Can I get a check from the government for being caretaker of my own elderly father?
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I don't think so, but you don't provide enough information to go on.  Are you the sole caregiver?  What sources of income do you or he have?  Are you or he receiving financial assistance from the government?   Even if you can't get a 'check from the government', there are a lot of other resources and assistance programs you could look into.\nYou can start by checking the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging web page to see what resources may be available, how you or he would qualify, where else you could look and other information on elder care at http://www.aoa.gov/
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Contact your local Social Service. Use the Yellow Pages to find the number.\n\nThey first need tp evaluate if he is eligible for in home care benefits. \n\nIf he does, yes, you can be listed as his caregiver.
1180635
They should be able to verify whether or not the check was ever cashed, and if not, then you should be entitled to it.  You need to keep on these people though!  They're just civil servants.  They don't care about you, as long as they get their paycheck!!  Fight until you see that check!!!
936850
sorry when you have money you can not get help.  I was a single parent as my son was growing up and I did not use aid I got a job and raised him, he then learned if you want something you have to work for it. You could always get a job.  I am disabled and have medicare.  If you are too sick to work you can apply.
200276
I'm not sure how welfare agencies work in India.  However, the hospital should have some sort of case coordinator or social worker that can help your father and/or your family apply for disability and emergency welfare assistance for housing and food.  How about insurance obtained through your father's workplace?  Any type of long or short-term disability insurance?  Sometimes the company will provide some sort of short-term payment to help temporarily.\n\nGood luck.
781669
Go to your local welfare department.
64213
It's doubtful that you will find something like that on the internet. I have never heard of the "at least one dollar" and I have lost both parents. Your best bet is to contact the executor of the will.
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The Government has created a portal to help individuals who need benefits because of life events. Visit http://www.govbenefits.gov\n\nUse the drop down button\nDO YOU NEED BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A LIFE EVENT?\nChoose the life situation best applicable to you and then see if you qualify for the available government assistance.\n\nForget grant money - there's hardly any money for individuals. Go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and Grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. But you'd be hard pressed to find any grant that would support individuals.\n\nOr go to your county and check what services or assistance may be available for you.
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Yes they can.  My father found out this the hard way after never paying his child support.  As a result until all of that past due support is paid up (plus interest) his SS check is being garnished.  He also has young daughter that they are hitting him for now until she gets out of school.
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Check with your local authorities\n\nIf you are in UK and looking for community care grants, I suggest you go to Direct.gov as this page explains who can qualify and how to apply  for community care grants http://www.direct.gov.uk/Bfsl1/BenefitsAndFinancialSupport/BenefitsAndFinancialSupportArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=10018921&chk=4pDuKa
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in the uk its called incapacity benefit, you claim it from the jobcentre, hope this site will give you enough info
261918
You can't cash in your state pension, do you mean a private pension?
655331
I believe that in most states you can.  If there is an official child support order in place and he has not paid it, then after you turn 18 and you are a legal adult, you should be able to.  I like other people's answer about checking with your local officials.
898021
Unfortunately you can't.  If the State deems him worthy of assistance, then he is poor.  The state can offer you some assistance if you really need it.
719790
Im sorry for your loss. My dad died when I was 16. Yes you can get Social Security benefits. Your dad can also get benefits for taking care of your younger sisters. Your benefits can countinue untill your 19 if your in highschool. Check www.ssa.org
945909
if you have the money you could hire someone just to do odd jobs for you and sometimes when people are ill with cancer the cancer society will take them to all their appts. and all you have to do is call the society in your town and fill out a form..they will also help you to get medicine and whatever you need for your father..I know because my father had liver cancer and we live in a very small town and they helped us..he only lived 6 months..it is hard when we have elderly parents and we have no help, and we have our own problems..medicare and social services may be able to direct you to some help or hospice could help you if your parent is terminal..there is help out there you just have to look for it...call the hospice center and they can direct you even if he is not terminal...good luck I know your pain and i have two sisters who would not help at all when Dad was dying...and i have muscular dystrophy...so i understand!!!....////////
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I hope your father is one, that way you only have to make sure it is willed to you alone and that when he dies there is still enough left in the bank for you!