People trusted to assist in the event of emergencies??

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i'm doing the best i can by maintaining my weight [still size 35] and taking tesla therapy.

I really like this idea The various potential benefits for the disabled, elderly, & poor can be extremely complicated, confusing, & overwhelming for them to navigate & it could be very helpful for them to have social workers aiding them who are trained to navigate the various programs & systems. A lot of people could live more productive & independent lives if they had the right assistance & support.

The person I list as an emergency contact is my girlfriend who I've been living with for over 9 years now. I moved from Louisiana to Vermont to be with her; the only major thing I liked about Louisiana except family is the food, especially seafood. I never had a close relationship with my parents & I've been much more distinct with everyone else except for my current girlfriend & both my exes. I'm probably a lot better at handling an emergency than Cass is & I'm listed as her live-in-aid/caretaker. We're both disabled & both have major problems living alone but her doc & psych sign off on me being her live-in-aid because she has different benefits than me like SSI, Section 8 Housing, & SNAP/Food Stamps. Only benefits I ever had were SSI & Medicaid & for about the last 11 years it's been Social Security Disability, Medicare, & Medicaid. If I wasn't listed as her live-in-aid, my income would be factored into some of her benefits. She lived alone for a year & she was kinda catatonic when her family wasn't around. Cass has more living skills than me(like cooking, planing shopping trips, filling out paperwork, & taking care of our pets) but her mental issues fluctuate & she's very prone to mood swings & shutdowns & meltdowns. She also can be very forgetful, mishear things, & get confused easily. I have those issues some as well but it's worse for her. I'm kinda ret*d compared to most other people my age & I majorly s#cked in school due to dyslexia whereas Cass is kinda book-smart but she believes that I'm smarter than her because I tend to be more level-headed, logical, & analytical when it comes to making decisions. I was a strategist when I was working 1ce I learned the ropes well & I was very reliable. Cass has a close relationship with some of her family who live an hour away so she lists her mom as a secondary emergency contact. Very thankfully we personally have only had a couple of emergencies which I won't get into now cuz that's enough rambling. It would probably be good for us to have a friend or two to hang out with & talk to about things but neither of us is good at meeting people & making friends. She's kinda worried about me because she talks to her family about most everything whereas she's the only one I talk to about stuff.