new dla medicals

TheBottomLine_2

sh1305 wrote: »

DLA is given for help that is reasonably needed - not what is received.

This is what some of us don't understand; how can the government make payments for care needs but allow those needs to go unmet?

Hannah_10

krisskross wrote: »

My point is that you appear to be managing without receiving the care you say you must have.

No I'm saying I'm not managing, and nor are most of us, we're scraping up an existance out of what dregs we're allocated. Dregs which fall below any level we can legally make proper use of.

So when I next can't get up again out of the bath there still wont be a carer on hand. I might stick it out hoping that in another 5 minutes, or another 5 minutes again I will be able. More likely though about 45 minutes in if I still can't do it I will have another little cry in frustration and will finally be forced to call my boyfriend and say "any chance you can let yourself in, I'm stuck?". You ever had to do that? Dignified it is not. You try being an equal participant in a relationship where he's had to drive 30 miles to fish you out of the tub. If my care needs were being met then I wouldn't be bathing in a house devoid of any human help in the first place. This make-shift situation disabled people are forced to endure is neither a humane nor adequate state of affairs for any human being. Under the laws we have I couldn't leave my dog to sit in cold water for an hour and three quarters without expecting to have him removed from me. Am I in your eyes a lesser creature than my dog?

That I have a care need is not disputed, but to infer that not being able to meet my care needs properly makes the money I am being paid a tax-waste is nonsensical and offensive. I need a couple of hundred a week more than I get, in not providing care but providing money instead I'm saving the tresury ten and a half thousand a year.

Oh and while we're talking Kriss, if you're not too busy, can you peg up a couple of blankets please? I don't like to ask but... if you check my previous posts you'll find I couldn't sleep much without them last night. If you don't mind that is.

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

My point is that you appear to be managing without receiving the care you say you must have. Why is almost £300 a month just handed over with no checks on whether the person is actually getting the care they say they need to survive and that the taxpayer is paying for.

They should do this with AA too - seems fair enough.

Many people need the help but because of SS rules, they can't get it. Yes, they just about manage, but they either end up in a great deal of pain, hurt themselves or it doesn't get done properly.

TheBottomLine_2

sh1305 wrote: »

It doesn't mean I don't need the help. Ideally, I need to be turned over at night. Because I hav no-one to do that, I wake up in a lot of pain.

DLA is given for help that is reasonably needed - not what is received.

So let's say that because of this you are awarded the higher rate care component. How would you use that money to ensure you are turned over at night so you do not wake up in a lot of pain?

krisskross

sh1305 wrote: »

It doesn't mean I don't need the help. Ideally, I need to be turned over at night. Because I hav no-one to do that, I wake up in a lot of pain.

DLA is given for help that is reasonably needed - not what is received.

FGS!! Up until a couple of months ago you were living a fairly independent life on your own at University. And now you need turning over in bed at night??????

And people say they don't exaggerate on the form?

krisskross

Hannah_10 wrote: »

No I'm saying I'm not managing, and nor are most of us, we're scraping up an existance out of what dregs we're allocated. Dregs which fall below any level we can legally make proper use of.

So when I next can't get up again out of the bath there still wont be a carer on hand. I might stick it out hoping that in another 5 minutes, or another 5 minutes again I will be able. More likely though about 45 minutes in if I still can't do it I will have another little cry in frustration and will finally be forced to call my boyfriend and say "any chance you can let yourself in, I'm stuck?". You ever had to do that? Dignified it is not. You try being an equal participant in a relationship where he's had to drive 30 miles to fish you out of the tub. If my care needs were being met then I wouldn't be bathing in a house devoid of any human help in the first place. This make-shift situation disabled people are forced to endure is neither a humane nor adequate state of affairs for any human being. Under the laws we have I couldn't leave my dog to sit in cold water for an hour and three quarters without expecting to have him removed from me. Am I in your eyes a lesser creature than my dog?

That I have a care need is not disputed, but to infer that not being able to meet my care needs properly makes the money I am being paid a tax-waste is nonsensical and offensive. I need a couple of hundred a week more than I get, in not providing care but providing money instead I'm saving the tresury ten and a half thousand a year.

Oh and while we're talking Kriss, if you're not too busy, can you peg up a couple of blankets please? I don't like to ask but... if you check my previous posts you'll find I couldn't sleep much without them last night. If you don't mind that is.

Would a walk-in shower with a seat be a better option than a bath? My husband couldn't possibly get in or out of a bath but is reasonably independent with a shower. An OT assessment could sort out some of your problems.

Oldernotwiser

krisskross wrote: »

Would a walk-in shower with a seat be a better option than a bath? My husband couldn't possibly get in or out of a bath but is reasonably independent with a shower. An OT assessment could sort out some of your problems.

I agree; my husband can manage quite independently with a shower, although we used to have a bath seat which he could use which didn't involve actually sitting in the bath?

Hannah, if you can't afford a shower, why not use your benefits to buy some kind of bath adaption which would enable you to bath independently?

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

FGS!! Up until a couple of months ago you were living a fairly independent life on your own at University. And now you need turning over in bed at night??????

And people say they don't exaggerate on the form?

it's an old injury caused by over-doing it. Disabilities change over time, no? Up until 3 years ago, I had problems with my neck at all. Am I liar now because I have these problems, that were non-existent years ago?

TheBottomLine_2

I think my post was missed.

sh1305 wrote: »

It doesn't mean I don't need the help. Ideally, I need to be turned over at night. Because I hav no-one to do that, I wake up in a lot of pain.

DLA is given for help that is reasonably needed - not what is received.

So let's say that because of this you are awarded the higher rate care component. How would you use that money to ensure you are turned over at night so you do not wake up in a lot of pain?

Indie_Kid

why does it matter so much?