For two+ years I have cared for my mother. So I would work 12 hours then go care for her another 6 to 8 hours and then return to work. She passed in the beginning of April. My physicians told Sedgwick I needed to be out on short term disability leave and they denied it, not once but twice. First off, the whole time no one contacted me to let me know any updates or anything about my claim. I had to call weekly if not two times a week. Secondly, no one explained that there wre two separate paper works for FMLA and STD. Thirdly, no one also explained that Sedgwick has the final say even after my physician stated I needed to be out. That's a high risk and a month is a long time to live without pay. So what Sedgwick is saying I would have been better off to come in and cry and be bitter and angry towards the patients?. That is what you are saying when you denied me my claim. This short term disability is a joke. And I'm not the only one who has had a bad experience. Ask yourself if you could make it a month without pay? That answer is no. It's okay because I promise to file complaints and many.