she has been diagnosed and is curently living in an assisted living home. She recieves a social security check, well she has done something that has stopped the checks, there for i can not pay her assisted living bill, i do not have the money to pay this bill this month, who do i contact to get this changed? in in alabama and yes i am power of att.
2007-09-17 06:24:19 · 9 answers · asked by Jessica B 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ People with Disabilities
she has a mental disease, she has somehow changed where her checks are being sent and will not tell me where they are!!
2007-09-17 06:37:02 · update #1
You need to talk to the financial director of her assisted living facility. They will then contact the Social Security department to see what has caused your mother's checks to stop coming. At that point, the facility director should set up a direct deposit into the facility's account from the Social Security department, for the amount owed your mom each month for disability. The assisted living facility will take all but about $50 a month of your mom's check as payment for housing, medication, and meals. The remaining $50 will be placed in a resident account for your mom to use for other expenses like clothing, toiletries, etc, and other personal necessities. Call the faciliy director today to get them involved.
2007-09-17 06:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You have to talk to social security or whomever the cheques are coming from and find out what she has done. If you have POA then they have to honour that and tell you.
There is a possibility that some con artists got your mother to have the cheques sent to them.
Do you have siblings? Mine tricked mom into signing her investments over to them then stopped the monthly "self managed pension" I had set up for her that gave her an additioanl $350 a month to cover other expenses such as clothing, medications, hair dresser, transportation etc.
You'd be surprised what a person's children will actually do to their parents, my siblings were quite comfortable with the idea that mom couldnt pay her rent and was going to be evicted and her phone had been cut off, and she was in fact penniless.
They had changed the POA as well which I managed to get taken away from them, but they still kept her investments. There was nothing I could do about that so I ended up having to pay all her other expenses which meant after she died I had to sell my house to cover the debts I encurred on her behalf.
2007-09-17 06:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by isotope2007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-19 08:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by b_banth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmmmm the assisted living centre doesn't know where the cheques are?
Do you have power of attorney? Has she been turned over to a trusteeship or guardianship in the state of Alabama and that's why you can't find out where her checks are?
You probably need to contact your mother's lawayer and have him pursue this with alc and or the government.
2007-09-18 07:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answers you have here are taking you in the right direction.
Check up in the office , in the facility. They'll be able to tell you more about the changes that have happened and more that you may expect or see along the way.
As the power of atty you can check into her bank statements and other financial things , as well as being family you can also keep up on her care or medical information.
Dont give up just keep seeking out the information you need. You can also pray about it to be pointed in the right direction to go to find it as well.
2007-09-17 11:19:54 · answer #5 · answered by poetbjc64 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to contact her SSD case manager and inform her/him of the issue at hand. The case manager can make sure that the assistated living bill is paid and if measures has to be taken can appoint someone as her pay-handler. More than likely that someone will be you if the case manager can prove that you will not take advantage of the extra income.
2007-09-18 03:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Nobody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are the social secutity administration is sending the checks directly to the home care facility. You need to talk with someone in bookkeeping there to find out for sure. Im sure if they didn't get their money already this month...you would have heard about it.
2007-09-17 11:37:42 · answer #7 · answered by Perennial Queen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you sure she stopped them or is the assisted living now getting the checks directly because they will do that....
2007-09-17 06:32:44 · answer #8 · answered by Renee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fizzygurrl is right on- follow her advice.
2007-09-17 06:53:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋