Did Cathy try to find the information on line?
Miriam
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<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2018 10:54 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Cathy's mother had a major stroke
So much of Cathy's mother's future depends upon her qualifying for SSI. But
since she's been living on an Annuity for nearly 30 years, the State of
Washington must have a form stating that the State has first claim to any money
left in the Annuity, if any does exist upon Dorothy's death. Cathy has been
leaving voice mail and email with two state employees who can give her the
official language required on the official form. Call after call has failed to
get their attention.
Now, from one of these officials, comes a letter telling Cathy that if the
required information is not received by them no later than July 28, Dorothy's
request for SSI will be denied. Since this is Sunday, we will need to begin on
Monday, looking for someone who can actually serve the Public, and assist us.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/21/18, Penny Reeder <penny.reeder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl, What an ordeal, and how sad for Cathy's mother and all of you.
Good luck with all of the paperwork and all of the cleaning out, and
good luck to Cathy's mom. I hope she can improve and recover at least
some of her language skills.
Penny
On 7/21/18, Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Monday, July 16, Cathy headed to pick up her mother and take her to
the funeral of a cousin. When she arrived at her mother's apartment
she could see at once that her mother was in trouble. Cathy called
911, and within 3 minutes they were coming down the hall. The doctor
held out little hope. Dorothy's brain was still swelling, and he
said she probably would not last 3 days. So on next Monday, one full
week later, we will move Dorothy to a Long Term Care facility in Bremerton.
Cathy and I have served several clients who lived there, and it is a
very nice facility. Of course Dorothy is now out of money. So the
wild dash to make her eligible for SSI is on. Meanwhile, Dorothy is
able to speak some words, but we can't be certain just how aware she
is. She keeps asking, "What happened?" We explain over and over
that she's had a stroke.
Besides spending days at the hospital, we are beginning the process
of cleaning out her two bedroom(over stuffed with stuff)apartment.
Just the paperwork is driving Cathy into a frenzy. Ah, if only we
had been wise enough to have joined the 1%.
So we'll be rather quiet for a time, but don't get your hopes up. I
shall return!
Now...it's off to the hospital and then on to our son's wedding.
Oh yes...we still do have clients to serve.
Carl Jarvis