Budget - tougher for DLA claimants

daska

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I'm sure that's true but I don't see why most of the things you mention couldn't be paid for directly, as is the case with the Motability car.

My husband chooses not to claim AA although he would certainly be eligible for the lower rate and probably for the higher. In the last 18 months we have bought a mobility scooter, wheelchair and stroller out of our own money. If he had chosen to claim AA, neither of us would have minded if we had been supplied with these things rather than receiving a weekly amount; in many ways it would have been simpler for us.

I've had to wait until I've been granted a long enough DLA award and been able to raise a loan in order to buy my scooter. It simply wasn't an option before now. Did you launch it with a bottle of champagne - mine only rated perry... :rotfl:

If your husband had a medical need for the wheelchair it should have been prescribed free by your GP or other appropriate health professional.

daska

sh1305 wrote: »

But then you're telling people what they should have.

No doubt ONW also disapproves of them getting rid of the little blue cars... :rotfl:

Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

But then you're telling people what they should have.

Should have what?

Trialia

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Should have what?

You're misreading. That was a full sentence.

Oldernotwiser

LindsayO wrote: »

That's it, exactly, you don't understand, your situation does not apply to everyone else

I know it doesn't but everything that people have mentioned (paying for a carer, extra heating, transport, washing, equipment etc) could be paid for direct. I don't even see it as a money saving exercise but simply ensuring that the needs of the disabled are met.

What's wrong with that?

Oldernotwiser

summerof0763 wrote: »

in this case you obviously have plenty money.
not all of us do and struggle to have some semblance of a normal life.quite frankly its no-one else's business what people use the dla money for.

We live on my husband's pension and the pension I receive having retired early on health grounds, although we still have a mortgage to pay. Not sure if that's what you call "plenty money".

I just think that DLA/AA should be used for the purpose it's given, that's all. I also think that fewer people would claim it fraudulently if it wasn't paid in cash.

Oldernotwiser

daska wrote: »

I've had to wait until I've been granted a long enough DLA award and been able to raise a loan in order to buy my scooter. It simply wasn't an option before now. Did you launch it with a bottle of champagne - mine only rated perry... :rotfl:

If your husband had a medical need for the wheelchair it should have been prescribed free by your GP or other appropriate health professional.

We bought the scooter for a couple of hundred on Ebay. I'm not sure if going round car boot sales counts as a "medical need" but it never occurred to us to ask, quite frankly.

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I just think that DLA/AA should be used for the purpose it's given, that's all. I also think that fewer people would claim it fraudulently if it wasn't paid in cash.

Many do use it for what it's for.

daska

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

We bought the scooter for a couple of hundred on Ebay. I'm not sure if going round car boot sales counts as a "medical need" but it never occurred to us to ask, quite frankly.

So yet again your experience is not an appropriate benchmark by which to judge other people. I have a medical need for a wheelchair so it was prescribed for me. I have very specific needs and after advice from many professionals in the field it became obvious that there was only one adapted scooter on the market which could meet these.

I've decided ONW, you are wilfully obstinate, contumacious if you like big words.

summerof0763

daska wrote: »

So yet again your experience is not an appropriate benchmark by which to judge other people. I have a medical need for a wheelchair so it was prescribed for me. I have very specific needs and after advice from many professionals in the field it became obvious that there was only one adapted scooter on the market which could meet these.

I've decided ONW, you are wilfully obstinate, contumacious if you like big words.

lol,i really laughed there daska,you hit the nail on the head.onw knows everything and most certainly would not dream of applying for a benefit nor help.
unfortunately some of us have no choice,does not mean we should have to explain where every penny is spent!!