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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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Yes, you will need to spend that money on her care until the account is low enough where you could then apply her for LTC Medicaid. Make sure the money is spent for her needs and her care, the people in charge of approving LTC Medicaid will ask for all of her and possibly your bank accounts to make sure the money was spent appropriately.
You write out checks to the LTC for your mother's care. When her assets and funds are gone then you make application for Medicaid. Dependent on how much she has in assets totally may dictate what property (if she has any) you sell for her care.
Once on Medicaid it may be difficult to get any ALF to accept that; most are private pay. So before placing your mother you should try to find a facility that will accept Medicaid once her assets are gone.
If you do not understand POA well, know that your bookkeeping of every single penny in and every single penny out must be meticulous. It is held to the highest standard of Fiduciary under the law. Your mom may also want a private small spending account of her own that you oversee. So if you don't know what your duties are I would suggest an elder law attorney to help get educated. A POA on an account is different than a co-owner and you don't want any mingling of yours and your mom's monies. You will need folders, monthly accountings and receipts for your files.
Its her money, not yours. As such, you use it for her care. If she wants, she can make you a beneficiary. That way, when she passes what is in the acct is yours. If she ever needs Medicaid though, she will be spending down any money she has.
Do not co-mingle your money. With Medicaid, any money in Moms name is considered Moms unless it can be proven otherwise.
I also am on my mother's checking account. We recently had to file for LTC here in NC. This is what we had to do: 1. They have a look back period of five years. I needed to give statements showing where her money went. 2. If I paid for anything on my card and transferred money into my account, I provided receipts even if the purchase was an online purchase. 3. From what the Medicaid Specialist told me, they don't overly scrutinize small transfers or purchases less than 2,000 dollars. 4. I had to provide her SS Pension Statement, Retirement Statement, etc. 5. I had to provide documentation of any life insurance, funeral preneed arrangements, and other assets. Then I spent down her money so that she met the need for LTC Medicaid. Instead of paying the government, I paid the LTC facility. In essence, what was in her account, that is what was owed to the LTC facility. What her money couldn't pay, Medicaid pay for the rest.
Once accepted by Medicaid her SS check goes toward her care. She will receive $50 per month for you to take care of her personal needs such as haircuts
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.
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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.
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.
When her assets and funds are gone then you make application for Medicaid.
Dependent on how much she has in assets totally may dictate what property (if she has any) you sell for her care.
Once on Medicaid it may be difficult to get any ALF to accept that; most are private pay. So before placing your mother you should try to find a facility that will accept Medicaid once her assets are gone.
If you do not understand POA well, know that your bookkeeping of every single penny in and every single penny out must be meticulous. It is held to the highest standard of Fiduciary under the law. Your mom may also want a private small spending account of her own that you oversee.
So if you don't know what your duties are I would suggest an elder law attorney to help get educated. A POA on an account is different than a co-owner and you don't want any mingling of yours and your mom's monies. You will need folders, monthly accountings and receipts for your files.
I wish you the best. It is quite a job.
Do not co-mingle your money. With Medicaid, any money in Moms name is considered Moms unless it can be proven otherwise.