Can a 65 year old Alzheimer’s patient receive social security survivor benefits?
Can a 65 year old Alzheimer’s patient receive social security survivor benefits?
If a woman became a widow after her husband died but had advanced alzheimer’s or was disabled would she be able to apply for survivor benefits or something similar. Thank You
just in case, would she also receive benefits and if so how much would that be? how would it be measured?
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Yes
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Social Security and how they determine benefits can be rather complicated but it’s based on earnings. You should visit their website on the subject: http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10084.html
You may also call them toll free if you have any further questions: 1-800-772-1213. The amount would not be very much. The average SS benefit amount that most seniors receive is about $ 500 a month or less.
At 65, she is eligible for Social Security herself. As a widow, she would be eligible to take a survivor’s benefit. At (currently) 66 she would be eligible to apply for her own benefit if it is higher than the survivor’s benefit.
Go to or call the Social Security Administration – they have ALL the correct answers.
She can apply and receive benefits using a payee. The fact that she has Alzheimer’s disease will not limit her from getting benefits . Contact the SSA for more complete information.
yes if she was married 10 years or more. social security would have to determine the amount, it varies and depends on her husbands earnings. she doesn’t have s.s. benefits on her own? if not, she can file on her husband. if she claims disability it can take a year or longer and 60% of disability applicants are at first denied.
Yes she would be entitled to survivor benefits but if they are lower than her own social security retirement, there is no advantage to it. Someone else can be designated as her payee if she is incapable of handling the benefit money. The amount of her husband’s benefit is unknown to people on this board. It depends on his contributions to the fund when he worked.