Elderly Relative Benefits?

meg72

julie03 wrote: »

age concern are also great at helping with form filling

Absolutely agree. They will send someone to help with the form filling and advise what to put down. Bless them they managed to get my 86 year old Mom £72 a week AA Made such a difference to the quality of her life. She can now pay for all those little jobs she didnt want family to do.

Good luck OP and Bless you for caring for your Grandad.

simpywimpy

Thats a brilliant idea Hermum!!

A fellow ex serviceman might just do the trick and get him what he needs. Fingers crossed xx

maxmycardagain

baza52 wrote: »

im not disputing if he is entitled to it.
Im just saying 25+ years of pension IS a benefit.

How many people come on here saying all i get is x ammount per week and then when questioned if they get tax credits, child benefit, housing benefit etc etc say oh yes i do claim other things.

the old boy is doing well, HMG would rather we all worked till the day we turn 65 and drop down dead, and never use the NHS too....

maxmycardagain

meg72 wrote: »

Absolutely agree. They will send someone to help with the form filling and advise what to put down. Bless them they managed to get my 86 year old Mom £72 a week AA Made such a difference to the quality of her life. She can now pay for all those little jobs she didnt want family to do.

Good luck OP and Bless you for caring for your Grandad.

ex-serviceman (and women) can call on the Royal British legion for help and advice too, they are brilliant

elsien

You don't necessarily need to involve social services to get an occupational therapy referral. My 93 year old grandmother got an assessment via her GP. It won't pay for major aids and adaptations, but they can help with free aids for day to day living. My grandmother has a commode in the bedroom as she can't make it to the bathroom during the night, the grabstick for picking up things she's dropped, the rails and raised seat for the loo, assorted zimmers and something to raise her chair so she could get in and out easier. Only small things, but it's made life easier, was free and kept the dreaded social worker from the door! Plus the district nurse, as and when needed. Nan is frail and housebound now, but no-ones tried to winkle her out of the house as yet.
Maybe the GP is the route to go down as a starting point.

baza52

Moody_Mare wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone can help? for many years I have looked after my 92 year old grandfather. He has never claimed a penny of anyone all he gets is his state pension and a very small war pension each month. I do everything for him from bathing and clothing, preparing meals cleaning the house colecting pension and all his shopping and paying bills. This takes up most of my time each day 7 days a week and often through the night as well. I do not mind doing this and will continue as he does not want to leave his home.

His saving are running out as I have had to get a lot of alterations done to his house, I have been told he could claim DLA? or attendance allowance and I would be eligable for a carers allowance? this would be good as I only work 8 hours a weeks to fit around him. My questions are what do I claim? I have looked at some of the forms online but they all ask "what is his disabitlity" can I put frail due to old age with failing eyesight. He has mobility problems as he is so weak, I just want to find out if I can get some help or at least a grant for home improvements as he requires a shower cabinet as he is getting too much for me to lift into the bath and not enough room in bathroom for bath transfer chair but as I say money is getting tight. Please do not reccomend social services as he would not have them in his home. I have enough problems getting him to see a doctor occasionally. Any help much appreciated.

The way i read this post is that the OP wants to be able to claim for themselves.
I allready suggested a DFG may be possible depending on his circumstances.

Moody_Mare

baza52 wrote: »

The way i read this post is that the OP wants to be able to claim for themselves.
I allready suggested a DFG may be possible depending on his circumstances.

Yes I would like to put in a claim for myself as well as I could use part of this money on my grandfather!! It would mean I need not look for a second part time job, as this is causing a great strain on our finances. If I have to up my hours working then I will have less time with my grandfather which is not an ideal situation.

Moody_Mare

baza52 wrote: »

The OP also states he (grandad) hasnt ever claimed anything and has watched others get everything over the years.

I think 25+ years of state pension would be considered quite a large claim over the years.

Excuse me if I take offence at that remark but he worked from 15 to 67. He is a decorated war veteran and not once in his working life ever claimed for housing benefit, tax credits, council tax reductions or anything else! His wife was ill for many years and housebound yet he looked after her with no handouts or help while bringing up my mother, he even gave my mothers child benefit to the local Barnados each month as he always said there were children far worse off that my mother. I am maybe wrong but I thought he paid into the system all those years plus the interest accured so that he could have a pension. I do not consider a state pension a handout in his situation or a meagre war pension, when you have been blown up during war time and still have the shrapnell imbedded into your body causing life long pain!

maxmycardagain

The RBL were really good for my dad, he wasnt into wearing medals/marching in memorial parades, and wasnt even a member offically of the local RBL but they still came out several times, paid for a stairlift and would have helped with a care home but only had 1 room availabe when mum and dad wanted to be together in care.

maxmycardagain

Moody_Mare wrote: »

Excuse me if I take offence at that remark but he worked from 15 to 67. He is a decorated war veteran and not once in his working life ever claimed for housing benefit, tax credits, council tax reductions or anything else! His wife was ill for many years and housebound yet he looked after her with no handouts or help while bringing up my mother, he even gave my mothers child benefit to the local Barnados each month as he always said there were children far worse off that my mother. I am maybe wrong but I thought he paid into the system all those years plus the interest accured so that he could have a pension. I do not consider a state pension a handout in his situation or a meagre war pension, when you have been blown up during war time and still have the shrapnell imbedded into your body causing life long pain!

One of the previous generation real heroes (WW2) and many never speak about what they saw