Disablilty questions help pls.

3_cheeky_princesses

Hello all

Back in October my husband foot was run over at work by a forklift truck which has resulted in every bone in foot inc his heel being crushed (except his toes due to his work boots protecting them).

After being in hospital and after having operations they have done all they can and he is unable to walk on it all due to it being so painful and completely flat and out of shape / bent. His ankle / leg is also seriously bent too.

We are gutted as he is only 32yrs old and is a very active person and we do a lot of physical stuff with our children which the surgeon has said my husband will no longer be able top do.

He takes pain killers several times a day. He will have to wear specially made for him shoes for the rest of his life and the surgeon has told him he will never walk with out help of a crutch again and it will always hurt as some fractures wont now mend (this is at best we didnt ask what the worse would be).

I have to do everything for him still as he is unable to physically get in a bath so i am helping washing him. We have set up a bed in the front room as he cannot go up stairs (we have a loo downstairs thank goodness). He cannot carry anything as he has to use crutches or he falls as the bad leg seems to be several inches than the well leg too!

As he is unable to work at the mo (not sure if he will be able to do his previous job tho as it involved a lot of walking) until his starts physio to try get his muscles working back in his leg as he hasnt been able to walk since October we have put a claim in for

Insutrial injuries disablement benefit.

They are sending a doctor to our home to assess how disabled he is with ref to the claim on a scale of 1 to 100%.

Our questions are

Has anyone else claimed this and what does the doctor assesment involve?

Also will my husband be classed as disabled and who judges that? Do we have a bit of paper saying so from someone official if you like?

Thanks for any help or advice. We havent a clue what we should be claiming or doing and at the moment are still being paid by his employers but i am sure there will be a time when they wont if he is not going back to work shortly.

allydowd

3_cheeky_princesses wrote: »

we have put a claim in for
Insutrial injuries disablement benefit... Has anyone else claimed this and what does the doctor assesment involve?

Also will my husband be classed as disabled and who judges that? Do we have a bit of paper saying so from someone official if you like?

To work out what other benefits you could claim have a look at this link:

www.entitledto.co.uk link

To find out how much Indistrial Injuries Benefit you could get look here:

DirectGov link

To read about the benefit in general look here:

DWP link

To find out how they work out the percentages look here:

DWP link 2

ElectricSoup

Can't really help with the disablity assessment, but if your husband's injury is likely to be a permanent disability - and your post indicates it may be - then contacting your local social services for a referral to an occupational therapist and a social worker would be a good idea. The OT should be able to help with things like accessing the bath and the bedroom, getting up & down the stairs. The social worker may be able to help with providing care for your husband at home if its needed, or just information on what local supports or benefits are available. best wishes, es

tillytills

Reading about your claim for industrial injury benefit. Have you also applied for Disibility Living Allowance. Contact Your local Social security or CAB who should be able to tell you what benifits you are intitled to. Also if you need to help your husband with hings at home you can apply for carers allowance.
I hope this is of some help to you.