Budget - tougher for DLA claimants

summerof0763

krisskross wrote: »

Yes he does get the high rate AA. Applied for because I was so fed up with people on here telling me I had no idea of what life is like for people with disabilities.

I provide all the care he needs, down to pushing him around in a wheelchair and giving his injections etc but would do all this anyway. He is my husband of 50 years after all. So no the money makes not a jot of difference. We had a good standard of living before the award and extra cash makes no difference at all to the care he gets.

Had it not been for my detractors on here he would never have applied again. It was basically an exercise in whether, telling the simple truth, it would be awarded. Our GP was not approached and I completed the form with no help.

He never applied for DLA, TBH we never knew it existed until i joined this site.

well if you dont need it hand it back,as plenty do need it

summerof0763

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

How you can consider that someone on high rate AA is "lucky" I do not know. Presumably KrissKross's husband's application was straightforward because he is genuinely very disabled?

(If you can't make a cup of tea without burning yourself, why not drink something simpler to make?)

of course,your cyberfriend husband is truly disabled,no-one else is,we are just money grabbing whingers!!

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

So no the money makes not a jot of difference. We had a good standard of living before the award and extra cash makes no difference at all to the care he gets.

Many people who are on DLA / AA do find that the money makes a lot of difference. Why claim it if he doesn't need it?

Oldernotwiser

deeplyblue wrote: »

"If you can't make a hot drink, then why not stick to cold ones." Easy enough to say in the middle of June!

One of the standard pieces of advice in the cold months is to keep drinking hot drinks, as it's a very efficient way of keeping warm. But if you can't keep a mug of hot liquid steady, then you're at risk of scalding yourself just getting it from the kitchen to the chair in front of the telly/computer.

Try watching someone with severe arthritis in both hips doing that job - it usually takes about 30 seconds before you say, "Let me carry that for you." That's 10 seconds to realise they need help, 10 seconds whilst you remind yourself that they might prefer not to have help, and 10 seconds to decide that the danger of severe scalding means that they're going to get help whether they want it or not.

db

I didn't mention cold drinks - that's your invention. For people who can't carry hot drinks, like my husband, there are trolleys.

Oldernotwiser

summerof0763 wrote: »

of course,your cyberfriend husband is truly disabled,no-one else is,we are just money grabbing whingers!!

Would you care to translate this into something that makes sense?

Oldernotwiser

summerof0763 wrote: »

well if you dont need it hand it back,as plenty do need it

You forget that claiming a benefit isn't about whether you need the money but whether you fit the criteria.

DLA isn't means tested and most people here seem to think it shouldn't be. Are you saying that you think it should?

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I didn't mention cold drinks - that's your invention. For people who can't carry hot drinks, like my husband, there are trolleys.

You were implying that I just drink cold drinks.

summerof0763

sh1305 wrote: »

Many people who are on DLA / AA do find that the money makes a lot of difference. Why claim it if he doesn't need it?

to prove a point,as her husband is "truly" disabled

summerof0763

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

You forget that claiming a benefit isn't about whether you need the money but whether you fit the criteria.

DLA isn't means tested and most people here seem to think it shouldn't be. Are you saying that you think it should?

well you are claiming your friends husband gets it because he is "truly" disabled.
and it's goverment money dont forget,so if they dont need it,then why claim it.you benefit bash everyone else that claims for it,but not "your" friend

summerof0763

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Would you care to translate this into something that makes sense?

use your english!! its easy