Too disabled and too young to move out!

gaogier

Hello

So first thing I want answered, I should be able to get the 1 bedroom accommodation? I can afford to pay the extra £20 per week for a 2 bedroom place which would suit me better I think, would they still pay for the £115? if I had a 2 bed place?

I have just phoned the pharmacy who said that I have to sign it for controlled drugs saying that someone will be with me when I take the medication - To be honest the pharmacy I got it from are a load of crap and lazy as anything, my nan's living partner needs heart medication, but they wont change the given medication due to the fact they already sent it out and he has to wait some 10 days its already been 20 days or something trying to get the right medication the doctors said he needs, the pharmacy acknowledge this but won't give him what he needs now until the next set of medication is due.

So why do you sign it?


About the stair lift, due to the fact I can use the stairs for more months than I am downstairs they will not fund a stair lift in my home due to government cuts.

Social services say I need the help etc, but don't want to put their hands in their pockets, for example, I need extra grab rails in the bathroom (over the bath when showering) but they wont pay for them as I can shower now without needing them, even if we pay for them.

Social services planned to give me a walk in shower room, done all the plans etc but then said, your staying downstairs and can't get upstairs - so you can live without.

This is why I went to housing options to see if I can be put on the housing list. They said said that because I am under 35 (im 23) I have to check to see if I can get the right accommodation. He said that due to being able to get around my house now, even though within a year I wont be, I am not high level band, but a medium one. When I have the operations I will be put onto the high band, until I can walk a little myself again.

However the people who deal with the accommodation fees said that due to getting "Care component" of the DLA, I can't get anything other than the shared accommodation. So basically I am too disabled and too young.

This is why I am here, does your local councils state that?

The area I want to live in, say I should get £145 per week for a 2 bed private place - which I found on right move which is a lovely place - allows pets and people on HB.

I have 4 cats and a dog, who I have trained to get help/help me when I fall. Training cats was actually easy to get help.

Anubis_2

They have to be signed for because it's a controlled drug. My husband signs for mine each month, no one else has to be there.

anguk

Anubis wrote: »

They have to be signed for because it's a controlled drug. My husband signs for mine each month, no one else has to be there.

Same with us, if I picked my husband's prescription up I signed the back, if he was picking it up he signed the back. They just need the signature of the person picking up the controlled drug, you don't have to be supervised when you're taking it.

Dunroamin

gaogier wrote: »

My ideal location is some 20miles away, but have to move within a 5 min max drive of where my mum lives so when I fall I am not down for long.

How can you fall down if you're in a wheelchair? Surely your mother isn't on permanent standby just in case you fall over?

pmlindyloo

You will be entitled to the one bedroomed rate because you receive the middle rate of the care component of DLA.

The rules are here:

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/sar1.pdf

They will pay up to the maximum HA for a one bedroomed place. if this is £115 then this is what they will pay you. If you want to go for the 2 bed place then you would have to find the extra yourself.

You seem a bit muddled about what you are receiving in benefits. perhaps this is why your council thought you were not entitled to the one bedroomed rate.

Take your paperwork about what you are receving as regards DLA to the council offices.

You are sure that no one receives Carer's Allowance for you?

I think you may have muddled the council by saying that your mum /sister receive the carer's allowance.

Dunroamin

gaogier wrote: »

I have 4 cats and a dog, who I have trained to get help/help me when I fall. Training cats was actually easy to get help.

I'm beginning to think that this is either a wind up or that you have other problems that you haven't mentioned!

Emmzi

ask your mum to talk to your social worker. you don't seem to be taking in what anyone is saying, maybe your mum will do better?

Mara69

The OP is either a troll or living in cloud cuckoo land. I suspect it is the latter and really, no one should waste any more time with this thread.

Mojisola

Dunroamin wrote: »

How can you fall down if you're in a wheelchair? Surely your mother isn't on permanent standby just in case you fall over?

I don't know why you find this strange. Lots of people, like me, are on permanent standby because of elderly parents who have falls.

gaogier

One thing thats clear, I am not going back to that pharmacy lol

Lets say I found an ideal house for £105 per week, 2 bed - would they pay the £105? I know if the rent was £120 per week, I would need to pay £5

I have trained my cats to get my mum/sister if they are in if I fall, they go up to them, and "call for food" like cats do, but they go to me, instead of kitchen. My dog on the other hand will physically help me, he is tall, and strong and is a great help getting up, like someone offering you a hand if you need help getting up. I do have Asperger's syndrome and other mental health issues. I didn't mean my cats do this, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10663270/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/hero-cat-apparently-dials-help-owner/#.T75LXY49GTM


Does anyone know what double jointed is, or suffer from it? I have this in my legs - which means my legs can't hold me for long, and I fall, this means I must be close to my mum/sisters who know what to do. They have repaired and fixed the double jointed in my ankles but they don't hold and rip and tare, its extremely painful.

Wheelchair is only accessible while I am in a cast, as soon as I am no longer in a cast, I am no longer allowed access.