motability car verus bus pass

Richie-from-the-Boro

birkee wrote: »

What does DLA have to do with Mobility allowance?

DLA doesn't qualify you for a car as far as I know.

Are some councils saying elderly people with Motorbility cars can't use their buses? What happens if someone wants to take them on a bus in their wheelchair?

Must say, it seems odd to have a Motorbility car, and want to use the bus though, but I suppose it depends on where they're going> There might be parking problems.

""" DLA doesn't qualify you for a car as far as I know. - """ Everything to do with the qualifying criteria , do a bit of work, get back to us when you are up~to~speed~on~the~subject my friend.

jetta_wales

birkee wrote: »

p.s.
Thought I should spell it out for you a little better richie.

Mobility allowance:
Full allowance:People who cannot walk, or who cannot walk more than a few yards. Full allowance, qualify for a Motobility vehicle.
Partial allowance: People who can walk, but have difficulty doing so. Rheumatism, Arthritus etc? I don't know. Do not qualify for Motobility vehicle.
Medical opinion dependant.

Chap with no legs? Full or partial allowance? I don't know, but there's some chap with no legs that holds some record for the 100 meters or something isn't there? Those new springy things they've invented, instead of legs? Medical opinion dependant?

Disability Living Allowance:
People who have difficulty coping at home. Medical opinion dependant.
Full allowance: People totally dependant on others for survival and hygien matters. Full mobility allowance, even if used for taxi's.
Partial allowance: All sorts. Medical opinion dependant. Probably partial mobility allowance. No Motobility car entitlement.

Chap with no arms, full DLA, needs all sort of adptions at home to cope, and depends on others for most things. May even run in the London marathon to raise money for the hospital that treated him. Does HE need mobility allowance?

That's why Mobility and Disability Living Allowance are two separate things, and why DLA doesn't qualify you for a Motobility car.

I honestly have no idea what you are on about but DLA has two components, care and mobility and they are two components of the same same benefit. If you have higher rate mobility DLA then you can use that part of the benefit to pay for a motability car through their scheme but it is certainly DLA that qualifies you for it if you have HRM (or the war pension equivalent).

As for people having an issue with you getting a car and a bus pass I really don't get the problem. You'll not need a bus pass often probably if they use the car enough to warrant choosing to have it and the pass doesn't have a set cost it only pays for the journeys it is used for that's why you still have to put it on the ticket machine.

birkee

jetta_wales wrote: »

I honestly have no idea what you are on about but DLA has two components, care and mobility and they are two components of the same same benefit. If you have higher rate mobility DLA then you can use that part of the benefit to pay for a motability car through their scheme but it is certainly DLA that qualifies you for it if you have HRM (or the war pension equivalent).

As for people having an issue with you getting a car and a bus pass I really don't get the problem. You'll not need a bus pass often probably if they use the car enough to warrant choosing to have it and the pass doesn't have a set cost it only pays for the journeys it is used for that's why you still have to put it on the ticket machine.

You're right jetta. (Post refererred to withdrawn.)
I'm mixing up the care and mobility sections.
My apologies all round!

Letting myself get wound up again by posts, when I'm trying to take my mind off pain with the computer, in the early hours of the morning.

jetta_wales

birkee wrote: »

You're right jetta.
I'm mixing up the care and mobility sections.
My apologies all round!

Letting myself get wound up again by posts, when I'm trying to take my mind off pain with the computer, in the early hours of the morning.

Bloody hell I've justseen the time stamp of your post! lol yes you can certainly be forgiven for not making much sense at 4:30am hahaha

I thought I was up early this morning at 5:30am but that was because I drank a lot last night for the first time in years and I was still a bit drunk but couldn't sleep because I felt rough. I'm still pretty fragile but I'm knocking back green teas like I was cherry sours last night lol.