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How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
Fall risks, spoiled food, or other threats to wellbeing
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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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The facility should not allow the friend out of the facility without the POA or guardian's permission. The POA has a right to restrict the LO from leaving the facility with someone other than the POA. So call the family before doing this and have them call the nurses desk to say its OK.
What kind of knowledge do you have about this acquaintance’s health needs? What are the dietary restrictions? Regular, ground, puréed, thickened liquids? What are the bathroom habits? Continent? What is the assist level? Fully independent, or 1 or 2 assist? Can he transfer into a car safely? Will be be confused when he returns? Do crowds or noice increase confusion or agitation? There is a lot to think about before assuming responsibility for a person outside of a facility. These are just a few thought starters.
When you talk with your friend's family, ask them how your friend has responded in the past when he was taken out of the care home for a meal and whether he became upset or angry or scared or belligerent or if the family had trouble getting him to return to the care home after the meal. Some people with dementia become scared or frightened when taken from an environment that is familiar to them, such as the care home.
It might be better if you brought in food, maybe from his favorite restaurant, and the two of you have a pleasant meal in one of the facility's private dining rooms or family rooms or at a separate table in the dining room of the nursing unit that he resides in. Check beforehand with the family and the nursing staff to see what types of food he can or cannot eat; and if he needs his food prepared in a special way, such as cut up in tiny pieces, mashed up, pureed; if he drinks using a Sippy Cup, thickener in liquids or ice cream, etc.; has trouble swallowing and has to be supervised by nursing staff while eating; can he feed himself; does he need a divided plate, special silverware with big or weighted handles?
When Mom was in the nursing home, I took KFC chicken and mashed potatoes and we ate in a reserved "Family Dining Room". I had to cut up the chicken into small cubes for her to eat the chicken. For the holidays, I brought decorations such as Thanksgiving turkeys and pumpkins to decorate the table and special place mats.
Please do not be disappointed if your friend cannot leave the facility. Enjoy the time with him at the facility and do activities that the two of you can enjoy together.
Yes. Please let the family caregiver know. Very unsettling to walk in and see LO not in their room. Check on diet restrictions and any Mobility limitations. Nice thing to do.
Clearly you need to use proper reasonable care, and to find out in advance about your friend’s needs and likely behaviours. There is no need for a member of your friend’s family to come with you, but it would be both polite and prudent to check with them first. If you don’t check you look as though you are taking a lot on yourself and perhaps aren’t being responsible. You can ask for their advice on how to go about the outing, eg toileting. Is there any reason why they wouldn’t agree if asked? If they dislike or distrust you, fix that up first because you are on shakier ground if anything goes wrong. If nothing goes wrong you may offend people but that isn’t a legal liability. The problem comes if there is an accident and damage, and people are looking to nail it on you because they are offside anyway.
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:
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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").
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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.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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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.
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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 might be better if you brought in food, maybe from his favorite restaurant, and the two of you have a pleasant meal in one of the facility's private dining rooms or family rooms or at a separate table in the dining room of the nursing unit that he resides in. Check beforehand with the family and the nursing staff to see what types of food he can or cannot eat; and if he needs his food prepared in a special way, such as cut up in tiny pieces, mashed up, pureed; if he drinks using a Sippy Cup, thickener in liquids or ice cream, etc.; has trouble swallowing and has to be supervised by nursing staff while eating; can he feed himself; does he need a divided plate, special silverware with big or weighted handles?
When Mom was in the nursing home, I took KFC chicken and mashed potatoes and we ate in a reserved "Family Dining Room". I had to cut up the chicken into small cubes for her to eat the chicken. For the holidays, I brought decorations such as Thanksgiving turkeys and pumpkins to decorate the table and special place mats.
Please do not be disappointed if your friend cannot leave the facility. Enjoy the time with him at the facility and do activities that the two of you can enjoy together.
Nice thing to do.