<prompt> Human: My dad just died. Were very poor. Hes been sick for a while but very sick for the last month and he hasnt had a source of income for years and didnt have enough work credits to qualify for disability or whatever. He was living in a roach-infested trailer that he built himself along with two homeless ex-cons he had taken in who had nowhere to turn that would be considered condemned if it were anywhere other than a remote rural area. He lived with my mother and my grandmother. My grandmother suffers from a severe case of paranoid schizophrenia and my poor mom was taking care of them both while working a very poorly compensated job, from which she had taken a break in recent times to care for him. Their only source of income aside from my grandmothers SSI is me, which isnt to say much. The house and land are paid off. There are no savings. He was a lifelong alcoholic and he couldnt qualify for life insurance by the time it was deemed to be necessary. All that he asked was to be cremated and buried in the back yard alongside our Rottweiler. Whats next? What do I do? Im sorry if I havent given enough information. What information can I provide to better facilitate useful responses?Edit: Probably a bit late but this is in Mississippi.Assistant: Very sorry to hear about your loss - I can appreciate the grief you and your family must be going through.Are there benefits available such as a Survivor Benefit? Check with your local Government to see if there are such benefits. Is welfare an option? Can you sell the land and live in a rental? Youll be safer and your Grandma will have a comfortable place to deal with her disease and access to a doctor and medication. Human: Thank you for the reply. My own intuition was to sell the land and move them somewhere more habitable and beneficial for my grandmother. Ive long been interested in getting my family away from that terrible standard of living, but the prize of my dads life was the home he had built for his family and the land for which he laid. Perhaps, in the absence of my dads pride, my mom will acquiesce to my line of thought. I dont know whether Survivor Benefit or welfare are options, but that gives me a lead to research as soon as possible. Google suggests theyre not applicable in our situation in my state, but I will call an attorney.  <response>: Internet hugs, you are a good son.It might be hard for your mum to make any decision about selling the land right now, but its not the only thing there is to show for his life, the prize of his life is you. 