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Stairlifts - buy or rent?
I have arthritis in my knee and am having real difficulty with the stairs in my house. I hope to get a knee replacement within the next year or so, after which I’ll hopefully be able to manage the stairs again. In the meantime a stairlift would make my life a lot easier. What are your experiences of renting a (straight)…
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DWP discrimination against elderly and Disabled
Helping a 80 year old man who was attacked by two Rottweilers 18 months ago and lost an arm and leg as a result. He can’t travel safely in a car so needs a mobility car with wheelchair access. Naturally following such an awful event you would assume that he qualifies for the mobility scheme but no! He can’t get PIP as too…
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Mother in law - Is she entitled to disability help?
Hi, I'm getting increasingly concerned for my wife's mum. She has been in poor health and overweight for a number of years but has always kept on working. Over the last 2 years her health has deteriorated rapidly and she has thankfully now took the decision to retire. She has a heart condition that means she cannot walk…
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Moving house - getting help to clear house
Not massively disabled (but do have a blue badge) but do have back issues.... It makes it difficult now to move stuff around. Move stuff into storage. An hour or so loading the car etc means 3-4 days of pain. Just wondered how poor people even worse off than me manage with things like this. Is there someone you can pay…
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Need recomendation for online pharmacy
Been with Lloyds online pharmacy nd used it mostly for repeat NHS prescriptions for my son. I was happy with their service and speed. They got sold off to Pharmacy2u, and the experience with them is dire, so looking to take my business elsewhere. The reviews for both Boots and Superdrug are bad. Initially considered Hey…
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NHS CHC query
Hi Wondered if someone could help. My mum had an accident and ended up in hospital, she has broken ribs, paraylsed arm with nerve damage and shoulder damage. Her mobility is non existent, she has dementia and alzhemiers's due to small blood vessel disease, has suffered severe depression and has incontinence. She is still…
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International blue badge?
More of a rant than anything else. I have a visitor who is disabled. In her home country (US) she has a blue badge but that doesn’t work here. Parking somewhere convenient or simply stopping to help her out of the car is a nightmare and severely restricts what we can do.
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Adult who lack capacity and banking
My son is 42 and has autism and SLD. he is unable to manage his own affairs. Many years ago I set up current bank accounts for him and an ISA. One bank account receives his benefits and is his personal money and the other receives his funding from direct payments and I pay for his day service with that. They are both in…
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Retrospective care home fee increase
My elderly uncle has lived in a care home for the past 3 years and is self funding. I received an email from the care home saying the fees would be going up from 1st of June, fair enough I changed the standing order. I have now received an email from the care home saying they haven’t received the increase amount for April…
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Querying financial assessment for payment of care home fees
Can anyone give thoughts on the following please. Mum in a care home with dementia and walking issues since March 2025 ( nowhere else possible). No money has yet been paid by her ( ie me as POA) because we have been awaiting financial assessment result. Have now received Council letter saying that Mum can self fund - she…
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Retrospective application for Disability Living Allowance (DLA)?
Hi, Our son was diagnosed with autism six years ago. Our daughter has just had the same diagnosis, however this time we were advised by the specialist that we should apply for Disability Living Allowance on her behalf. This was never suggested at the time of our son's diagnosis and I wondered if a retrospective application…
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Benefits and hospital stay
My son will have to go into hospital soon for an extended stay and we wondered if anyone had recent first hand experience of the affect on benefits-universal credit,pip with motability premium and a council tax reduction?
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Saving for child with disability
Hi, I have a 5 year old with a learning disability and medical issues. We are looking at options where we can start putting a little bit of money away for their future to either support once they turn 18 or before hand if there's anything required such as wheelchair/supportive pram if required which they may not…
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Walking Criteria for Blue Badge Application?
. . .Does anyone know what sort of maximum distance you're able to walk before you can be granted a Blue Disabled Person's badge? . . .I suffer from inflammatory arthritis/gout that make it very difficult for me to walk long distances (frequently I have to use my hands and knees to get upstairs at home!) and as I wrote…
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Continuous Health Care Advice (Assessment structure)
Hello everyone Hoping someone out there can help. My Dad is in a specialist care home for Dementia sufferers. My mum applied for CHC (using a professional company for support). The report has just come back and has found Dads level of need does not meet the threshold to be taken forward to full panel assessment. My…
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NHS Hearing Aids
I have hearing aids provided by the NHS they are Danalogic GN aids. I know that these hearing aids have data logging. Does anybody know how the lodging works.? Can the logging tell if the hearing aid is on but not in the ear? Thanks
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IR to UC
how many started a pension while on EZA then a year later were put on EZA 1R & had the pension amount deducted, whereas they could have kept the pension building to claim years later: why change people from 1R to university challenge UC, so as they can receive less continence tacks benny fit, & have non continents tacks…
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Disabled Facilities Grant
Hi, I am helping my parents complete an application form for the DFG. It is far too complex for them to complete which makes me very sad for people who don’t have anyone to help. In most of the sections it gives an option to enter amounts in 2 columns, one for the applicant and the 2nd for partner. On the Savings,…
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How to buy a stairlift
Sorry to say but you MUST book several quotes and you MUST haggle. 1. Delay as long as you can. Using the stairs really helps. Think, you're lifting a 10 stone weight up 15 feet., several times a day. That's a fair amount of exercise. Mum got swollen ankles as soon as she moved to a place without stairs. (Not a medical…
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DLA Changes for people living in Scotland (Adult DLA) - help please.
I have received a letter from DWP telling me that my DLA claim
will transfer to Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance on 20
August 2025. If this post would be better on a “Benefits” MSE
Forum, please let me know. I am
quite stressed and will be glad of your help. I have read the
details to the best of my ability and…
