Parents just had to move in with me due to running out of funds for their independent living apt. Dad has declining eyesight and Parkinson’s with dementia worsening. I don’t know where to start to get POA and resources for them as I also work full time.
I recommend looking at www.nelf.org and finding a certified elder law attorney in your area that can draw up DURABLE AND MEDICAL POA for both parents. These are the forms that will allow you to legally help them. They will need to understand what they are signing at the time they are signing.
They can also give you the verbal authority to start helping them before you get all the paperwork in order.
Social security will need to be contacted separately as they have their own forms and will not honor any POA. Federal pensions have the same rules. You can become representative payee for them, beware that it requires an annual accounting and ALL of their money has to be used solely for them.
Your states attorney general website may have the forms available and they would be free. I used them for my dad and have never had a problem. Well worth checking out.
Best of luck getting this all sorted.