Ok a stupid question?!
Question: Ok a stupid question!?
If a person has schizophrenia, are they automatically entitled to a government pension, even if they have been working but find it hard!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Well here in Australia you can get a goverment Pension,
i'm on a disability Pension and i have only been noted to have a borderline personality Disorder as a phciatric problem!.
Best of Luck
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i'm on a disability Pension and i have only been noted to have a borderline personality Disorder as a phciatric problem!.
Best of Luck
Secret PWww@Answer-Health@Com
Perhaps you are thinking of SSI/SSDI (rather than a pension, which is more like a retirement benefit)!.
People with schizophrenia are not necessarily eligible for SSI/SSDI ("disability" benefits)!. If their condition is well managed with medication, many may be quite able to hold down a job (and many do)!. If their condition does render them unable to work (this is true for some folks with schizophrenia), then they would be eligible at that point!.
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People with schizophrenia are not necessarily eligible for SSI/SSDI ("disability" benefits)!. If their condition is well managed with medication, many may be quite able to hold down a job (and many do)!. If their condition does render them unable to work (this is true for some folks with schizophrenia), then they would be eligible at that point!.
~M~Www@Answer-Health@Com
My mother was awarded disability, not a pension!. She had to go through a whole court hearing and application process!. The funny thing was, though, she thought it was for fibromyalgia, not her mental disorder!. Even today, she still thinks that is why she is on disability!. They said she wasn't mentally able to work!. She gets about $800 a month right now, and used to get and extra $150 each for my sister and I!. She has also always had rental assistance (we grew up poor), so that helps her out too!. By the way, she is paranoid schizophrenic!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Only if they are labeled as "disabled" and assigned a disability percentage!.!.!. And trust me, you do not want to get labeled as disabled unless you absolutely have to!. It will stick with you for life!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com