Tag: representative payee
What the heck is a representative payee? Social Security approves a family member or, less frequently, an organization to receive benefits on behalf of an individual who is old and infirm or has a disability. The representative is required to ensure that the benefits are being used to meet the needs of the person in…
This paper examines family representative payeeship provided to adults with mental illness. In-depth interviews were conducted with five beneficiaries with mental illness who have a family representative payee and seven family representative payees for this population. The qualitative descriptive method and thematic analysis were employed to examine satisfaction with, and conflict experienced in, family representativ…
