HeavenlyOne, from what I understand, one has to be shown disabled for a time before they can start the actual payments. This is despite the fact that, when Dad was turned down for SSI, the government stated that he was disabled. But, at least in May, the payments should start.
Today is the day I going to find out about hospice, and maybe even start him on it.
HeavenlyOne, from what I understand, one has to be shown disabled for a time before they can start the actual payments. This is despite the fact that, when Dad was turned down for SSI, the government stated that he was disabled. But, at least in May, the payments should start.
Today is the day I going to find out about hospice, and maybe even start him on it.
Bro. Price,
Hospice is an excellent thing. They monitor and control pain, provide in home nursing care, and give counsel to the family & to the one who is passing.
HeavenlyOne, from what I understand, one has to be shown disabled for a time before they can start the actual payments. This is despite the fact that, when Dad was turned down for SSI, the government stated that he was disabled. But, at least in May, the payments should start.
Today is the day I going to find out about hospice, and maybe even start him on it.
SSI denies everyone the first time. They'd deny him if he had no arms or legs!
You have to appeal their decision. They will then have to backpay from when he first applied.
I would appeal the decision with his job disability payments as well. And you have to get the process started now.
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Bro. Price,
It's rough going through a parent's illness like this.
Hospice is different in different places. Some times it is a facility where they provide the care and some times it is in-home care. My Dad had in-home care and the people who came were nice. He was under their care for quite some time and as he neared the end he made his peace with God. He also told us (myself and my two brothers) that he loved us and when we would visit him we would tell him that we loved him. We did not talk that way to one another over all those years. It's sad that we wait till so late to do what we should have done all along.
My wife went to Florida and spent the last several weeks with her Dad before he died. His wife had died the year before. He had someone who came in several hours a day and my wife was also there with him. He knew the Lord and one Saturday his pastor and some of the men from the church came and visited and they all sang, worshiped, and prayed together. That greatly encouraged him. The day he died, my wife held him in her arms as he breathed his last. As he was passing, she told him, "Daddy, the next thing you will see will be Jesus."
My wife and I have both lost both of our parents but we are quite a bit older than you. You are too young to be going through this right now.
I've been praying for you, your Dad, and your family.
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