Ambiguity in determining financial capability of SSI and SSDI beneficiaries with psychiatric disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The liberty of individuals who receive Social Security disability payments is constrained if they are judged incapable of managing their payments and are assigned a payee or conservator to manage benefit payments on their behalf. Conversely, beneficiaries' well-being may be compromised if they misspend money that they need to survive. Several studies have shown that determinations of financial capability are made inconsistently and that capability guidelines appear to be applied inconsistently. This article describes ambiguities that remained for individuals even after a comprehensive assessment of financial capability was conducted by independent assessors.

Methods

Trained, experienced assessors rated the financial capability of 118 individuals in intensive outpat

SUBMITTER: Lazar CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4402222 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature