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social care charges for younger disabled people
Hi. I require social care as I have cerebral palsy, so it is a lifelong need. I am not currently employed, but have been in the past as since leaving university early to accept a job offer. I am undertaking a level 5 professional qualification funded by the housing association who I rent my bungalow from. A social worker…
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Buying A Suitable Chair?
I have rh arthritis (pains in all my joints, particularly hips hands and feet), and back problems. I sit at my desk a lot. I really need a reclining chair so I can alter my position when back and hips get painful. It also helps to raise my feet when I've been walking and they are hurting (lots of nodules in my feet,…
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access to work- travel help
I wanted to ask, if Access to Work is able to help with funding to travel to work how do they work out your contribution? Say if you can't use public transport but can go in a car with a travel buddy who will drive you becauseyou can't drive, do they work out your costs depending upon the cheapest public transport cost or…
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Boiler woes for FiL - 86 and diagnosed with cancer
Hi all It never rains but it pours... My FiL was recently diagnosed with cancer which is untreatable, and has been given 3-6 months. He was in hospital for 10 days or so but is now back home. Had his gas "back boiler" serviced today and it has been condemned. He has a state pension and two small private pensions (one he…
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Back dated council tax bill
Hi ,I am new on here and joined in the hope someone could shed light on this situation please. I am a full time carer with health issues of my own for which I am in receipt of carers allowance. I look after someone with mobility issues ,brain damage and mental health issues. Out of the blue he has received back dated…
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ODC and Activity 4 – washing and bathing
I have OCD and one part of it means it takes me ages to wash in the shower and brush my teeth. Most of the time I have to be told to go and shower and brush my teeth because I just can’t face it because it’s takes so long and the thought of going through it makes me depressed and exhausted. Does this fall under Descriptor…
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PIP review form
I’ve had a form that says it’s time to review my award. The questions under each descriptor ask: Tell us if something has change and approx when. Tell is how you manage this activity now, including any aids that you need. Tell us about any changes to the help you need or the help you get from another person. My mental…
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Erudio Loan Disability Deferment
Hi allI'm just looking for some advice.I have been in receipt of ESA and PIP for at least 10yrs. In that period I have only managed to get one 3yr deferment for my Erudio student loan (which was for the past 3yrs). This year they have once again only granted me a 1yr deferment, insisting that they will only extend this to…
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Free boiler, ECO scheme.
My wife gets DLA higher level and as our boiler was over 15 years old we decided to see if we could replace it under the scheme. Contacted a few companies before finding one who would do it. Free replacement boiler or pay £1000 to have a combi and remove all the old tanks, we went for that. All done in a day, working fine…
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Mental Health OT assessment
Hello,Has anyone had a mental health OT assessment. I am due one soon and I have been having multiple dreams a night about it. I think its because I dont know what is going to happen. As anyone had an assessment, what do they ask or make you do?
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Help with PIP mobility
Hello firstly thank you for reading I am considering asking for a review of my pip mobility part at the moment i get daily living enhanced rate and standard mobility. I suffer will long term mental health with many things, agrophobia, generalized anxiety, ocd, bipolar, eupd, my mental health started about 20 years ago, i…
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Do I have to put an unpaid live-in carer on council tax?
A little back story:I suffer from a chronic illness that causes me to faint and requires me to use mobility aids from time to time. My best friend comes over everyday to check on me and do some carer type duties. As my fainting episodes have gotten worse and my need for help has become more so, I have offered for them to…
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Need advice to pass on please
A close family member (ex primary school teacher) had been off work about two yrs and now resigned due to diagnosed long term depression & anxiety. Is receiving regular psychiatric zoom meetings, in receipt of universal credit. He's now applied for and got a Blue Badge card. Currently not driving and car sold. He's only…
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Discounts,Public transport,PIP& Carers what am I/we allowed to apply for/get?
Hiya, it's me again haha hope you are all doing well! I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction or talk from experience but to cut a long story short I have been diagnosed with an incurable illness that affects me greatly& makes me disabled & I am in receipt of PIP, but only for daily living even…
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Power of Attorney issues
If this is in the wrong section please move it. My husband and I have joint POA for an elderly friend with dementia. To be honest the role is far more complex and time consuming than I’d ever imagined, and made more complex by the fact that we have to run everything by his daughter as next of kin. As I’m sure many other…
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Need to be able to offer constructive encouragement
A close relative of ours has recently applied for and been given a blue badge card on the grounds of being determined Disabled due to long term depression & agitation. In fact he's only been out the house to corner shop in about two years. Now that he has this card, he and we are unsure "what next?". Will he be able to…
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PIP reviews
I was told by the CAB that I should be entitled to standard mobility allowance because of the changes to following and planning a journey. The last advice I can find on here is from 2019, when they had promised to review all cases without being contacted. However, since then I have been told that I will need to ring up and…
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Carer's council tax disregard
I’m interested in other users’ experience in claiming council
tax disregard for carers, particularly where
two adults are carers. My LA is insisting that only a carer in receipt of CA is eligible
and have awarded the disregard to my wife. They say that I have not proved I'm a carer because I do not
get CA. I’m currently…
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claiming pip /carer for husband
hi i have just applied for pip due oa in knee shoulder has anybody claimed as pip as carer for arthritis ,do you have any advise i am still able to help my husband his needs are supervision eg cooking and guidance budgeting ,going out things like .
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ESA50 contact - found !
Anyone trying to obtain an update towards an ESA50 submission might be interested in reading https://www.chdauk.co.uk/contact-usI emailed ESA from it - and obtained an almost instant response !
