Winter fuel payment petition

GlasweJen

oh come on, wearing glasses? endo-level periods, do you actually have endometriosis?

jazabelle

Who?

I don't understand what you're not getting.

No one said they were disabilities. Just that adding them together makes the total effect difficult to live with.

ramsas

krisskross wrote: »

i also know someone like that. It is my husband who has severe uncontrolled rheumatoid arthritis. He is unable to walk.

Don't worry though, he is over 65 so not entitled to any mobility help. He isn't taking any money away from you. We use our wfp for the taxis:rotfl:

You don't hear me whinging that it isn't fair though that some people get mobility help and others don't. There are criteria for all benefits, although thinking about it his mobility issues are directly because of a proven disease not because of ageing so perhaps i should start a petition to get him mobility dla.

your,re whinging now.

krisskross

ramsas wrote: »

your,re whinging now.

Of course I'm not. Are you being deliberately obtuse?

I am pointing out that he is not entitled to financial mobility help because he doesn't meet the criteria. Just as people under 60 do not meet the criteria for the WFP. My final comment was a jokey one because of the title of this thread.

Still you got one of the clique thanking you so your purpose in posting was served and you can now go to bed a happy person. Satisfied that you have scored a point against a complete stranger on an internet forum. Sad little person you must be.

TOBRUK

krisskross wrote: »

Of course I'm not. Are you being deliberately obtuse?


Still you got one of the clique thanking you so your purpose in posting was served and you can now go to bed a happy person. Satisfied that you have scored a point against a complete stranger on an internet forum. Sad little person you must be.

Excuse me, you are assuming (wrongly again) and refering to me as I am the person who thanked the poster that I am 'one of the clique' I am not in any clique thank you. I feel sorry for you though as that massive chip must be debilitating!

ramsas

Originally Posted by krisskross
Of course I'm not. Are you being deliberately obtuse?


Still you got one of the clique thanking you so your purpose in posting was served and you can now go to bed a happy person. Satisfied that you have scored a point against a complete stranger on an internet forum. Sad little person you must be.

More often than not it is your generation that chooses to be spiteful towards me when i get out occasionally,due to the fact that they cant stand seeing someone younger than themselves limping and using a stick/or in wheelchair they choose to knock me or walk straight towards me with no intention of moving out of the way...oblivious to the fact that this causes me great pain and could even result in my falling over....i have been awake all night with pain despite my morphine which i have been taking constantly for the last 8 yrs,hopefully you had a better night and your husband is ok..if he has the problems that you state then you really did yourself a disservice by not claiming for his problems at an earlier date.....you really should have swallowed your pride at an earlier time and put in a claim for DLA for his mobility/care needs caused by the conditions you describe..it would seem your reluctance to accept that your husband is disabled has cost you dear long term and consequent on this you have punished yourselves needlessly financially.i posted on this thread in response to your obvious irritation that people were receiving DLA for what you consider to be minor conditions..it was the stupidity of your refusal to claim for something that you were on face value entitled to that drove me to post on this thread.Hopefully you can conquer your bitterness and concentrate on giving your partner the continued care that he needs and be happy together ad infinitum.

SingleSue

GlasweJen wrote: »

oh come on, wearing glasses? endo-level periods, do you actually have endometriosis?

I did/do....very debillitating on it's own but not enough to claim DLA (my view for me), I ended up having a hysterectomy (plus several LP's and DC's) in the end and could live life again.

That said, I also didn't have all the other extra bits apart from a touch of arthritis which when taken together (just EDS on it's own is difficult!) add up to a significant impact on someones life.

seven-day-weekend

To get back to the original point, krisskross makes a valid observation (and I made it too) when she pointed out that even the lowest rate of DLA (almost £19 a week for each component, I believe) is MUCH more than the not-quite-£5 a week that the Winter Fuel Allowance is worth.People on both components will be on an extra £38 a week on top of other money to enable them to afford the extra costs associated with their disabilities. And this is just on the lowest rate. Someone on the high rate for both will get £110 a week on top of other income. And various combinations in between. I also pointed out that most people can cut back a bit on other things to make up the 'shortage' of £5 a week caused by the lack of WFA.

I don't begrudge anyone this money if they have the genuine need, but it's hardly peanuts and it really does come over a bit greedy to say you want the pensioners' fiver as well.

Krisskross, what DOES your husband clasify as disabled then, if he's not???

Indie_Kid

willa wrote: »

I would think severe short-sightedness can be quite disabling too!

It can be, yes - http://www.rnib.org.uk/eyehealth/eyeconditions/eyeconditionsdn/Pages/high_degree_myopia.aspx

There is no mobility element for AA so slowness getting to the toilet would get 'nul points'.

You can't get DLA for that either. It's not classed as a walking problem.

I also pointed out that most people can cut back a bit on other things to make up the 'shortage' of £5 a week caused by the lack of WFA.

There is only much a disabled person can cut back on though.

Yeah I don't like not being able to see in the morning,

Some people don't like not being able to see full stop. Be grateful it's just the morning - I have days where I can't even read large print because I am so tired. (no amount of sleep will help)

Glasses hardly help now - all they do is correct my astigmatism and myopia. I am lucky if I can read further than the second line now with my bad eye.

seven-day-weekend

sh1305 wrote: »

There is only much a disabled person can cut back on though.


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Newspapers? Sweets? Chocolate? Lottery? Bottle of wine? Making a joint of meat do for an extra meal?

These things do not affect a disability and will soon make up the fiver. Many non-disabled people (like me) have to cut back in this way if they are on a low income.