My dad is a carpenter and has worked for himself his entire life, and will be unable to work at all for three months, possibly longer. Is there something he can apply for to help pay some monthly bills? He has health insurance and is 58. Thanks for any and all help!
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November 4th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
He can’t qualify for unemployment as a previous answer said, because to qualify you have to have been let go from your job and be looking and available for work. He needs to go ahead and apply for social security disability. To do this, you can go to your local social security office or you can start the process by going to http://www.ssa.gov and clicking on the link in the center of the page that says "applying for disability". This is something he can do if he is not able to go back to work. To qualify you have to be unable to work for at least 12 months. Because of his age and past work there is a chance that he would qualify in the event he just can’t go back to his job when his recovery is over.