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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.
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.
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Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
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"Medicaid Waiver programs help provide services to people who would otherwise be in an institution, nursing home, or hospital to receive long-term care in the community."
Waivers are a transfer of state and federal $ required under federal law that would be paid for LTC SNF care to go instead to a waiver program. LTC in a skilled nursing care facility aka a NH is required program coverage for Medicaid if states want federal $. But a state can - if it so chooses- can ask for a % of that LTC NH $ to instead go into another program & done via waivers. Like $ goes into PACE centers or for AL.
It is totally up to your state to decide what waivers are done and for what population and for how long. Waivers are not permanent, like they have to be reviewed & renewed Or reapplied for. Most done on a 3 or 5 year cycle. Some 7 years, Some are just 2-3 yr demonstration pilot projects. So it’s kinda temporary funding & because of this some vendors - like AL or home health agencies - just won’t apply for them as too much risk that they will staff up or build out and then $ stops. Plus the daily reimbursement rate paid by Medicaid may be too low to be profitable. Or profitable for a teeny tiny # of participants.
Most states do not do LTC facility waivers for AL at all. Maybe 1/3 have some kind of inhome health caregiver program; paid by the state (so reported taxable income) to family member not working another job and living in the home & paid at slightly above state minimum wage or paid to a home-health agency with a state contract. Home health has to have a needs assessment done to determine # hours. Seems to be around 20-25 hrs a week average based on what folks have posted on this site. It will not replace the income you get from a full time job ever.
My mom is on a waiver program; so much is provided for her in her own apt! She pays a couple people; hairdresser, morning and night 15 minutes set up person, 7x a week, and food/pharmacy delivery. All the rest is paid with the waiver. We added up today and realized she has 15 people/services that keep her out of a NH!
Home Care paid by Medicaid is called a "Waiver" program, because the federal government waives the requirement that Medicaid pay only for care inside a nursing home.
The Corona Virus Crisis made it especially important to know about home care options for your loved ones.
If you live in a state that has a “Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program” the money that would have been spent on a nursing home follows you home, if you are able to move out and get elder care in your home. To apply for MFP, the person must 1) be living in a Skilled Nursing Facility now, 2) Need a clinical level of care, and 3) be safely cared for in their home in the community.
The application would be screened by the MFP Waiver Unit in your state. Since MFP is for people who have been in a nursing home for 90 consecutive days or longer, you’re not eligible for MFP if you are at home now, and want to continue living at home.
So, other waiver programs pay for care for frail elders who can put together a plan to stay safely in their homes. Call your Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) for a list of waiver programs. An Elder Law Attorney in your state can explain how you can qualify for waiver program, under the income and asset regulations in your state.
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.
It is totally up to your state to decide what waivers are done and for what population and for how long.
Waivers are not permanent, like they have to be reviewed & renewed Or reapplied for. Most done on a 3 or 5 year cycle. Some 7 years, Some are just 2-3 yr demonstration pilot projects. So it’s kinda temporary funding & because of this some vendors - like AL or home health agencies - just won’t apply for them as too much risk that they will staff up or build out and then $ stops. Plus the daily reimbursement rate paid by Medicaid may be too low to be profitable. Or profitable for a teeny tiny # of participants.
Most states do not do LTC facility waivers for AL at all.
Maybe 1/3 have some kind of inhome health caregiver program; paid by the state (so reported taxable income) to family member not working another job and living in the home & paid at slightly above state minimum wage or paid to a home-health agency with a state contract. Home health has to have a needs assessment done to determine # hours. Seems to be around 20-25 hrs a week average based on what folks have posted on this site. It will not replace the income you get from a full time job ever.
The Corona Virus Crisis made it especially important to know about home care options for your loved ones.
If you live in a state that has a “Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program” the money that would have been spent on a nursing home follows you home, if you are able to move out and get elder care in your home. To apply for MFP, the person must 1) be living in a Skilled Nursing Facility now, 2) Need a clinical level of care, and 3) be safely cared for in their home in the community.
The application would be screened by the MFP Waiver Unit in your state. Since MFP is for people who have been in a nursing home for 90 consecutive days or longer, you’re not eligible for MFP if you are at home now, and want to continue living at home.
So, other waiver programs pay for care for frail elders who can put together a plan to stay safely in their homes. Call your Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) for a list of waiver programs. An Elder Law Attorney in your state can explain how you can qualify for waiver program, under the income and asset regulations in your state.