mark either True or False to each item

1. A safe way to set aside funds is to leave money to another adult son or daughter to be used on behalf of their sibling with a disability.
T F

2. Many older caregivers (parents and other relatives) of adults with developmental disabilities living at home have been caregivers all of their lives.
T F

3. The majority of families caring for an adult son or daughter at home have made residential, legal, and financial plans for their son or daughter with a developmental disability that kick in after the parents die.
T F

4. Social Security regulations require parents at age 65 to give up some of the benefits of their son or daughter with a disability to continue to live a home.
T F

5. Outreach can often mean different things - in the developmental disabilities system it means casefinding and in the aging network it means information and referral.
T F

6. All attorneys who do estate planning can set up the appropriate and well designed legal arrangements to ensure the person with a disability's future well-being.
T F

7. Some older parents (or other relative caregivers) find that they have dual caregiving burdens - caring for both their son or daughter with a developmental disability and a spouse who may be ill or infirm.
T F

9. Adults with disabilities who are living with their families can not legally make any decisions for themselves.
T F

10. When renting an apartment from a landlord an adult with a developmental disability is not legally able to sign a rental agreement or contract.
T F

11. The Older Americans Act authorizes area agencies on aging to give priority for services to older persons providing care and support to persons with developmental disabilities.
T F

12. Grandparents often become the primary caregiver to a child with a developmental disability because the child's mother or father has died, has left the area, are incompacitated, or have relinquished custody.
T F

13. Because they live with at home with their parents (or other relative caregivers), adults with developmental disabilities are not eligible for any federal assistance programs (such as Medicaid).
T F

14. All adults with developmental disabilities should have a legal guardianship established.
T F

15. Grandparents, caring for a grandchild with a developmental disability, are recognized as the "legal parent" for the child by educational and social services authorities.
T F

16. The National Family Caregiver Support Program requires that area agencies on aging provide information to caregivers about available local services, and this would include information about local disability services.
T F

17. As older parents age, they find it not really any harder to provide personal care to their adult son or daughter with severe intellectual and physical disabilities.
T F

18. Any type of trust that a family sets up for their adult son or daughter with a disability will protect his or her government benefits.
T F

19. Older parents (or other relative caregivers) do not have to worry about what money they leave their adult son or daughter with a developmental disability because federal Medicaid rules disregard any inheritances.
T F

20. The Older Americans Act permits local nutrition sites to offer meals to adults with a developmental disability, who are under age 60, if they accompany their parents or other caregiver.
T F

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NFCSP: University at Albany - 4/2/02