Paying-Bills

Certified Senior Approved

What You Can Expect from Bill-Paying Services

When it comes to paying-bills, we may all need help from time to time.

Paying-bills on time, keeping the checkbook balanced, not paying a bill that you should not pay, may not seem difficult when you are young and have good eyesight and a great memory.

However, as we age, keeping this straight can be a problem. This is more than just an issue of paying a bill. It is an issue of pride and dignity.

Are you an elderly person or a person with a disability that wants to remain in control of your finances and continue paying-bills on your own?

Are you experiencing some difficulty with loss of vision, some loss of short-term or long-term memory, or perhaps have lost the ability to write as a result of an illness, injury or surgery? A bill-paying service will work with you to set up a system that works best for you.

Paying-bills and keeping it all straight

Most seniors and those with disabilities prefer to sign their own checks. A bill- paying service keeps your monthly bills organized and will write checks on your behalf - up to the signature line. You will remain in control by continuing to sign your own checks.

Some bill paying services will act on your behalf, with your permission of course, to sort through medical bills and ascertain which bills are due, which bills are duplicate and can be ignored, what charges are legitimate and which ones need challenged.

Home care companies will offer bill-paying services. Please ... Be very careful with this offer. You should never share your account information with anyone that is not bonded and insured. The home care company may be bonded and insured; yet, the aide they have assigned to you is not. Use sound judgment on this issue.

Senior Approved Services prefers to recommend bill-paying services provided by a licensed, bonded and insured professional who is well versed in bookkeeping and accounting practices. We will only recommend a service for paying-bills that has been surveyed and is 'Senior Approved'.

Do you need to be an elderly person or a disabled person to benefit from a bill paying service? No.

Busy professionals often times find themselves asking their personal secretaries to pay their personal bills on their behalf. Alternatively, he or she finds himself or herself paying bills late, simply due to lack of time.

If you are this career person and have decided you do not want your secretary to be privy of your personal finances, or you are tired of paying late fees, you may also want to use a 'Senior Approved' service.

See also Financial Planning Services

We continue to receive far more inquiries from the consumer than we have businesses to recommend and endorse. To learn if you qualify please visit our business-related site at Quality Elder Care

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