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Stair Lift regulations & requirements help
Hi, In regards to curved stairlifts what are the regulations and pre-requirements to have one? In mm what free space between the hand rail and stair lift is required to allow people to walk up or down the stairs? Also what area of free space is required for landings? Which govt or body monitor these adaptations?
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riser recliner chair
hi all can any one point me in the direction of where best to look for a recliner riser chair in leather please is there anything i should keep away from or look for many thanks kt
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AA higher rate
Hi, sorry this is going to be a long post. My parents live 5 mins away, dad is 93 and mum is 87, I am an only child. Without going to details why, my dad became bed bound 3.5 years ago, he is in a hospital bed at home we have Carers x2 four times a day for his personal care, he is mentally as sharp as a button, prior to…
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Tribunal Date for PIP...Scared as hell
Hi All Looking for a bit of reassurance, i know ive posted before but now i have the date im struggling a lot. I have a tribunal date for PIP after they dropped points and an horrendous assessment where the assessor lied. I have reports from surgeon, ME nurse etc I have reems of other medical support baking up my unabilty…
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Safeguarding large sum of money
A relative in his twenties is due to inherit over £500,000. He is intelligent and has mental capacity. However he has little experience of managing money, a trusting and generous nature, and mental health problems. He feels at risk of financial exploitation, and of making foolish decisions and wants to do what he can to…
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Family fund?
Hi I want if anybody can help us. Family and friends are telling us to apply for the family fund we are not sure what this is and how would this work in our circumstances. Our son has autism. My income is roughly 24000 and my partners income is round about 5000. we also receive carers allowance, tax credits, and child…
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Pip appeal first stage appeal court Monday 17th of September 2018
I'm at the first tier appeal court this Monday. I had been on DLA since 1991. I was told that I would have to claim esa even though my partner had claimed income support for all those years for both of us he was also getting carers allowance. When I went to the pip assessment I failed so went for the mandatory decision…
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A bit of advice
I wonder if anyone could give me some advice, in 2016 my partner transferred from High Rate Care & Low Rate Mobility DLA to PIP. Upon application he was awarded full care but no mobility though he had been given 8 point for that component. We requested a mandatory reconsideration but this failed and then went to tribunal…
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Pre-paid prescription. Is it worth a year over 3 months ?
I have been buying a pre-payment card for my 3 prescribed meds. So far I can stretch buying a 3 month pass (£29.10) 3 times over a year as I tend to re-order a couple of times for the duration of the 3 months (as there seems to be no limit on how many times you can re-order withing the 3 month period) So in theory you are…
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Mangar Airflo Mk 3 - battery not charging
My elderly in-laws purchased a Mangar Airflo Mk 3 bath lifting cushion (probably not the correct technical term!) a few years ago. It has received very little use, they both use showers rather than baths these days but the unit stopped charging a while back. Rather than just scrap it I'd like to repair it and sell it for…
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Disabled Parking outside my house
There has been a disabled parking bay painted on the ground in the back lane on my side of the road outside my house for the people who live across the road because they have put a shed on their drive way. I'm planning on putting a driveway on the back of my house and i was wondering if this disabled bay could be moved or…
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Council refused to renew BB for a disabled 74 year old woman
Another Blue Badge query. My wife has had her BB since August 2015. She does not receive PIP or DLA as being too old to apply. She however does receive Attendance Allowance for day and night care indefinitely and has done for the past six years since she was 68. I completed the online renewal process as per the email the…
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Help. Pip assessment person arrived early
Pip asssessment booked for 10-12. Social worker not here yet who was going to support me. Assessor said it didnt matter when she turned up. Then it turns out she's terrified of dogs of which I have two. Put them in the bedroom for now. She's gone outside to wait til 10 oclock but feel like this is really bad. Stressed…
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P.I.P. timescales...
hi. just wondering if anyone had a rough idea of how long claims take please. If anyone had already claimed and payment is now being made how long? I had waited 11 weeks untill i rang pip and got atos phone number and contacted them direct to chase up my appointment, of which i got a cancellation (yey). If i ring pip they…
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8 Weeks Since PIP Reassessment Claim Received - Still Nothing...
Hi all :) TLDR; Currently been 8 weeks since reassessment claim was received, is this normal? Advice? I applied for PIP back at the end of 2017, I was accessed and a decision was made within a few weeks. I had cancer and suffered issues from surgery, but mostly effects from chemotherapy. I couldn't survive, or improve my…
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Where Can I Get Free Legal Advice From
Either other the phone, online live chat or email. A lot of these Free Legal Advice website have bad reviews for being a CON. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks all
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New pip claim
Applied for PIP for my husband a couple of weeks ago by phone and have today received a letter askin for passport and a bill, have not yet filled out pip2 form where you have to explain how your disability affects daily life ECT. Is this normal? Does anyone know what it might mean? Thanks
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Blue Badge - Can I Stay Parked In Same Place If I Keep Changing Time?
Like say there is double yellow lines outside my house, can I just keep a car parked out there in the same place by getting someone to go out every 3 hours to change the time to add another 3 hours on? or isn't that allowed? :money: I realise I could get my own disabled parking space outside my house by the council, but I…
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Guaranteed Interview scheme rejection
Hi all, hopefully someone can advise, I applied for a Band 2 support worker job with the NHS they asked for someone with preferably a NVQ2, as I had the NVQ and a level 2 BTEC, a level 3 diploma Level 2 numeracy and literacy, IT skills, extensive care and customer service experience, I comsidered myself to be fully, if not…
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Bank Branch Closed
The NatWest branch in town has closed. The only way to pay money in is queuing for AGES at the Post Office with my paying in book. There are a few other banks I can get cashpoint money out, but I'd like to move my BASIC account. I'm on ESA and get below £6,500 per annum, and don't think I would get an account elsewhere.…
