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Advice Regarding Disability Alarms & Costs
Hi, My father is registered disabled and lives on his own. He has problems walking and has recently had a couple of falls (nothing serious but it has worried us). I have been told about alarms that can be used in case of a fall and was wondering if there were any services he could use as being registered disabled. If not…
PIP form
Hi just wondering is it worth paying one of the disability not for profit organisations to help filling PIP form out ? has anyone had any experience with this ? tia
Applying for welfare guardianship in Scotland. Advice needed.
Has anyone applied for Welfare guardianship for an adult who lacks capacity in Scotland? looking for info on how much it cost and what the advantages/disadvantages have been before going ahead instead of letting social work take over. thanks
PIP reapplying after tribunal
Hi, I was awarded PIP at tribunal, award runs until Feb 2021. I have reapplied but have a few questions. 1. If I am reassessed before my old award ends and my new award is lower would I need to pay them back the months in between applying and getting the new award? 2. If I decide to cancel this application can I reapply in…
PIP - asking to be reassessed query
Hello All, Whilst an old hand at claiming PIP for myself (DLA before that) I am not quite sure how the system works for the situation I am now in. My husband recieves PIP daily living standard. At the time of award I wanted to ask for a reconsideration but he just wanted to let it go so we did. Since then he has received…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Attendance allowance
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