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Car lease help
Hi, not sure if this is the right forum or if anyone can help but here goes - We have recently joined the motability scheme and are awaiting our 1st car which isn't due until February, the problem is our own private car has just been written off by the insurance company after an accident which wasn't our fault, we are both…
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nominated person financial assessment
Hi,I am due to have a financial assessment. I am my childs nominated person for PIP so his money is paid into a joint savings account and I transfer money to his sole accounts when he needs it or pay for things he needs like driving lessons, through my account and reimburse myself. I only use his money for him and I am…
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Portable Mobility Scooters
Walking for my father is getting increasingly difficult. He currently uses a stroller when out and about but he's struggling with that now too. We're thinking of getting him a mobility scooter so he can go into town with my Mum. It would need to be able to fit in a hatchback car (Kia Niro). We've looked at a few online but…
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Advice with funding Care
Hi. I am writing this on behalf of a 76 years old female friend who, after an active life/career spent largely (50 years plus) in the field of professional health care, finds herself in the parlous position of needing almost full-time care without the means to pay for care herself and having been excluded from State…
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Blue Badge complaint - which department?
hello all, I want to raise a complaint about a blue badge application with the London Borough of Southwark. I want to use resolver, but resolver needs the department the blue badge belongs to. I have no idea, tried googling the boroughs website, but could not find. is it adult services? environment? transport? can anyone…
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Seeking advice - Dad is AWI with no POA
Hi all, Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. I'm dad's next of kin. No living siblings. He has gone into hospital and been diagnosed with dementia, possibly Alzheimer's. Social work have assessed him and decided he is to go to local care home. I have no power of attorney. Dad has no property, investments or…
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Disabled Persons Trust (Vulnerable Beneficary, Discretionary Trust)
I would like to set up a Disabled Persons Trust for the benefit of my adult children who have learning disabilities. (They are both eligable, it would be a discretionary trust and would protect any future inheritence they may receive and their means tested benefits) Is it possible to do this without paying large amounts of…
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Advice needed regarding son dla
Hi my son claims dla lower mate mobility and middle rate care. The claim started when he was 4 and was awarded till he's 12 which is another 4 years away. Can I update his claim to get higher care the mobility would be the same he can walk but his care needs have changed. Would I be allowed to update his claim and how.…
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PIP advice.
I have applied for PIP but not heard back from them. I have hidden disabilities. Not all disabilities are visible. They do have an impact on my day to day activities. Advice please
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PIP Confusing letters.
Hi, Hope everyone's doing OK! Just looking for some advice please I had a letter in October last month of 2020 from personal independence payments. saying it's been extended until 4 October 2021 because of the covid 19. Today i get a review letter to fill out for my new claim? has to be sent back by december the 3rd! so…
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Timescales - Festive Period
I've just realised the date when I *should* receive my PIP Assessment decision falls a couple of days before Christmas Day. Does anyone know if the timescales regarding requesting Mandatory Reconsideration generally relaxed/extended over that period? Or am I likely to be spending Christmas Day and Hogmanay furiously typing…
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Data protection Breach
I claim PIP. It's not something i like people to know because of the stigma attached. I happen to work with someone who used to work for the DWP, he still speaks to ex colleagues and over the past year he has dropped various bits of information regarding my health problems into conversation, including almost direct quotes…
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SMI claim without PoA
Can I claim SMI discount on behalf of my father in law to even though I don't have Power of Attorney? No money will come to me. It just means he can stop paying. He is 95, diagnosed with Alzheimers, lives alone 150 miles away from me and is eligible for attendance allowance. His local Age UK say there is a savings…
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PIP Assessments during Covid crisis
Are DWP doing PIP Assessments again yet ?If so - how do they get around the social distance rules ?They can't come within 2 metres of you - so do they do it all by sound and vision ?And what happens if they send you a date - but you are too scared to attend ?They won't get very much out of me - if it is a phone assessment…
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Attendance allowance
Why do I not get toll charges free as a blue card disability holder
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Local Authority financial assessment query re elderly parent
I am due a call from the local authority regarding a financial assessment on my mothers finances for home carers/help. We are happy to pay what is due of course but the query I have is regarding rental charges. My Mother lives rent free in a bungalow owned by my wife and I. We bought it years ago as a rental…
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Timeline for motability renewal
Hi all. My daughter is in receipt of enhanced PiP (both componants) and we leased a motability car in March 2018. Her Pip award was for 4 years from Jan 18, we did get a car as soon as we were able but obviously had to wait for paperwork etc. I know her renewal will start around Jan 20 (normally 12 month in advance) for…
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Advice on riser recliner chairs and vat
hello all i have been looking at electric dual riser chairs as back has really gotten worse but unsure of reputable companies and how the vat scheme works, can anyone tell me what best disability equipment companies to us in the uk many thanks
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Cont-based ESA and applying for a graduate programme
Hi. I have been experiencing ill mental health for several years and have been receiving contributions-based ESA. I also have some physical ailments. I am currently seeking help to manage my mental health and accept that my physical health is limiting. I am keen to have a new challenge, albeit this may be a moment of…
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Access to work social and domestic contribution
Hi can someone explain how they work out your portion of the costs, I work 7 days a week but only 15 hours a week I got told as I only work 15 hours this equates to 2 full days and so my contribution is 5 days does this seem right ??