Larry..I am not sure how to do this. I have an adult daughter who has been receiving SSI for many years due to OCD, etc. and she is the payee. It was originally $750 but has decreased for many years to $567. Her current mental state is not so good and she refuses to (or physically can’t) acknowledge that she needs to have it reviewed to have it increased. How can I go about it with the least amount of participation from her? Mary

Hi Mary. You could apply to be appointed as representative payee on your daughter's behalf (https://www.ssa.gov/payee/). If you're application is approved, you could then act on her behalf in all matters dealing with her Social Security benefits.

Social Security will only appoint a representative payee, though, if the Social Security recipient is either legally or mentally incapable of managing their own benefits. If you don't think that applies to your daughter, then there probably isn't much you can do to intervene on her behalf with Social Security.

I can tell you that Social Security does annual redeterminations for people receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. So, if your daughter is eligible for a higher SSI payment amount, that fact should be discovered during her next redetermination.

Best, Jerry