Sue and Jim Righter are serving a second two-year term as Co-Service Officers of the Virginia Federation of Chapters. Members of Dulles Chapter 1241, they both have served as chapter service officers and in other ways in NARFE. They are expanding their service work to cover a wide range of topics of interest to current and retired federal employees, and their spouses.

WELCOME TO THIS SERVICE WEBSITE. Click on items of interest; if you wish hard copies, download and print them when you need them.

THE SURVIVOR KIT: Essential Information

[To gather information only - Do not send them to OPM}

Steps for Immediate Survivors/Executors

Application For Death Benefits, Civil Service Retirement System. (CSRS)

Application For Death Benefits, Federal Employees Retirement System. (FERS)

[Sample of death benefits forms. Fill in the one that applies to you and file it away.
OPM will send a numbered form later when needed.]

Be Prepared For Life’s Events:

A NARFE Guide For Federal Employees and Annuitants.

 

[Copies are also available from your local NARFE Chapter.]

Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program

Claim For Death Benefits.

[A sample insurance claim form. Fill it in and file it away.
OPM will send a numbered form when needed.]
Be aware that any payment of $5,000 must be distributed via a Money Market Account. The Money Market Account form is included with the claim form above.

Speaker’s Bureau and Topics for Chapter Programs

Avoiding the Most Common Elder Scams and Frauds A survey of elder scams and frauds compiled from some of the latest available information. Many of them are funny, unless they have just happened to you. If it’s too good to be true, it likely is not true.

How Long to Keep Your Important Records and Papers What records and papers are important? This offers an efficient personalized system for preserving and safeguarding important family papers, as well as incentive to destroy and discard the other stuff.

How to Get Out of Debt and Stay Out of Debt Debt can be particularly crushing and depressing to anyone of any age. Here are the most common mistakes to avoid, and the most common remedies to avoid future indebtedness.

How to Manage Life for Your Own Personal Safety Simple ways you can minimize the likelihood of household accidents, of being a crime victim, of common auto accidents, and of injury from falls. A survey of devices and services, to call for help, is also included.

Lowering Your Risk of Identity Theft Seven ways for average people to take actions that will lower their personal profile and their risk of identity theft. The presentation ends with detailed counter-measures if one’s identity is compromised.

Preparing for Care-giving This increases awareness of how we all are involved in a network of giving and receiving care. Living independently and ageing in place is what most people prefer; but there are four good reasons for resorting to residential care. Care-giving is not an emergency, but a personal life choice.

Signs of Elder Abuse / Standards of Elder Care Twelve signs of elder abuse; twelve standards of elder care; and what to do in the most often encountered situations. The emphasis is not only on consciousness-raising but also upon effective intervention.

Understanding Your Need for a “Survivor Kit” (updated in 2007) What will loved ones need to know in an emergency or other life event? A kit for them should be assembled and updated annually. This is a consideration of what a wise person does now for those he or she loves.

Invitation for Service Co-Chairs to Come Make a Presentation

Virginia Federation Service Centers

Virginia’s Advanced Medical Directive Form.

[To express in writing your wishes for final care]