Look for the county court that has records of people being appointed as personal representatives to administer estates.

Your 401k probably doesn't have Vanguard as an option because there's a lot shady things that go on when companies decide on who gets to administer the 401k plan and the best thing for the employee - low fees - is not what they base their decisions on. 

Contact your local Housing Authority, if they are the ones who administer the Section 8 Program in your area, and ask their advice for reaching out to this market.

I've never seen any Conservatorship administered by a rep of a nursing home. 

They should talk with their case manager at the Housing Authority or whichever agency administers their Section 8.What I do know from our experience in working with Section 8 tenants, and this has happened before with one of our tenants, after one of the parties dies, the make up of the household and household income will be redetermined.

Among experts that was the consensus unless you wanted to get really fancy with Trusts etc but those are complex to administer.  

If CA is anything like here, PSI is the company that administers the state exams.  

Suggest you complete your profile, add your picture and continue to contribute.The challenge of trying to help a 3rd party assist an elderly friend with specific issues on a national/international public forum is that any advice must be restrained and general in nature.In CA, where I've been working probate and elder law matters for three decades, our state program is called Medi-Cal, administered by Department of Health Care Services.

All such investments need to be administered at arm's length and all income goes into the IRA.There are actually two very different types of self-directed IRA service providers.

Since all probate laws are by state, it will depend on where the probate is being administered and the capacity, powers and authority that they seek and are granted.An informal summary probate has the advantage of a short(er) duration but does not provide for any interim powers to sell until distribution, unlike a formal probate.Your best course of action is to seek to connect with PR 's having big issues that are difficult for them to solve.