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Who are you caring for?
Which best describes their mobility?
How well are they maintaining their hygiene?
How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
Fall risks, spoiled food, or other threats to wellbeing
Are they experiencing any memory loss?
Which best describes your loved one's social life?
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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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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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Please beware of hiring privately. You only asked about interview questions, but there are precautions to take if you are having strangers in the home. Remove all valuables/lock them in a room and don't forget about important papers, check books etc. Have mail switched to a PO box or coming /forwarded to your own home. References are of course important but don't be naive...applicants lie. Applicants can have friends and relatives play the role of references. Ask for past employment history, dates, supervisors. Check them all. Look for gaps in employment. Ask why. What they left for...Get a consent form and pick up the tab for a background check company to do a BCI and FBI check. It will not guarantee future behavior but at least is something. Google them. Check them out on Facebook...do whatever you can to assure yourself you have a good pick.
Well, you can't interview an aide supplied by a homecare agency. The ones that work under Drs orders hire their own. You can request a different one if the one they sent doesn't work out.
If you are hiring privately then first thing I would ask for is references.
I would want one who is trained as a CNA. They would have a certification.
I would tell them what is needed and ask if they can perform those duties. Not sure if CNAs are allowed to dispense meds. For this there is extra training for being a Medtech. I know they can't give shots.
Put this in the site search: Tax Implications of Hiring an Independent In-Home Caregiver
Good article on your responsibility for taxes. Also, making sure the person is legal to work in the US (green card in their possession at all times.
I would have everything in writing. Making sure the person understands their duties. And have them sign the paperwork.
There are two types of aides, Certified Nurses Aides and Home Heath Aides. Their duties are similar but not the same.
I interviewed every candidate presented by a home health care agency. Rejected them.
i found a perfect fit for my parents...but through a church and friends group. I told the agency to hire them. I also told the agency that I could go to a different agency and take the $25 per hour (times 2) with me.
since the payment was guaranteed by the insurance company...the agency decided to take my business.
you do not have to tolerate whatever the agency decides. There are many such agencies ... all eager for your business.
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.
If you are hiring privately then first thing I would ask for is references.
I would want one who is trained as a CNA. They would have a certification.
I would tell them what is needed and ask if they can perform those duties. Not sure if CNAs are allowed to dispense meds. For this there is extra training for being a Medtech. I know they can't give shots.
Put this in the site search: Tax Implications of Hiring an Independent In-Home Caregiver
Good article on your responsibility for taxes. Also, making sure the person is legal to work in the US (green card in their possession at all times.
I would have everything in writing. Making sure the person understands their duties. And have them sign the paperwork.
There are two types of aides, Certified Nurses Aides and Home Heath Aides. Their duties are similar but not the same.
i found a perfect fit for my parents...but through a church and friends group. I told the agency to hire them. I also told the agency that I could go to a different agency and take the $25 per hour (times 2) with me.
since the payment was guaranteed by the insurance company...the agency decided to take my business.
you do not have to tolerate whatever the agency decides. There are many such agencies ... all eager for your business.
If your doctor has ordered home health they will follow your doctor’s requirements for help. If it’s private pay then that’s a different situation.