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Attendance Allowance
Assuming a married couple are both in need, can both claim/receive attendance allowance?
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friend on pip is she entitled to carers allowance
A very dear friend of mine id on esa support snd pip but not sure which. her mum was diagnosed last year with vascular dementia. my friend is having to have her mum down at her house after her mum care has hot her up and changed. would she be able to claim carers allowance for looking after her mum, her mum is on…
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friend on oip is she entitled to carers allowance
A very dear friend of mine id on esa support snd pip but not sure which. her mum was diagnosed last year with vascular dementia. my friend is having to have her mum down at her house after her mum care has hot her up and changed. would she be able to claim carers allowance for looking after her mum, her mum is on…
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How best to manage my son's finances?
Hi everyone, I hope you can give me some help on this - My son is 32 and physically disabled. He is getting ESA support group, DLA, Housing Benefit and I have just applied for Severe Disability Premium for him. I have Lasting Power of Attorney - both health and finance. Although he has capacity, he is pretty hopeless about…
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PIP regulations
Is this the latest version of PIP regulations - or has a new updated version been brought out ? This version is from 2013 and I was assuming that a newer version existed - but I can't find it anywhere ....(except for minor amendments)
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PIP Delays
How long after midnight the day your PIP's due does it usually arrive? I've been checking every time I wake up, and finding nothing.
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DWP sending DLA file over when passporting to PIP
So I received the tribunal evidence from the DWP today and was shocked to find that my DLA evidence had not been transferred over to PIP despite me asking for them to do so both by answering "yes" to the person on the initial phone call when asked if I wanted it considered and asking this on the form. it also wasn't…
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Anyone have a wheelchair stair climber ?
I've been googling wheelchair stair climbers They appear a great idea but I cannot find how much they cost. Are they that expensive that they are afraid to tell anyone . Anyone out there know how much they cost and as to whether they are any good. Would be very grateful for any advice.
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Cutbacks to social work/support groups for autism making life a nightmare!
Just got my assessment letter for ESA but as my social work support in last 2 years was cut back from like 12 hours a week private support and a few times a month social work support to losing support totally then recently my social worker I have nothing then local autistic group has closed due to lack of funding. So my…
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PIP - Carers
Hi Everyone First time post, be nice! A friend of mine is on PIP, and her husband is down as her main carer. Her husband has recently been seriously injured in an accident, I suggested that he should claim for PIP, he may never work again, The're concerned that if he claims for PIP, they wont be able to receive any payment…
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Living Near An Alcoholic Family Member - Please Help !! I'm At My Wits End...
I have my own problems and having this family member coming to my house and constantly ringing me drunk is causing me to become even more depressed.. I'm usually in a good mood before they try to ring me. And get me angry/upset/mad again.. I don't want these feelings as I'm generally a happy positive person. Any possible…
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DLA to PIP advice
Hi everyone I have now received the dreaded letter to apply for PIP for my son who is 20. My son has a severe learning disability, autism, type 2 diabetes, and a very rare genetic disorder of which there are only around 12 cases in the whole world (according to the geneticist) he has a deletion on part of his chromosome 6…
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Carers allowance effecting housing benefit
Hi my son is 22 and disabled, he was informed he was entitled £506 a month housing benefit for a one bed flat. So we found him a flat and now they are paying him half the amount. They mention that his mother (myself) gets carers allowance for him. So is this the reason why? I'm shocked they didn't tell us his before he…
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Disabled Railcard
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Unhelpful GP
My GP isn't bad they're just not particulary great. I recently wrote to them explaining that I had a relapse of my iatrophobia and that I'm not mentally stable enough to attend after reading a medical report from SALUS (DWP PIP "medical") implying that I'm exaggerating and its triggered mental health problems that go back…
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Old age pension and benefits
Hi in December I am 65 and will qualify for OAP. At the present time due to disability I receive PIP and as I work in a limited way tax credits. My question is I assume the OAP will effect my tax credits award? That being the case should I defray taking out my OAP so as to keep getting tax credits or take the OAP. Seems to…
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Working Tax Credits
Hi ..I have transferred from DLA to PIP was on high rate Mobility low rate Care ,Now Standard rate care low rate Mobility. My wife works 30 hrs and claimed working tax credit no problem so far ,NHS prescription card expired last month rang WTC today to enquire where new card was, informed that no longer entitled to…
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Exhausted all possible avenues.
I have exhausted all possible avenues with the learning disability team with regards to this Community Treatment Order I'm on. Gone down the second opinion psychiatrist and to PALS advocacy service as well as Mind and got nowhere with them. I feel like my back is towards a wall. I'm forced medicated. Last Wednesday I…
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Social Services Overpayment totalling £3,300
it's a long story. Social services (County Hall) where my appointee for 5 years. Managed by the Community Learning disability Team. I wanted the appointeeship Annulling so went through the long process of having a capacity assessment done which took 9 months in total. Passed the assessment and deemed to have capacity,…
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Braille books for children
Dorking Kindersley have published five books in Braille for children. Counting and Shapes are £9.99 each. Animals and On The Move are £15.99 each. It Can't Be True is £19.99. They're brightly coloured and well illustrated. They're written in English with Braille underneath. I've bought Counting, and each page has different…
