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I have a another problem. (Note first part narative you can skip to ???)
I have a 28 year old son who is both mentally ill and learning disabled. He qualified for voc rehab based on his learning disability and special ed in school. Vocational rehab assisted him in obtaining a job about 6 years ago which he lost during a severe depressed episode (requiring in-patient hospitalization). He has been unable to work since. He has been in therapy - including intensive outpatient - off and on since that hospitalization (his 3rd - the others were short term within 2 weeks of each other during his late teens). At the time, he was denied for SSDI, and we never appealed hoping that therapy and medication would return him to the workforce. We have been supporting him since as a disabled dependent child for tax purposes. We are getting ready to retire due to health and age and will no longer have the income to support him.
His therapist now says that it is unlikely that he will be able to function enough to support himself in other than a very structured environment - such as a sheltered workshop and that we should apply for SS and voc rehab. Both of these will qualify him for job training and other services now closed to him. I believe that with someone to handle the business affairs, he could work on a contract basis during his manic states, but do not know how to handle this.
??? He no longer qualifies for SSDI because of is age/work credits on a new application. Will it count that he previously was denied when he did have enought work credits based on age if we apply for SSDI? His doctor indicates that he should qualify for SSI based on his level of disability. Can SSDI declare him disabled but not eligible for benefits?
??? We currently have his car jointly registered with us so that he cannot sell it. Do we need to transfer the title to his name alone for SSI? If so, how can we register it so that he cannot sell it without permission?
??? He has an IRA which I believe he must use up before qualifying for SSI. The holder tells me that they must have a SS disability determination or he will have to pay the penalty but he cannot get the SSI disability determination because he has the IRA. They would not honor a letter from his doctor stating he is disabled. Any suggestions on how to handle this?
??? Do we need to go about getting a guardianship or some other status that would allow us to have more control over his medical treatment and would permit his doctors to communicate with us given HIPPA? We already have durable POA. I do not think he would meet the court requirements of incompetence. He probably would voluntarily sign guardianship papers.
PLEASE, post any helpful site links for this situation!
Many thanks!
I have a another problem. (Note first part narative you can skip to ???)
I have a 28 year old son who is both mentally ill and learning disabled. He qualified for voc rehab based on his learning disability and special ed in school. Vocational rehab assisted him in obtaining a job about 6 years ago which he lost during a severe depressed episode (requiring in-patient hospitalization). He has been unable to work since. He has been in therapy - including intensive outpatient - off and on since that hospitalization (his 3rd - the others were short term within 2 weeks of each other during his late teens). At the time, he was denied for SSDI, and we never appealed hoping that therapy and medication would return him to the workforce. We have been supporting him since as a disabled dependent child for tax purposes. We are getting ready to retire due to health and age and will no longer have the income to support him.
His therapist now says that it is unlikely that he will be able to function enough to support himself in other than a very structured environment - such as a sheltered workshop and that we should apply for SS and voc rehab. Both of these will qualify him for job training and other services now closed to him. I believe that with someone to handle the business affairs, he could work on a contract basis during his manic states, but do not know how to handle this.
??? He no longer qualifies for SSDI because of is age/work credits on a new application. Will it count that he previously was denied when he did have enought work credits based on age if we apply for SSDI? His doctor indicates that he should qualify for SSI based on his level of disability. Can SSDI declare him disabled but not eligible for benefits?
??? We currently have his car jointly registered with us so that he cannot sell it. Do we need to transfer the title to his name alone for SSI? If so, how can we register it so that he cannot sell it without permission?
??? He has an IRA which I believe he must use up before qualifying for SSI. The holder tells me that they must have a SS disability determination or he will have to pay the penalty but he cannot get the SSI disability determination because he has the IRA. They would not honor a letter from his doctor stating he is disabled. Any suggestions on how to handle this?
??? Do we need to go about getting a guardianship or some other status that would allow us to have more control over his medical treatment and would permit his doctors to communicate with us given HIPPA? We already have durable POA. I do not think he would meet the court requirements of incompetence. He probably would voluntarily sign guardianship papers.
PLEASE, post any helpful site links for this situation!
Many thanks!
