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What should I do if I applied for disability and got denied?
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JoAnn29
Answered Aug 2020
Section 8 and California's Assisted Living Waiver
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JoAnn29
Answered Nov 27, 2023
Caregiver needs to quit. How do I set up Veteran's benefits?
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CaregiverL
Replied Jan 19, 2024
SSI benefits living with adult daughter; need help with no reduction in benefits.
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igloo572
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Is there any program that will pay a child to take care of a mentally disabled parent in New Jersey, or a Federal program?
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Beatty
Replied Jan 4, 2024
We have family to support and now have to use our money to support mom, too. What to do?
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What benefits are available for a widow of an active duty Korean War hero?
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Taarna
Answered Aug 8, 2023
Will someone’s social security checks be paid directly to a nursing facility if they enter a nursing home?
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my2cents
Answered Jun 1, 2023
Mom wants to sell jointly owned home to move closer to family. Any hurdles we should be aware of?
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GardenArtist
Answered Mar 2018
My mom recently went into a nursing home and Medicaid was approved. My dad is living with me. The nursing home became the payee of Mom's SS check, can I reverse this?
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nettiemarie
Answered Mar 2018
How to get the state to change my Medicaid status to full coverage?
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asylum23
Answered Jun 2018
Is Social Security allowed to take Mom's last Social Security check?
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Jmwypior1
Answered Mar 2019
Getting elderly parent to NOT pile up the savings?
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BarbBrooklyn
Answered Apr 2019
After dad passes (fyi, he's still living) will/can Social Security freeze his bank account that it goes into, which is his Trust account?
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OldSailor
Replied Jul 2019
Stimulus check in error?
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worriedinCali
Answered May 2020
How do you pay for old debts if mom is in nursing home with Medicaid? How soon do they take her social security check?
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Takincare
Replied Oct 2019
Do I really have to become her representative payee?
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JoAnn29
Answered Dec 2019
Suspect Disability Fraud. What is the right thing to do?
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janeinspain
Replied Apr 2019
Can you claim disability benefits while claiming retirement benefits?
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JoAnn29
Answered Apr 2019
Can the SS office take money out of a joint acct if two owners were not married or related in any way?
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worriedinCali
Replied Apr 2019
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