My husband was in a motorcycle accident - Part 1
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For Social Security Disability benefits, ask the doctor if they think that he would be considered totally disabled for a year or longer, based on his brain injury without alcoholism involved.
Now totally disabled does not mean bed ridden. It means not being able to engage in substantial gainful work activity. It means not being able to return to his former job, or being trained to do another job.
Ps Army for three years, was it wartime, whether he was overseas or not. It still has an income level to be eligible for benefits. I didn't get this years income level, last years was a little over $16,000 for self and spouse.
Also still check out with the VA regarding medical benefits. They classify things into like 8 or 9 categories. Better to be safe and check, then to be sorry you didn't
Now totally disabled does not mean bed ridden. It means not being able to engage in substantial gainful work activity. It means not being able to return to his former job, or being trained to do another job.
Ps Army for three years, was it wartime, whether he was overseas or not. It still has an income level to be eligible for benefits. I didn't get this years income level, last years was a little over $16,000 for self and spouse.
Also still check out with the VA regarding medical benefits. They classify things into like 8 or 9 categories. Better to be safe and check, then to be sorry you didn't
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As a followup to what Mike said, I would definitely see about having him put in transitional care, like a rehab, or Level A, B facility to help with those things you can't be home to do, and then home health care for a period after that.
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Yes, I agree. Perhaps you should proceed with your strategies and planning as if he isn't. Better to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. I leaves less room for more disappointment. If things go better than you plan for---well, then, no harm done.
What a tough time you are going through. You are going to live through this, somehow.
dandylion
What a tough time you are going through. You are going to live through this, somehow.
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Originally Posted by BoxinRotz 
If he signed a piece of paper saying he would go into rehab on 8/21/13 can I put him there? Can I show the Dr n have them do it? Because he signed it.
if you can get the doctor behind you
he may put him away for a while
usually
one has to be a threat to himself and or others
for the doctors to step in
Mountainman
he may put him away for a while
usually
one has to be a threat to himself and or others
for the doctors to step in
Mountainman
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Did he sign over to you medical POA? to make all decisions regarding his care?
i agree you will need a written statement from doctor, because if he is mentally impaired, he can't be held accountable for signing anything? idk?
i had this granted to me by my mother before she became ill. she signed everything over to me and my brother, basically we made her what they call here, medically indigent so the state could not take her assets for medical care...she then went on medicaid.
i agree you will need a written statement from doctor, because if he is mentally impaired, he can't be held accountable for signing anything? idk?
i had this granted to me by my mother before she became ill. she signed everything over to me and my brother, basically we made her what they call here, medically indigent so the state could not take her assets for medical care...she then went on medicaid.
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Yeah, see, that's the tricky part. If he was competent to sign the paper, then you'd have to prove that he's now INCOMPETENT to make the decision not to go to rehab. You kinda can't have it both ways. Unless his mental state has deteriorated so severely between the time he signed the paper and now, that's gonna be tough. A power of attorney doesn't give you the right to make medical decisions as long as he's competent to make them for himself. And the bar for "competency" isn't that high.
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Then, Lexie, wouldn't that mean that if the doctor did declare him incompetent, the paper he signed about going to rehab would be irrelevant, because BoxinRotz would have the power to make any and all medical decisions for him.
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Anything signed while incompetent would be irrelevant--the paper agreeing to go to rehab and the POA itself wouldn't be valid if he were incompetent when he signed them. Consent for medical treatment can be withdrawn any time.
Rotz, I think with all this stuff going on, you need a good attorney advising you. There are lots of ins and outs here with benefits, treatment decisions, property stuff, insurance stuff--any number of ways you could accidentally shoot yourself in the foot. Everything is sort of tied together, so you really need someone who can look at ALL the moving parts and advise you correctly.
Rotz, I think with all this stuff going on, you need a good attorney advising you. There are lots of ins and outs here with benefits, treatment decisions, property stuff, insurance stuff--any number of ways you could accidentally shoot yourself in the foot. Everything is sort of tied together, so you really need someone who can look at ALL the moving parts and advise you correctly.
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This is part 1 of the thread "My husband was in a motorcycle accident". Please make all posts to part 2.
You can find part 2 here:
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Mike
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You can find part 2 here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-part-2-a.html
Mike
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