We Respect Our Aging Parents by Helping Them Plan for Future Needs
Could this be you? You’re in your thirties or forties, with several active children and a busy social and business life. You’ve got volunteer activities and school programs to keep track of. Your parents are in their seventies or eighties, have their own home, and appear to pay all their bills when due. You have no idea what your parents’ income or assets are because they don’t want to bother...
When parents retire, SSI recipients should update look at their beneits
Are you thinking about starting to collect your Social Security retirement benefits soon? When the parent of an SSI recipient retires, there may be an opportunity for the child to apply for Social Security Disabled Adult Child Benefits (DAC) based on the earnings record of the parent. This can be highly beneficial because (1) the benefit may be higher than SSI, (2) the child can receive...