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Social Security
Social Security is where most of our seniors receive at least part of their retirement income. It's a vast government burocracy, and it has it's own ways of doing things. You can't take anything at all for granted when it comes to Social Security. Learn the rules of working with Social Security and your life as a caregiver will be fairly simple (at least on the Social Security front). Try to sidestep their processes and you will learn firsthand the true meaning of the word "frustration."
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Does Social Security Wrongly Withhold Payment From Beneficiaries When They Die?
I began SS on August 1, 2009, received payment the 3rd week of September, 2009. Consequently, when the day arrives that my final benefit check must be returned, say for example April 15, 2010 it appears to me that I continue to be one check short; yet this final April check must be returned. Am I the only one who finds this puzzling or rather being shorted? . . . keep reading
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Tell Social Security Where You Are
If your senior moved to a new address in 2009 you may not have thought it necessary to tell Social Security about the move if their monthly check continued to be direct deposited to the same bank account. But even if their banking information didn't change, it's important to change your senior's mailing address with Social Security for several reasons . . . keep reading
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Social Security Survivor's Benefits
When Social Security was first established in 1935, many wives did not work outside the home. Because they were dependent on their husband's income it made perfect sense that their Social Security benefits were determined by their husband's Social Security income. Today what happens to the survivor's Social Security income when one of a couple passes away, especially if they both worked? . . . keep reading
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Why Social Security Won't Talk To You
Social Security Won't Talk To You because the Social Security people march to their own drummers, and you have to play by their rules if you want them to work with you on behalf of your parent. . . . keep reading
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Sorry, Your Social Security Check Is Gone
When a Social Security check goes astray it can devastate a senior's life. More than 85,000 seniors displaced by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana lost Social Security checks because they no longer had mail service. It took months and months for lost checks to be cancelled and for some of them to start receiving their pensions again. . . . keep reading
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Alzheimers Disease
