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DLA to PIP Mandatory Reconsideration
I have recently gone through the process of moving from DLA to PIP I have had High Rate Mobility and Low Rate Care DLA since 2005 On PIP they have given me High Rate Care and Low Rate Mobility. The reasons for the mandatory reconsideration aren't really important to my question. I found the pdf online for mandatory…
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Help: Locking Gas Valve for Dementia Patient
Does anyone have any experience with getting Cadent to fit a locking gas valve ? My mum has dementia and sometimes leaves the gas hob lit or tries to light cigarettes from the hob. Her designated Mental Health nurse supplied details of locking gas valves available from Cadent. Their website states: 'We can fit a lockable…
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Injury/liability insurance for stair lift
Friend of mine is moving into a first floor flat. There's already a stair lift in the communal area, which has been installed for another resident by the NHS/LA. The resident says they're happy to share it, but the freeholder says it will need personal injury insurance (for the users). It might also need public liability…
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PIP renewal assessment
Hi, i am my sons appointee, he has mental health conditions. 2 years ago when he transferred from DLA to PIP and we had to attend a tribunal the judge said p needed to be his appointee, he had flipped out at first tribunal appointment as it was cancelled due to overbooking and the admin and security staff both briefed…
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Can I apply for a Blue Badge for my father with Alzheimers?
I have been asked to apply for a blue badge on behalf of my father, who has severe Alzheimers (i.e. he does not know who or where he is). The aim to to make it easier to get him to hospital appointments. I was wondering if anyone could answer 2 questions: - If I live in a different borough, can I still apply on his behalf?…
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Accident at swimming pool
I really don't know where to start with this, but thought someone on here might be able to advise. My husband, who is wheelchair bound with spinal stenosis, fell onto the floor at the swimming pool due to the shower seat in the disabled changing room coming away from the wall as he sat on it. All the bolts securing it to…
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Installation cost of stairlift
There are some critical questions to consider when choosing a stairlift for you or a loved one. You might be thinking, “Great, but how much is this going to cost?” Stairlift installation costs are an essential factor in the decision-making process. So can anyone give me some suggestion about the installation cost of…
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Smarty Mobility scooter - can i get a spare key cut??
Currently someone i know has a mobility scooter but wants an additional key. can these keys be cut?? price range??? need to only contact the supplier??
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How to manage
I don't know what to do anymore. I have always tried to find a strategy and remain as independent as possible, despite all odds. Today, I have tried to communicate on the phone but it was so difficult for me that I burst into tears. Friends say they will help but they are to busy. Even when I leave numbers etc with them of…
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Road repair for disabled access
I live on an unadopted road and it is in a bad state of repair with very large potholes in it. I know the council won’t repair it but my problem is I regularly see my elderly neighbour take out her disabled husband for appointments etc. She really struggles with the wheelchair if we see this we do help but we work and are…
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help required - need to find a adaptable car.
hello all, Driver lost there leg last year. needs an adaptable car. needs also to get a hoist as the the friver has a mobility scooter (fold up version). Anyone can help with how to go about this??
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IAS Not sending out appointment letters? Prevention
IAS Not sending out appointment letters? Prevention IAS =Independent Assessment Services have heard that IAS do Not send out assessment letters sometimes for claimants ( for example NOT sending a letter in the post that the claimant has a face to face on xyz date) Which means that the claimant can miss their appointment,…
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Wheelchair taxi in London
If someone was arriving by train at a London rail station in a wheelchair, is there a known taxi service that transports to a London hospital (and back later)
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ATOS Assessment questions...Help !
Previously I had some questions about a PIP claim, it has been found out that the questionnaire is with Independent assessment services One thing, they wrote a letter asking that they would be writing to one of our health professionals to get more info. This was to a health professional we saw 10 years ago, which we had…
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Dla to pip
I have received the letter saying that my dla is stopping in May and have to now apply for pip. I telephoned them to my the claim and was told that I will be contacted in the next two weeks and if I don't get a from by the 2nd of May then to ring back. Does any one know what happens next. Thanks Kimberley
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Unfair carers costs
My mum had a spinal operation last year that left her paralyzed from the waste down, she has had a care package in place for the past 7 months and has now been told that she has to pay £85 a week leaving her with only £100 a month to live on, she is totally gutted about this as her husbands pension(my dads) has been taken…
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disabled facilities grant experienced help required
Hello hope you are well We have been successful in getting a DFG for our son for his ongoing needs the purpose of the DFG is for a downstairs Toilet Bathroom wet room . The council are prepared to put the full amount according to the cost to create the facility required. We also want to do other work at the same time to…
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Acorn stairlift hard sell warranty
3 weeks ago I had a acorn stairlift installed for my 86 year old mother. I had read a few reviews of stairlifts and online guides and contacted [TEXT DELETED BY FORUM TEAM] to send a Acorn stairlift salesman around. The salesman came and I paid the deposit then the balance on fitting. Since then my mother has been…
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Hospital stay
Hi guy My wife as been in hospital for 3 weeks now and is being transferred from Basildon hospital in Essex to the London hospital because the opp she has had done is not working and she as quite a few problems that's why they are transferring her to the London. She get income support and disability allowance i also get…
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Unemployment due to depression or dyslexia/dyspraxia.
I was wondering if there was a link between unemployment and these conditions. To clarify, dyspraxia is a clinical name for someone who appears clumsy and may lack organising and social skills.
