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.
They don't typically give any discounts but you may get lucky if her contract shows the assisted care as a separate line item. Then you can really push to not pay that as she obviously is not getting the service.
Just curious, have you thought about increased care for your mom? She is spending a lot of time in skilled nursing and maybe she really needs to be there instead of AL. I would ask the rehab doctor to do a needs assessment while she is there.
Best of luck getting this all sorted.
Why does Mom need to be in rehab again, just to get her strength back? If so, I would check to see if she can have rehab at the AL with Medicare or her secondary insurance paying for it. Even if you have to private pay, it maybe cheaper than a room in rehab. At rehab she gets therapy about 2x a day, the rest of the time she is just sitting around. She can do that at the AL a lot more comfortably.
She was just getting started with PT/OT at the ALF, as they weren't letting in home health due to COVID restrictions until recently. Hopefully that will start up when she gets back to ALF (assuming she does.)
And then we were told AL would not take her back because they are only licensed for 1 person assistance and sometimes she needs 2.
Lots of money down the drain. The social worker at the nursing home was ZERO help. I ended up finding another AL which can take people needing 2 person assistance, and LO moved in.
I would suggest starting to have the conversation with her AL facility ASAP NOW so you can be prepared. You may have to start looking for another AL with a higher level of care or look at nursing homes and it all takes time (and $).
I hope your Mother’s AL will accept partial rent but my Mom’s would not.
Best of luck to you!
Yes, long term nursing care may be a possibility. We will see what the next couple of weeks brings.
Put it in writing and send it certified return receipt, that way no one can say they didn't get it.
What does her contract state about any refunds or such?