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Entitled To Council Tax Discount If On DLA?
Hi all, I thought I heard somewhere that if you are on Disability Living Allowance, you may be entitled to a Council Tax discount. As my mum is on DLA, I gave the C Tax Benefit Dept (T Hamlets, London) a ring and asked them. They told me that because my mum doesn't live alone, she doesn't qualify for a discount. Can…
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Paying for Care Homes - MS
Hello, I had a query on funding for paying for a care home for someone with multiple sclerosis, I hope this is the correct board to ask. My friend's father has died (her mother died a couple of years ago), he used to look after her brother with MS. He left the house to both of them. She is currently trying to her brother…
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Eh I'm confused re medical advice not allowed??
Hi I just noticed the thread on hyperthyroidism has been closed due to medical advice not being allowed on this forum but I have to admit I'm a bit bemused by this as surely people are giving advice both medical and financial on many of the threads on this forum so just wondered what's the coo??:confused:
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Colitis questions...
Hi just wondering does everyone here who has colitis experience bleeding?Nasty question I know but important to me...
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will this mean i get turned down for dla
i have a variety of things wrong including depression,agrophobia,back probs,new hip about to happen..i am in pain and cannot move hardly..i applied for dla and i received a letter today saying that they are going to ask my doctor for information, but i hardly ever see my doctor...the thought of leaving the house scares me…
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Advice re shoe build up please
I am to have one of my shoes built up and was told I can't wear sandles and open toe shoes. I just wondered what do other people wear in the summer? Any tips as I have lots of shoes and dont know which ones are best or any particular style that is better to wear.:rolleyes:
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Should I apply for DLA??
Can I please have some outside opinions please. I have Megaloblastic anemia. I have done for years but was only diagnosed in 2003. As a result of delays in treatment I have some permenant damage to the nerves inmy hand and arms, i have no feeling at all in 4 fingers and constant tingling in another 3. I cannot judge…
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£10 Christmas Bonus
My husband is visually impaired and is on DLA. I am registered as his carer and I receive Carer's Allowance. He received a £10 Christmas Bonus (as he does every year), but I have only been receiving CA for 2 months, should I have also received a bonus?
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hmmm????
ok well spoke to my doctor last week as i cannot cope with my moods anger and depression anymore. after a long talk with him he tells me he cannot give me and medication as he has been forbiden by my "Tourettes specialist" i only see the "specialist" about every 6months as he only holds 1 clinic on a tuesday every month…
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Tips for managing foot in plaster?
Hi Anyone who uses crutches regularly or had a leg in plaster do you have any advice or tips please however basic.. I'm a stroke head injury survivor so managing crutches is going to be tough for me.. is already tough :rolleyes: as I'm not that strong and still have marked left sided weakness..and it is left foot being…
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dla for my daughter
:T hi everyone i got my claim through today got low rate mobobility for my daughter till september 2010 she doesnt quailify for care part :confused: but oh well better thank nothin i suppose lol. :A
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Please would you sign this urgent petition?
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HIV+ Incapacity Benefit Medical Assessment
Hi Guys! Can someone pls help!. I have been receiving Incapacity Benefit for 6mths since becoming ill with HIV symptoms. Unfortunately the meds I am taking have been unable to bring my viral load to the desired level. Due to this and the meds I have extreme loss of my bowels and have collapsed 4 times in the last month. I…
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Medical retirement and moving to Spain
Hi I am a chronically disabled man who is in employment but I have been on sick leave for over a year. My consultant has advised me that because my disability is progressive and am not going to improve I should medically retire from work. My employer has medical insurance which they have told me should cover me. My…
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DLA Disability Handbook Ditched
i have only just found out that in April 2007 the Disabilty handbook was scrapped :rolleyes: just thought I would mention this as it is still on may web sites which people look at when claiming and I know it has been mentioned a few times on here. I know I have looked at it a few times in the last year. ".......Benefits…
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Black Dog of Depression - can we help each other?
Hello Friends It's silly o'clock as I type this, but I've been lying in bed unable to sleep, and it occurs to me that there's not a Depression thread yet. I think those of us who suffer this can help each other. I'd like to think so, anyway; I do know that, as a MoneySaving forum, it is relevant for those of us who go a…
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Anybody have Irlen syndrom?
I am sure I suffer from this but am unsure about getting it checked out mainly becasue I have no idea about what's involved in the whole process and who pays for it?? As a poor student I have very little spare money but do have my dyslexia needs assesment next week and was wondering if this would be covered? Many thanks!
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Loan repayment on bank statement to Housing Benefit
Hey everyone, I'm disabled and applying for housing benefit - have requested a bank statement, but it shows a transfer payment from a relative which was them returning a loan of £700 from ages ago. As the statement goes on, that money disappears on regular spends, food, Christmas shopping, etc. and as I cannot work I have…
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Epilepsy/narcolepsy help please
My DH has epilepsy. He had a big lorry accident a few years ago, I don't know if the epilepsy was the result or the cause of it though. But I'm worried about the amount he is sleeping now. Today I went to work at 7.00 a.m and he went back to sleep after I left. I phoned him at 13.15 this afternoon and he'd only just woken…
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mri scan
i was wandering if anybody has ever had an mri scan. i am soon to have one for an ongoing medical condition and i have heard a lot of reports of claustrophobia etc. is it really that bad? i am quite a nervous person and have phoned the hospital up and they said if i was worried at all then maybe i should get a mild…
