![]() NOTE: The numbers in parentheses are the standard errors of the estimate see footnote 1.ĪAsked of nonparent payees of beneficiaries who are aged 18 and older and able to communicate.īAsked of beneficiaries aged 18 and older with nonparent payees.ĬAsked of payees of beneficiaries who are aged 7 and older and able to communicate. Medical care, including doctor, dentist, mental health, and vision services as well as medications Housing, including rent, mortgage, repairs, utilities, furnishing, and needing to move to another placeĬlothing, including buying and taking care of clothes ![]() TABLE 3-1 Representative Payee and Beneficiary Reports of Discussions of Beneficiary Needs During the Past Year (in percentage) During the committee’s site visits, SSA staff also cited a few instances in which beneficiaries had little or no communication with their payees, and said that a small number of beneficiaries had no idea where their payees were located. For the rest, beneficiaries said that their most recent contact with their payees was 2-3 months ago, 2.9 percent (0.6), 4-6 months ago, 1.1 percent (0.3), 7-12 months ago, 0.8 percent (0.3), or more than 12 months ago, 0.4 percent (0.3). In addition, a majority reported their most recent contact with their payees had been within the past week, 79.6 percent (2.5), or the past month, 15.3 percent (2.5). Consistent with payees’ reports, beneficiaries also indicated their most common form of contact was in person, 77.8 percent (2.3), or by telephone, 21.6 percent (2.3). A small number of beneficiaries indicated less frequent contact, 3.5 percent (0.8), or no contact, 2.0 percent (0.7). Most beneficiaries who were not living with their payees also reported having weekly, 84.0 percent (2.0), or monthly, 10.5 percent (1.8), contact. Smaller proportions reported their most recent contact to have been 2-3 months ago, 5.1 percent (0.9), 4-6 months ago, 4.4 percent (0.7), 7-12 months ago, 2.5 percent (0.5), or more than 12 months ago, 1.0 percent (0.3). When payees who were not living with their beneficiaries had contact, 78.6 percent (2.6) met in person and 19.7 percent (2.6) talked by telephone.Īt the time of the interview, 70.2 percent (2.5) of payees reported their most recent contact with their beneficiary had been within the last week, and 16.8 percent (1.7) reported contact within the past month. About one in nine, 11.6 percent (1.3), reported monthly contact with their beneficiary 2 percent (0.4) indicated contact once every few months and a very small number, 0.4 percent (0.1), reported never having contact with their beneficiaries. The vast majority of payees, 86.1 percent (1.5), 1 reported being in touch with their beneficiaries once a week or more. ![]() During the committee’s site visits, SSA staff stressed that payees should be in frequent contact with their beneficiaries, and the survey results show such contact. ![]()
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