but I assume Mom may have Dementia. If so, this will only get worse. You may want to look at Nursing Homes. If SS is all Mom has, she will qualify for Medicaid. Depending on the state, there is a minimum amt that Mom is allowed. Where I live its 2k. She can have her house but will have no money for its upkeep. In the spend down money has to be used on her can't be given away.
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.
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.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) helps consumers understand the purpose of assisted living ratings and explains why it's important to gain in-depth knowledge. While CMS has a rating system to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily, they do NOT have a website to audit assisted living facilities because each state regulate assisted living facilities.
I have found this website very informative about assisted living facilities:
www.assistedlivingfacilities.org/resources/choosing-an-assisted-living-facility/making-sense-of-assisted-living-ratings/
The Ratings
As Jeanne stated, you need to contact your local Area Agency on Aging and ask them for help you.
She could sell her home and use all the proceeds plus her SS payments to pay for ALF as long as that money lasts.
I think I'd start by having Mom's needs assessed. Her Area Agency on Aging can probably tell you how to arrange that, or you can contact her Department of Human Resources and ask for a needs assessment (which is what we did for our mom.) Once you have an appointment for someone to come interview her in her home, a knowledgeable family member should be present, too. Elders tend to exaggerate their capabilities. Mom may say "Of course I can manage my own medicines!" and you can gently remind her that she only took 1/3 of the pills she should have taken last month. The assessment interviewers are very familiar with this tendency to exaggerate, but they have to write down what they are told.
Once you have an objective view of her needs, then you can begin figuring out how to meet them. That might mean you start looking for ALF that accept Medicaid payments or that will accept such payments after the resident has been self-paying for a period of time (such a a year, or 18 months, or whatever.)
Or you may decide you'll try out less drastic measures and start looking for in-home help to do the cleaning, laundry, keep Mom company, etc.
Has your mother or her husband served in the military? There may be some benefits available through the VA.
Is this the kind of options you are interested in? Or have I misunderstood your question?
How does your mother feel about going into assisted living?