mobility car

colin13

I know someone who had a mobility car,they did deleveries for chinesse with it,(not allowed),he was delevering a chinise ,got out car ,left keys in car, someone stole the car ,it was foun d a hour later burnt out,,he reported it to police,told the trruth,foned mobility told the truth,and has to make the payments for rest of term,he aint happy,but I say it quiet right,in fact imo,he should be removed from mobility scheme all together,for abusing it

Twiglet0309

I needed a WAV for my Mum but because she was 78 when she became disabled she didnt qualify for any financial assistance. We live in a tiny village, the buses are not wheelchair accessible and neither are the trains as we are on a branch line.
It cost me £100 to get a wheelchair accessible cab to take her to a family event 20miles away!
I guess once you reach over 70yrs old you are just supposed to sit indoors all day.

lin473

Twiglet0309 wrote: »

I needed a WAV for my Mum but because she was 78 when she became disabled she didnt qualify for any financial assistance. We live in a tiny village, the buses are not wheelchair accessible and neither are the trains as we are on a branch line.
It cost me £100 to get a wheelchair accessible cab to take her to a family event 20miles away!
I guess once you reach over 70yrs old you are just supposed to sit indoors all day.

I would have thought she would qualify for attendance allowance -if she is in a wheelchair and unable to transfer to a standard car she presumably has care needs too.
Try re-applying as this would help with her taxi fares.
Even lower rate is nearly £50 a week

martianskies

Twiglet0309 wrote: »

I needed a WAV for my Mum but because she was 78 when she became disabled she didnt qualify for any financial assistance. We live in a tiny village, the buses are not wheelchair accessible and neither are the trains as we are on a branch line.
It cost me £100 to get a wheelchair accessible cab to take her to a family event 20miles away!
I guess once you reach over 70yrs old you are just supposed to sit indoors all day.

By financial assistance - do you mean financial assistance towards the WAV advance payment, i.e. the Specialised Vehicles Fund?

rogerblack

colin13 wrote: »

I know someone who had a mobility car,they did deleveries for chinesse with it,(not allowed),

As I understand it, this is allowed, if you phone them first, to arrange cover.

http://www.motability.co.uk/documents/PDFs/Mot%20Ops%20Publications/Car%20Handbook%20Jan%202012.pdf

The question remains if the DLA was granted properly of course, but simply doing deliveries doesn't answer that one way or another.

Twiglet0309

lin473 wrote: »

I would have thought she would qualify for attendance allowance -if she is in a wheelchair and unable to transfer to a standard car she presumably has care needs too.
Try re-applying as this would help with her taxi fares.
Even lower rate is nearly £50 a week

Sorry I obviously wasnt clear. Mum does qualify for Attendance Allowance and I moved back home to become her carer. What we couldnt get is any help with purchasing a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle.

Twiglet0309

martianskies wrote: »

By financial assistance - do you mean financial assistance towards the WAV advance payment, i.e. the Specialised Vehicles Fund?

Yes, that is what I meant. I tried all sorts of avenues to obtain funding and eventually had to borrow some money from a friend (thankfully interest free as he is a true DIAMOND).

jackieb

Twiglet0309 wrote: »

I needed a WAV for my Mum but because she was 78 when she became disabled she didnt qualify for any financial assistance. We live in a tiny village, the buses are not wheelchair accessible and neither are the trains as we are on a branch line.
It cost me £100 to get a wheelchair accessible cab to take her to a family event 20miles away!
I guess once you reach over 70yrs old you are just supposed to sit indoors all day.

My sister's father-in-law was getting admitted to a care home for some respite - the home is about half a mile away from his house. The wheelchair taxi had to come from out of town as there are none here and it cost £24 for a trip that took about 5 minutes.

easy

jackieb wrote: »

My sister's father-in-law was getting admitted to a care home for some respite - the home is about half a mile away from his house. The wheelchair taxi had to come from out of town as there are none here and it cost £24 for a trip that took about 5 minutes.

If the trip was that short, I would have been tempted to push him there in the wheelchair.

jackieb

easy wrote: »

If the trip was that short, I would have been tempted to push him there in the wheelchair.

It was in January. He is 85 and very frail and it was uphill.

jackieb

Also his wife is in her 80s and has and 2 hips replaced and his son has also had a hip replacement. No other family. Sometimes it's just not practical.