No money to live on. HELP!

Poppie68

skintmacflint wrote: »

Did you see what your GP wrote in these 3 letters?. The problem could lie in the way he has worded them. If he jsut wrote a single line saying you need a home visit and no more they tned to ignore it. He needs to explain why in some details. eg as already said, you have to have home visits for all medical related appointments.

There is no mention of having home visits by his GP, only that his GP has requested that ATOS do a home visit for assesments purposes.

scaniajess

Thank you all so much for your replies

I'll try to answer what you've asked if I can remember what is it lol. My GP wrote the letter out in front of me and asked me to check it. He then faxed it straight through to the number I was given. Just to clarify, I CAN leave my home but only a certain distance. In other words, I can't leave my home town. No idea why this is, I just competely freak out if I get too far from my house (my "safe" place). Five minutes in the car is all I can manage. My GP also asked if a medical assessment was possible nearer to home, if not then a home medical would be needed. I was also offered a taxi by the medical but what point is that? Im still travelling too far! Besides, my parents have a car so getting there would be no problem in that sense.

I would absolutely love a job working from home as someone suggested but finding one is practically impossible. All I find are scams advertised.

As for being able to visit my GP without any problems, my surgery is in the next street to mine.

Another suggestion would be to claim carers allowance and both my parents are disabled and both are on the higher rate DLA. I do all their housework daily, make the food and help my mother get dressed. This is something I have done for years but have never ever thought about claiming.

sammyjammy

scaniajess wrote: »

Thank you all so much for your replies

I'll try to answer what you've asked if I can remember what is it lol. My GP wrote the letter out in front of me and asked me to check it. He then faxed it straight through to the number I was given. Just to clarify, I CAN leave my home but only a certain distance. In other words, I can't leave my home town. No idea why this is, I just competely freak out if I get too far from my house (my "safe" place). Five minutes in the car is all I can manage. My GP also asked if a medical assessment was possible nearer to home, if not then a home medical would be needed. I was also offered a taxi by the medical but what point is that? Im still travelling too far! Besides, my parents have a car so getting there would be no problem in that sense.

I would absolutely love a job working from home as someone suggested but finding one is practically impossible. All I find are scams advertised.

As for being able to visit my GP without any problems, my surgery is in the next street to mine.

Another suggestion would be to claim carers allowance and both my parents are disabled and both are on the higher rate DLA. I do all their housework daily, make the food and help my mother get dressed. This is something I have done for years but have never ever thought about claiming.

Being the person that cooks and cleans in the household would not make you eligible for carers allowance. You would have to spend 35 hours per week or more getting your mother dressed.

scaniajess

My mother has a collapsed vertebrae, a fracture in her spine, osteoarthritis, worn away knee caps and osteoporosis. My father is disabled all down his left side. I think I spend far more than 35 hours a week looking after them.

zzzLazyDaisy

Some information that might be useful:

You can only claim carers allowance for one person even if you look after two people, and you must be able to show that you spend at least 35 hrs a week caring for that person, but that can include being there, keeping them company, making them cups of tea, meals etc.

If your parent gets DLA MRC or HRC and you meet the eligibility for carers allowance then you can claim it.

Carers allowance is a passport benefit, so you would also be able to claim income support, housing benefit & council tax benefit.

On the downside, depending on what benefits your parent is claiming, it could affect their benefits if you claim carer's allowance (as far as I know, only up the the amount payable under carer's allowance, but I am happy to be corrected on this).

Hope this helps

Dx

scaniajess

Thanks D

My mother only gets high rate DLA and a state pension. Thats the only money she has. Would me claiming affect their rent at all? Sorry this is so new to me and hard to get my head around. I just dont wont to go messing anything up for them.

zzzLazyDaisy

scaniajess wrote: »

Thanks D

My mother only gets high rate DLA and a state pension. Thats the only money she has. Would me claiming affect their rent at all? Sorry this is so new to me and hard to get my head around. I just dont wont to go messing anything up for them.

No. If you claim carer's allowance for your mum, it won't affect her benefits as she doesn't get the ones that are affected by this.

scaniajess

So there might actually be some light at the end of the tunnel here then. Thank you!

Mojisola

sammyjammy wrote: »

Being the person that cooks and cleans in the household would not make you eligible for carers allowance. You would have to spend 35 hours per week or more getting your mother dressed.

That's just silly!

"Care" covers a range of things - making sure someone takes their tablets at the right time, making phonecalls for them, managing their finances, providing meals, and all the other things a disabled person would need help with.

slimthinker - forget about ESA or JSA. Put in a claim for CA.

zzzLazyDaisy

This info may be useful:

https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/further-information