DLA - the purpose

woody_56

YES I claim,invalidity benefit and disability living allowance,my wife claims carers allowance for me ,as i have unstable type 1 diabetes,i can go from being absolutely normal to being in a diabetic hypo in a matter of moments with very little warning,my wife needs to be with me,i worked in the water industry in all weathers for 35 years,repairing water mains,i have no guilt about claiming what im entitled to,i would love to hold down a similar job ,i am 59 years old,i will not work again my diabetes and related illness wont let me,people talk about getting free money ,do you think i like to be like this,the majority of free money being claimed is by the vast number of foreiners and people who have never paid any tax into the system,i have no guilt jim

2_litre

i have most of the things in an ealier post fybromyalgia depression spinal problems blah blah it took me 18 months fighting with a the help of a welfare rights worker to get dla tribunal deciced i should have high rate of mobility low rate care 3 years ago came up for renewel filled the forms in i got it straight away same award my condition has not improved but ive just found out that ive lost my latest claim how can they do this
well done dla doctor you,ve shoved it right up me

fgaughan

Astaroth wrote: »

Not sure if it should be posted here or the discussion forum but probably get a better response here....

I am confused as to what the "purpose" of the DLA benefit is. From reading the sites that others have linked to here it appears to be to cover the cost of having people help you however the money is paid to the person with the disability rather than the "carer". To go down my usual controversial route it seems that DLA in many cases is almost a token compensation payment for having been dealt a poor hand by fate.

A friend is partially deaf (wears hearing aids) has a good job (around £150k) and receives £33 a week in DLA (though has no carer and no specialist equipment other than a thing to make lights flash when the doorbell rings and to be honest I think I could really do with one of them too) and makes a thing of buying the first round every week with his "pity money" as he calls it.

I dont get why he should be getting money from the government when there is no additional cost for him in life and even if there was he could clearly afford to pay it.

If the purpose of DLA is to provide carers then why 1) is it not paid direct to the carer in all cases rather than to the person and 2) why is it not means tested... surely the governments money should only be there for those that cannot help themselves rather than all who have had a poor hand.

(note this is not a stab at anyone claiming DLA or saying that it should be abolished but simply to understand it better)

Same reason why people claim child tax credits etc

tigtag02

fgaughan wrote: »

Same reason why people claim child tax credits etc

Being that you have dredged up an 8 month old thread would you care to explain further what these *reasons* are?

Hapless_2

as this thread has been dragged up

lauren_1 wrote: »

For some people it's just a free car or £170.00 a month, just tell the doctor you got sore knees after falling during sports they will put it down as condrimiton patella??? sothing similar any way and hey presto 6 weeks later you have a shiny new car
forgot to mention i am willing to kick anyones kneecaps off when they pull that one, its one of the most commonly used excuses

Free car or £170 a month? If you are losing £170 a month then it's not free!
The fuel isn't free! If you can't/not allowed to drive you still need someone to drive it.

fgaughan

tigtag02 wrote: »

Being that you have dredged up an 8 month old thread would you care to explain further what these *reasons* are?

Does it matter if its 8 months?
Its a public forum also anyone who is new will have the sense to read post before posting a same question (yeah ok i am not one of them)

You hear (pun not intended) that people can't figure out why have DLA oh on such and such amount of money and yet able bodied people claim child tax credit.
regardless how much you earn you are entitled to it :eek: wether its dla tax credit or whats not :-)

tigtag02

fgaughan wrote: »

Does it matter if its 8 months?
Its a public forum also anyone who is new will have the sense to read post before posting a same question (yeah ok i am not one of them)

You hear (pun not intended) that people can't figure out why have DLA oh on such and such amount of money and yet able bodied people claim child tax credit.
regardless how much you earn you are entitled to it :eek: wether its dla tax credit or whats not :-)

Does this reply make sense in your world

Hapless_2

fgaughan wrote: »

You hear (pun not intended) that people can't figure out why have DLA oh on such and such amount of money and yet able bodied people claim child tax credit.
regardless how much you earn you are entitled to it :eek: wether its dla tax credit or whats not :-)

that statement doesn't make any sense, do you mean people on DLA can't have child tax credit?
You don't have to be able bodied to claim tax credits the same as you don't have to be in a wheelchair to claim DLA.
Tax credits are means tested, DLA is not.

fgaughan

Ooops typed to quick.

What ever disability you have you are entitled to claim regardless how much you earn.
Although the first poster not against the person claiming but you hear of people who are on amazing amount of money still claim tax credit just as bad as the ones who are claiming DLA.

The whole thing is a shambles ,but good luck to anyone who claim or struggling to

healy

tigtag02 wrote: »

Does this reply make sense in your world

It didnt make much sense to me especially as not everyone can get tax credits!