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.
When mom is in hospital, they put one of these pads on her sacrum and it keeeps her from having bedsores: https://www.ohmedical.com/Mepilex-Sacral-Bandages--Border-Dressings/Mepilex-Sacrum-Buttocks-Sores-Prevention-Pad-bandage-72-X-72/ It's called a 'sacral bandage"
You can also use the foam rubber mattress topper for your chair. Cut it as wide as chair - and leave it long enough to go from head to foot. Cut the hole where sore is. You might even want to double the foam rubber pad to give extra padding between you and the chair.
My BIL died at home, bed-bound after he fell and broke a leg, and they hired a hospital bed with an inflate-deflate mattress which worked very well as a preventative.
A referral to a wound care nurse or specialist will help.
Also ask about getting an alternating pressure mattress. This could be one as simple as it having air that moves through or as elaborate as one that will actually inflate and deflate.
You could also talk to the PT that is working with you for the shoulder. (I hope you are seeing a PT)
The risk is if you have a Pressure sore you may not be a good candidate for the surgery that you have planned in the next 4 months so this has to be addressed ASAP. And you will probably need the air mattress for several months after.
She used a cream called Butt Cream on any kind of redness before the sore came
My understanding is that you should be using an air mattress that has articulating chambers, this adjusts your position and stops pressure points.
I would also be active during the day and not sitting a lot if that is what I need to do to sleep.
Best of luck.