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
[email protected] 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.
*If I am consenting on behalf of someone else, I have the proper authorization to do so. By clicking Get My Results, you agree to our
Privacy Policy. You also consent to receive calls and texts, which may be autodialed, from us and our customer communities. Your consent is not a condition to using our service. Please visit our
Terms of Use. for information about our privacy practices.
You do not need to respond but what do his step-children have to do with this. As steps, they are not entitled to anything legally unless he adopted them. Did he raise them? Are they afraid that Dads care will use up all the marital assets? If so, his wife would need to see an Elder lawyer to have their assets split. Dads split eventually going towards his care. If step siblings have a problem, they should be talking to the POA and not you. They are entitled to protect their Moms assets too. The POA also should be made aware that there is a problem because that person handles Dads finances and should be protecting them. You should not get involved because nothing u can do.
I didn't know a POA COULD share financial information with family just because they request it.
In normal circumstances they cannot.
Perhaps your Dad, when well enough, or now still BEING well enough, has OK'd this release of information.
Generally, a POA acts for the person who requested they serve as POA, acting with the person or for the person if the person cannot act him or herself, but that POA is under no obligation to share any information with anyone but a COURT if the court requests an accounting (say a family suspects fraud for some reason).
I wish you luck.
What is the "difficulty" you are having with your step-sibling that requires knowing your Dad's financial information? Why doesn't the step-sibling ask the PoA themselves? Is this an inheritance issue? Hopefully not. And if it is, this is the domain of the Executor of his estate, not the PoA. And not until your Dad passes.