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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.
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.
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The Catholic religion does not allow for the refusal of a feeding tube if your loved one can benefit from one. As my dad was being rushed to be discharged and we were bamboozled into hospice at home, he accepted it. He'd had a stroke and could not talk like before. He knew yes and no and his facial expressions told it all. The hospital discharged him with the formula Jevity. He was having loose bm but he was discharged anyway. The diarrhea continued for days. It was like water. I stopped the Jevity and started making my dad my own formula. I read that when they burp they taste the food. I'd ask him if he liked his oatmeal and applesauce. Never got diarrhea from any food I made. Of course hospice was not happy about it. So what..my story is long but I just wanted to give a different perspective on tube feeding. Not the nose one, a G tube in the stomach. He passed away July 24, 2019 due to hospice negligence and incompetence. This small memory still allows me to smile. He also loved his Apple juice. Be very wary of hospice. Check out Hospice Patient Alliance and an organization by the name of HALO. USE YOUR BROWSER, YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
There are a plethora of ways the decision to have a feeding tube placed or refused. Too many possible scenarios to plan for each one. If a person believes they generally don’t want one, they can sign an advanced directive stating that if a feeding tube is needed to sustain life and there are other life limiting factors at work, it will be declined. My husband and I have each placed the decision with each other as we trust each other to evaluate the situation. With my mother, her feeding tube was placed following a stroke when we were assured by multiple doctors that there was great hope of recovery. Didn’t turn out to be true despite much therapy, though she was mentally aware. It was a heartbreaking time, but proved to us there’s no quick, one-size-fits-all answer to this one
I have already written in my own personal health care directive and in my POLST with my doctor that I do not want any artificial feeding or hydration. That when I cannot myself take sustenance I do not wish it given to me. Your question is honestly too vague for me to answer because I do not know who you are considering this for: yourself or your loved one. I do not know the age of the person. I do not know how long this port is suggested for. I do not know, most importantly, what the expressed wishes of this person was before this decision making comes. Would love you to enlighten us a bit farther so we could better answer, and wishing you the best of luck in decision making. If you are simply asking WHO has the right to refuse such a port then the answer is the patient him or herself or the person in charge of health care decisions for the patient either appointed or next of kin. This can become very very complicated when there is a large family and no decisions have been discussed before need occurs and there is disagreement. Nasogastric tubes placed down the nose and into stomach are dangerous as patients often pull them out, causing food to be fed into the lungs as tube is removed, so ports are the long standing option. I have seen ports removed by patients, as well, as a nurse, despite being sutured.
Do you have specific concerns or questions about feeding ports or feeding tubes, the right to refuse food and drink, etc.? The best way that we can help you is if you have a concern that you want to discuss or a question that you need answered.
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.
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.
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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.