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Originally Posted by junkDNA
hi guys. thanks for the feedback. as i said, we couldn't get thru the magistrate. as far as mobile crisis teams, we have looked into that. my sister absolutely will NOT see anyone about her issues as she doesnt think she has any. we've given her countless resources to pdocs and therapists. she always says thanks, ill call them, but she never does. my sister has always been irritable at a baseline. now it is extremely apparent. she is emotionally and verbally abusive to my mom which breaks my heart. as far as SSI/SSDI- i highly doubt she would agree to that either. it might be worth a shot, though. the issue with that is that she has not earned enough income to warrant getting disability under her own social security number. I have SSDI under my father's social security number (survivor's benefits) because he died when i was 10, my sister was 11. if she drew SSDI under his number we would both get like 350 dollars a month because they limit what they give out under 1 persons SS number.
anyway, we are still trying to think of options. my mom said she was going to try to talk to her yesterday about everything, but when i asked her later how things are going she just said things have been good.
a big fear of mine is that my sister might hurt or try to hurt my mom. i want to say no, she would never do that. but you just never know when someone is being so unpredictable and not like themselves. i text my mom every day just to make sure she is ok. when she doesnt respond right away i freak out and get really scared.
i want to thank you all for responding to my thread and giving me support and advice. it is greatly appreciated
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SSI is not dependant upon ones work history. SSDI is,
My point though you go through the same application process people with no work history of their own and of their relatives can still get SSI. the only requirement for SSI is that a person is disabled, blind or 65 years or older with limited income and resources, and legal resident\citizenship of america.
Survivors benefits have a time limit usually when the child reaches 18 or 21. then if they are disabled, blind and a USA citizen social security transfers them over to the adult SSI system which is not dependent upon parents social security.
my point if you are an adult your sister may be able to get her survivors benefits without impacting yours. Im a bit confused though as to why they gave you survivors benefits but not your sister. usually when a parent dies all minor children in the household are automatically put on the survivors benefits even when a parent applied for one child.
https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-over-ussi.htm
https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-eligibility-ussi.htm