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Can you work and still draw disability?

bballer123

Posted 10:37 am, 02/03/2011

Oh my Lord would you quit wondering about people on disablity and worry about your stupid self its none of your business !!!! Leave people alone !!!

empowers

Posted 10:33 am, 02/03/2011

Not everyone in a nursing home or assisted living facility is elderly. There are younger people with various problems who can be useful and not have to sit around staring out into space. If a person were expected to say, make up his own bed or sweep his room occasionally that would be a big help.

You can feed a person, do every little thing for them and make them very dependent on you and you have no more than an animal. But if you expect some responsibility from them they may just suprise you someday and be responsible. After all, we are talking about human beings here. Much of this would depend on their disability I am sure and there are limits to what some can do. When we do every little thing for them we actually disable them further and thats no help.

Instead of exploiting a disability we should be helping that disabled person to be all they can be, regardless of how limited that may be. Even some of the elderly would not mind a little responsibility.

tis

Posted 6:56 am, 02/03/2011

HUMMINGBIRD I AGREE WITH YOU .. MY DAUGHTER HAS A DISABILITY , I CAN'T GET HER ANYTHING .

Hummingbird

Posted 6:52 am, 02/03/2011

To answer your question....yes, you can draw disability and work. You can only work a certain amount of money before it effects the disability check.

For all that say, get off disability and work 40 hours....how about praying for my brother who is a quadrapelgic and my son who is parapalegic, pray that they can walk again and get off disability. I am positive they would rather have the use of their legs than to be on 100% disabled and having to work also to make ends meet. I am sure my brother would rather be driving a truck long distance and making 4 times what he draws from disability.

If you want to see 2 incredible disabled men work....go to Lowe's in Elkin and you will get great customer care from both!!!! They both could use a raise.

decsurvey

Posted 1:59 am, 02/03/2011

Maybe if the owners of the rest homes would quit running them like warehouses and actually made an effort to run them then the elderly in those places could feel useful. Unlike what I have seen in everyone I have been to. The place brings in the patients and other than medicine and checking up on the patients that a is all the staff does. The remainder of the times the residents are staring off into space.

It will be a cold day and my death before they ever put my parents in such a place.

Bigfoottinytoes

Posted 1:02 am, 02/03/2011

Empower, You have never visited a nursing home, have you? 99% of those people in a nursing don't even know where they are and can't even reconize people who come to visit. I don't think you are going to get much useful labor out of them. In most cases a nursing home is where people go to die.

wcclady

Posted 12:52 am, 02/03/2011

Do you really think that elderly people in nursing homes and assisted living centers are able to work? i doubt that many of them would be there if they were able to work. Think about what you are saying...

Bigfoottinytoes

Posted 12:50 am, 02/03/2011

God, I seem to know alot about all kind of stuff, don't I?

Bigfoottinytoes

Posted 12:49 am, 02/03/2011

If you are talking about real disability income then if you work any they will take it away from you. In most cases they will make an attempt to take it away anyway at least 2 times even if you can't work. It is good in disability cases to have a good medical lawyer.

Bigfoottinytoes

Posted 12:42 am, 02/03/2011

SSi is not disability. It retirement insurance. It is the same as a 401k in many ways. If you are talking about SSi then you can work all you want and even draw unemployement. After making $13,000.00 a year one dollar for every two dollars made is taken back by SSI.

Knight1b

Posted 12:41 am, 02/03/2011

Yeah you try doing that with a major medical problem. Go right ahead.

Dog Hunter

Posted 12:27 am, 02/03/2011

IF YOU CAN WORK 20 THEN GO AHEAD AND WORK 40 AND GET OFF DISSABILITY!!!

knight1b

Posted 12:00 am, 02/03/2011

Disability beneficiaries’ earnings limits: If you work while receiving disability benefits you must tell us about your earnings no matter how little you earn. You may have unlimited earnings during a trial work period of up to nine months (not necessarily in a row) and still receive full benefits. Once you have completed your nine-month trial work period, we will determine if you are still entitled to disability benefits. You also may be eligible for other work incentives to help you make the transition back to work.

People seem to think better in terms of hours. I saw no reason to correct it as its at least less complicated.

Here is an even more complicated version.

The Social Security Administration has programs in place that encourage people who are receiving disability benefits to also work. The Ticket to Work program provides disabled individuals who meet a certain criteria with jobs through an employment network. A recipient of Social Security Disability may also find work on his own. However, there are certain guidelines a recipient must abide by to continue to receive their benefits.

History
1. The Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 prompted changes to the Social Security Administration's laws and guidelines to help remove concerns for individuals receiving Social Security Disability who may have also wanted to return to work. The Ticket to Work program was also created to provide disabled individuals who meet a criteria with employment opportunities. Disabled individuals returning to work on their own were also no longer in danger of immediately losing their benefits.
Limitations
2. The Ticket to Work program is designed to provide disabled employees with a wage that does not exceed a certain amount of money. The earning limit can change from year to year as the estimated cost of living fluctuates. In 2010, the earning limit for disability recipients was $940 a month. Likewise, if a disability benefits recipient finds work on his own, he will have to ensure that his wages do not exceed the earning limit in place for that year.
Considerations
3. In finding work aside from the Ticket to Work program, a beneficiary will need to report any work she starts immediately to her local Social Security Administration office. Although the Social Security Administration will have a record of any wages a beneficiary earned month to month through tracing her Social Security number, she may still be required to provide pay stubs to her local Social Security Administration for backup proof of her earnings and her date of hire.
Consequences
4. Should a person receiving Social Security Disability begin work that will exceed the earning limitation he will not lose his benefits right away. He may still be eligible to receive his benefits for up to 5 months. After this period, if the recipient continues to work and receive disability benefits, he will have an overpayment on his record and will be liable to pay back the amount of money he continued to receive for every month his earnings exceeded the limit. The recipient will be given options to appeal as well as options to repay the overpayment. The Social Security Administration will automatically cease benefit payments unless other arrangements are made by the recipient and approved by the administration.
Misconceptions
5. The limitations to the type of work a person receiving Social Security Disability can do relies solely on the individual disabled person and her abilities. A disabled person can work in any field she is skilled to work in as long as her wages do not exceed the earning limit for the month. It is not necessary for a disabled individual to reveal that she is receiving Social Security Disability to potential employers outside of the Ticket to Work Program.

hanginlikealoosetooth

Posted 11:51 pm, 02/02/2011

The 20 hours "thing' goes for unemployment, not disability....

knight1b

Posted 11:45 pm, 02/02/2011

Some conditions that qualify for disability still allow someone to work but in an extremely limited manner. In otherwords they would never be able to work enough to make ends meet to answer your question.

maco4

Posted 11:38 pm, 02/02/2011

If you can work. Why do you draw disability? How did you get disability if you can work? There are a lot of people needs this but cant get it and they realy need it .I don;t think is fair someone that needs it. But that is the how system works.

idle_hands

Posted 11:31 pm, 02/02/2011

(Also the disabled)

knight1b

Posted 11:27 pm, 02/02/2011

Yes. It depends a great deal on the type and nature of the disability. But in some cases it is possible.

idle_hands

Posted 11:27 pm, 02/02/2011

I don't think the elderly came this far only to be a slave to their nursing home. Am I understanding you correctly?

You seem to think the elderly are without purpose in life?

Bigfoottinytoes

Posted 11:24 pm, 02/02/2011

If you can work in anyway you can't get disability. Its disability!

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