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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 have seen aids on their cellphones instead if caring for patients, ignoring people in pain, letting food get cold before they feed people... I could go on, but this needs to change. We need a sea of changes in how we care for people.
People who don't get paid well tend to be workers who don't work well. There is money to be made off the elders, but it isn't their caregivers who are getting it. You cannot attract the best workers with no pay and poor benefits, and that's just a fact. Our system is built on the Military/Industrial model, on capitalism. Witness Hospice which was once a Mission and is now a Hedge-fund-Honey. It is sad because huge amounts of money are going into the system, and it is being stuffed up the coatsleeves of a very few. It is a great tragedy.
I don't know but if you can come up with a solution you should be eligible for a Nobel prize. All I can say is if you see abuse document it (isn't it great that nowadays we all have a tool in our pockets that can do this) then report, report report.
I have two certifications. I'm a Certified Nursing Assistant and a Home Health Aide. I simply refuse to work in a nursing home at this point. I did a private assignment at an assisted living facility one time and the place had roaches. It was a private room, but the client couldn't stand the aides. She would hold conversations with me. It was a hospice client.
For all the money these places charge, you would think there would be enough supplies to take care of these clients.
It is true, these places are being taken over by capitalists who probably never stepped foot in a long term care facility. Old people are a business.
Totally concur. Eldercare and hospice facilities are being bought up by private equity/hedge funds which could care less about what happens to the residents. Their objective is PROFIT. You're so right that elder care--actually, much of American healthcare in general--is built on the military industrial model. (I've called it the medical industrial complex for years.) It's not care, it's business. With "vulture" capitalists in charge, the current model doesn't bode well for the rest of us.
Frontline eldercare workers are seriously under-compensated and often under-appreciated by their employers despite the sky-high costs of eldercare.
The pay was abysmal. And no raises, no matter how long you'd worked for them. This was one of the companies that you'd immediately recognize the name of.
I had skills and did a good job, but my training was a JOKE.
Until you can pay people a decent wage to do the dirtiest of work--you're going to have a lot of people jumping in and right out of the 'system'. As much as we have compassion for our clients. bottom line? I made almost twice as much money working for a boutique owner than for an aging care company. I cared for my clients, but I needed to make a decent wage. The work was brutal and I ruined my back for $9 an hour.
Also, if you don't feel appreciated (and my client did make me feel so--but my employers were obviously all about the $$) you tend to lose your zeal pretty quickly.
You have to be a policewoman watching & making sure your loved one is taken care of properly. Just because you place them in nursing home doesn’t mean your job is over. Hugs 🤗
Is your mom in a nursing home now? They are horrible places, no doubt. But also a necessary part as people live so long and some issues like dementia linger for soooo long. My mom, with dementia, is in AL and it's not bad. Not perfect but I'm OK with it since I don't have to deal with her issues 24/7 like when she was living with me.
There are always shortages of people willing to do this type of work. It's not glamorous, that's for sure! I'm sure the administrators and stock holders make way too much money but not the staff. They are profit driven and it's just plain sad. I'm all for making a profit but not on the backs of those with needs that aren't being met. Or life savings being bled dry at an alarming pace.
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.
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.
For all the money these places charge, you would think there would be enough supplies to take care of these clients.
It is true, these places are being taken over by capitalists who probably never stepped foot in a long term care facility. Old people are a business.
Frontline eldercare workers are seriously under-compensated and often under-appreciated by their employers despite the sky-high costs of eldercare.
The pay was abysmal. And no raises, no matter how long you'd worked for them. This was one of the companies that you'd immediately recognize the name of.
I had skills and did a good job, but my training was a JOKE.
Until you can pay people a decent wage to do the dirtiest of work--you're going to have a lot of people jumping in and right out of the 'system'. As much as we have compassion for our clients. bottom line? I made almost twice as much money working for a boutique owner than for an aging care company. I cared for my clients, but I needed to make a decent wage. The work was brutal and I ruined my back for $9 an hour.
Also, if you don't feel appreciated (and my client did make me feel so--but my employers were obviously all about the $$) you tend to lose your zeal pretty quickly.
There are always shortages of people willing to do this type of work. It's not glamorous, that's for sure! I'm sure the administrators and stock holders make way too much money but not the staff. They are profit driven and it's just plain sad. I'm all for making a profit but not on the backs of those with needs that aren't being met. Or life savings being bled dry at an alarming pace.