Caregivers Article
Losing a Spouse or Parent
You may be overwhelmed with grief right now. You may want to leave the administrative matters for a later day. But there are notifications and legal steps that should not be postponed.
- Make funeral and burial arrangements.
- Obtain several copies of the death certificate.
- Gather relevant documents, such as the will, insurance policies, trusts, and stock, bank account and annuity statements.
- Contact the Social Security Administration (if the deceased was an eligible recipient).
- Send a notification and death certificate to the director of health services (if the deceased was a AHCCCS recipient) within 90 days after the death.
- Notify any life insurance companies of the death.
- Contact the trustee of any trust and/or the attorney who prepared it.
- Contact the executor of the will and/or the attorney who prepared it.
- Call the administrator of the decedent’s pension plan.
- Notify the decedent’s banks and financial institutions.
- Contact credit card companies.
- Be sure that insurance or Medicare claims have been processed before paying any medical bills.
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QUESTIONS
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if I pay for a friend to bring in food and she charges a small fee for preparation -is she considered an employee and do I need to pay taxes?
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If a single adult is injured and unable to make any decisions, will the court appoint a family member to become their guardian? If so, how is this done?
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Is it legal for a caregiver to take funds from their patients and can you give case precedents? Also does this apply to power of attorney too?
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I have been taking care of my boyfriends dad 24/7 for over a year and was promised i would be paid when they were able establish Gardianship.and access his accounts what do i need to have as proof that i took care of him.
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Do I need long-term care insurance?
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How do we change the guardianship of my mentally disabled bother from my mother who is now ill herself, to another family member? Also is it possible to have more than one guardian? This would help to prevent this situation in the future if it was possible.
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can i get compensated by the government for being my moms sole live in caregiver
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I want to request a change in power of attorney from my sister to myself. My father is in a nursing home, and i do not feel my sister is capable of making good decisions for our father. Do you know what form I would fill out to request this change in Power of Attorney?
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I live in another state, mother lives in AZ. are all POA's from state to state? Do I need to get a POA from AZ for her?
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Can a sister who has power of attorney,request that the assistant living facility where our elderly mother resides, take my name(mother's son) off of the emergency / hospital notification list? What is the legal procedure to get this reversed?
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