crippling back digging the garden and doing Zumba

NEH

Well i'm another with a hidden disability and i do think you need to be very sure before reporting someone....

I don'nt go shouting it form the roof tops on Facebook that i have a long term health condition, i prefer people to "think" i lead a more or less normal life becuase i don't want the pity or the attention it might lead it or have to explain my conditon over and over again and waste precious little energy...

I know they've caught one person using Facebook but unless there is some photographic proof she may just be doing what a lot of people on Facebook do lie and boast about their lives, it does happen...

I am like some others on here that i wouldn't want ot get £10 a week extra in DLA as i would feel not only are the government watching me but all my neighbours etc too....

Yes i might have a damn good day, but like others on here, do you see the pain afterwards, the days in bed or having to struggle from bed to sofa....Do you see me on a bad day when even washing my hair or having a shower is a struggle....

We really can't be judges unless we are very sure....

starchild1972

You don't need to be UNABLE to walk to get HRM. If the act of walking can CAUSE SERIOUS DISCOMFORT OR HARM TO HEALTH AFTER the person has been walking that means they can be given HRM.
I get HRM but I can walk, sometimes even without a stick or crutches BUT doing so can leave me exhausted, in a lot of pain or unable to move for days afterwards. That was deemed by the decision maker (AND the ATOS Dr) as being left virtually unable to walk. I even queried it and they (DWP) said that any thing done in the normal course of the day (actually excludes housework, gardening and shopping, family and friends are supposed to do that for you for free!)that can leave you in pain or severe discomfort is classed as unable to walk. Even then the effects may not be while you are out but within the course of 24hrs. (e.g. severe pain, fatigue, heart attack, fainting fit, physical distress etc)

zaksmum

I can't imagine why some people tell others what benefits they are on.

I wouldn't discuss my benefits or condition with anyone, least of all the neighbours.

If nobody knows what benefits you're on, they can't report you for suspected benefit fraud, can they?

daska

zaksmum wrote: »

I can't imagine why some people tell others what benefits they are on.

I wouldn't discuss my benefits or condition with anyone, least of all the neighbours.

If nobody knows what benefits you're on, they can't report you for suspected benefit fraud, can they?

It is sometimes possible for a nosy neighbour to work it out, e.g. a 'disabled' road tax disc should indicate that the owner of the car is in receipt of HRM.

zaksmum

daska wrote: »

It is sometimes possible for a nosy neighbour to work it out, e.g. a 'disabled' road tax disc should indicate that the owner of the car is in receipt of HRM.

Of course. But you don't have to make it easier for them by advertising to all and sundry exactly what benefits you may or may not be on.

We have just such a nosy neighbour in our road. Her life's mission is to find someone - anyone - to grass up. Car tax expired, kids staying off school and not looking ill, dogs off lead, bins put out on the wrong day...when she decided someone in the road was drug dealing she thought she'd died and gone to heaven.

She has Crimestoppers and benefit fraud hotline on speed dial and is on first name terms with the local police officers, and keeps anti social behaviour diaries about half the neighbours.

You certainly wouldn't be able to hide much from her...!!

jetta_wales

zaksmum wrote: »

Of course. But you don't have to make it easier for them by advertising to all and sundry exactly what benefits you may or may not be on.

We have just such a nosy neighbour in our road. Her life's mission is to find someone - anyone - to grass up. Car tax expired, kids staying off school and not looking ill, dogs off lead, bins put out on the wrong day...when she decided someone in the road was drug dealing she thought she'd died and gone to heaven.

She has Crimestoppers and benefit fraud hotline on speed dial and is on first name terms with the local police officers, and keeps anti social behaviour diaries about half the neighbours.

You certainly wouldn't be able to hide much from her...!!

She's got issues!

zaksmum

jetta_wales wrote: »

She's got issues!

You're not kidding. Most of us in the road have learned to avoid her like the plague!

wattdallas

starchild1972 wrote: »

You don't need to be UNABLE to walk to get HRM. If the act of walking can CAUSE SERIOUS DISCOMFORT OR HARM TO HEALTH AFTER the person has been walking that means they can be given HRM.
I get HRM but I can walk, sometimes even without a stick or crutches BUT doing so can leave me exhausted, in a lot of pain or unable to move for days afterwards. That was deemed by the decision maker (AND the ATOS Dr) as being left virtually unable to walk. I even queried it and they (DWP) said that any thing done in the normal course of the day (actually excludes housework, gardening and shopping, family and friends are supposed to do that for you for free!)that can leave you in pain or severe discomfort is classed as unable to walk. Even then the effects may not be while you are out but within the course of 24hrs. (e.g. severe pain, fatigue, heart attack, fainting fit, physical distress etc)

Well you and me must be talking to two different DWP then.:)

shegirl

wattdallas wrote: »

Well you and me must be talking to two different DWP then.:)

You don't need to be unable to walk to get HRM,there are a variety of reasons,doesn't always have to be to do with physical disability either.

People are capable of different things and can try things at different levels.Digging a garden can mean many many things,it doesn't have to mean heavy/laborous digging!!!Even if so some people have 'good days' and some people have different tolerances in different physical activity aswell as some just trying to do all they can no matter how much it may hurt.

People also need to remember that physical activity is good for you.Many many people with bad backs are recommended to do physical exercise to either improve or try to prevent deteriation of their condition and also for their general health and mental wellbeing

zaksmum

wattdallas wrote: »

Well you and me must be talking to two different DWP then.:)

No, it's correct that you must be unable or virtually unable to walk, and that any walking which causes SEVERE DISCOMFORT must be disregarded.