Are you sure you want to exit? Your progress will be lost.
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?
Acknowledgment of Disclosures and Authorization
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.
✔
I acknowledge and authorize
✔
I consent to the collection of my consumer health data.*
✔
I consent to the sharing of my consumer health data with qualified home care agencies.*
*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.
Mostly Independent
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.
Remember, this assessment is not a substitute for professional advice.
Share a few details and we will match you to trusted home care in your area:
Father in law is very difficult to communicate with and will not consider assisted living, even though he is not able to care for his wife or himself anymore. We are unable to take them into our home. and the other son is zero help.. Any advice?
If no one is their PoA then you should call social services for their county to discuss options and strategies.
When we were in a somewhat similar situation I was blown away at how helpful the social workers were. They got guardianship of my stepFIL and into a facility so that we could then help my MIL. It may not happen overnight, and things work differently by state and county but I would start there.
If someone IS the PoA this person needs to step up and make decisions whether your FIL likes it or not. It make require a sneak maneuver to remove your MIL while he is out on an errand with a family member. Hopefully FIL is not her PoA.
The problem is that POA does not always give someone the right to place an individual in care. It mostly gives you financial authority. Even with POA you often have to petition the court for guardianship or conservatorship to take control of the person. This is a lengthy and expensive process and fraught with emotional trauma so most people don’t go that route. A friend of mine looked into doing it for her mother and instead opted to wait for an event that would trigger placement. She kept calling APS to do wellness checks and eventually APS took control by taking her mother to the ER after a fall and from there they “held” her while her daughter found her placement where she was transferred to. Once there they would not let her leave as she lived alone and it was unsafe to let her go home. Another reason not to live with your LO or let them move in with you. A social worker told me it’s much easier to get them placed if they live alone. If you say they have nowhere else to go and you refuse to take them the hospital will work with you to get them placed.
They both need SNF placement for their safety and wellbeing. You can facilitate this with the POA, etc. if they have one in place. Otherwise, you have a lot ahead to gain the legal footing to make these decisions for them.
I encountered it often when an RN case mgr working in Home Care that distant family was unaware of how tenuous their parents' hold truly was on safety and we had to call family meetings to get things moving and get the elders placed.
Will he accept in-home caregivers? Consult with a local social worker or senior counselor for advice. Much will depend on his finances. If he will have them, lock up all of his valuables and personal papers, especially financial statements. Better still, ask if you can take over his finances and have all statements and bills sent to your address, or set them up online and paperless (best). Has he (and his wife) set up Powers of Attorney for medical and financial matters? If not, try to get him to do this asap, while he is still able to sign legal papers. They also need living wills with their advance medical directives, wills (if they have assets - a house, a car, etc.). All the best to you and your family.
I agree. When my Dad was no longer able to care for Mom, who had Alzheimer's, SS came in very handy. Dad didn't have dementia, but he wasn't strong enough to lift Mom, and she frequently slid off the sofa ( she was very short). SS was very nice. But made it clear to Dad that she need more care. He elected that they both go to AL. We found a place with both memory care and AL. It was very traumatic for us all, but none the less went smoothly. It's a very difficult time to get through, but they will settle into "jail", as dad called it, and adjust eventually.
Evaluation by doctor for mental competency, physical ability, and probably need to show pictures of current home environment if hoarding or very unclean (house might be condemned). Usually older generations will respect authority of a doctor. With a statement of mental incompetency, then family, person with POA or a guardian ad litem can "make" decisions.
My step sister hired FT caregivers once it became clear my Dad's dementia and alcoholism made him unable to care for her mom. Once the FT caregivers started, Dad agreed to move to assisted living. He hated having a strangers in his house all the time.
Be sure who is the assigned POA. Speak frankly with the PCP attending his wife and him. Safety is a number one issue in all care giving situations. It sounds as if safety for both of them is a concern and, you are right to address their decline and changing needs. Enlist their physician help, referrals to case manager, your and/ or their clergy for support in all the areas of need for them and you/ the family . Expect the present cg/ fil to be resistant, perhaps even angry; he is grieving the changes but most likely will not see it this way without some help; he like all seniors , some more than others, grieve deeply the loss of independence and, this often is expressed as anger or " non compliance". If all else fails , you can always tell him ( if he can comprehend) that for both his and wife's safety you will have to call APS ( Adult Protective Services) and report the situation in the home, if he refuses to cooperate with you/ the family/ POA towards changes needed. He may not understand the ramifications of this; so do try the physician, case manager, family meeting, faith support route first.
Sounds like Adult Protective Services needs to evaluate him and maybe applying to the court to intervene and get both placed in safe accommodations. Has he filed his final wishes papers and health directives? If not, an Elder Law Attorney can sort through all of his issues and advise.
Perhaps meeting with a Geriatric Psychiatrist who can evaluate and medicate may help the transitions.
hardm1970, welcome to the forum. For many of us here, we had to wait for a medical emergency, 911, hospital stay, rehab before we were able to place a parent into senior living. With dementia, it would be Memory Care if the parent can afford to pay the monthly rent.
My own Mom was very stubborn, she still felt she could manage the house even though she and my Dad were in their late 90's. Their house had a lot of stairs, Mom refused to downsize. They both became major fall risks. My Mom refused caregivers. Dad on the other hand welcomed them, but Mom won the argument.
So I just had to wait for that medical emergency. It came with a major fall my Mom had. She spent her final days in a Nursing Home as it took a village to help her.
Dad hired caregiver to help him. Later he sold the house, and moved to senior living as it was less expensive then 3 shifts of caregivers, plus he was around people of his own generation, which he enjoyed. Oh how he missed the love of his life, but he knew my Mom would never live in senior living.
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.
When we were in a somewhat similar situation I was blown away at how helpful the social workers were. They got guardianship of my stepFIL and into a facility so that we could then help my MIL. It may not happen overnight, and things work differently by state and county but I would start there.
If someone IS the PoA this person needs to step up and make decisions whether your FIL likes it or not. It make require a sneak maneuver to remove your MIL while he is out on an errand with a family member. Hopefully FIL is not her PoA.
I encountered it often when an RN case mgr working in Home Care that distant family was unaware of how tenuous their parents' hold truly was on safety and we had to call family meetings to get things moving and get the elders placed.
Wishing you the best in all of this.
Told me people can live anyway they choose, as long as they had food, water and electricity there was nothing they could do.
Speak frankly with the PCP attending his wife and him.
Safety is a number one issue in all care giving situations.
It sounds as if safety for both of them is a concern and, you are right to address their decline and changing needs. Enlist their physician help, referrals to case manager, your and/ or their clergy for support in all the areas of need for them and you/ the family .
Expect the present cg/ fil to be resistant, perhaps even angry; he is grieving the changes but most likely will not see it this way without some help; he like all seniors , some more than others, grieve deeply the loss of independence and, this often is expressed as anger or " non compliance".
If all else fails , you can always tell him ( if he can comprehend) that for both his and wife's safety you will have to call APS ( Adult Protective Services) and report the situation in the home, if he refuses to cooperate with you/ the family/ POA towards changes needed. He may not understand the ramifications of this; so do try the physician, case manager, family meeting, faith support route first.
Practice your self care....take care of yourself!
Best regards
Perhaps meeting with a Geriatric Psychiatrist who can evaluate and medicate may help the transitions.
My own Mom was very stubborn, she still felt she could manage the house even though she and my Dad were in their late 90's. Their house had a lot of stairs, Mom refused to downsize. They both became major fall risks. My Mom refused caregivers. Dad on the other hand welcomed them, but Mom won the argument.
So I just had to wait for that medical emergency. It came with a major fall my Mom had. She spent her final days in a Nursing Home as it took a village to help her.
Dad hired caregiver to help him. Later he sold the house, and moved to senior living as it was less expensive then 3 shifts of caregivers, plus he was around people of his own generation, which he enjoyed. Oh how he missed the love of his life, but he knew my Mom would never live in senior living.