don't know who to turn to regarding DLA

sunshine76_2

my partner was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in Oct 12 and after taking all his company sick pay he's now on SSP...he applied for DLA at the beginning of March, and i rang DLA today asking how his claim is going as he's struggling making appointments at the hospital due to lack of money etc....and i was informed they had written to his doctors at the end of march and his doctors hadn't bothered replying!!!
We are claiming CTC and still getting WTC for the next 6 months, and getting housing benefit paid but there's still quite a bit of difference in pay and we struggling loads ..especially as we can't claim free school dinners as we're still in receipt of WTC...

I really don't think he's gonna get dla after this latest doctor mess up, so would i be better going to get a job, even though strictly speaking i'm his carer at the moment?just dont know what to do, we've had advice from the citizens advice etc, but they just asaid wait for the dla to come through....but that was before the doctor mess up:(

princessdon

Do you work? If not this is your best option.

sunshine76_2

he definitely can't care for the kids though...and we have no family who can help

paddedjohn

Arent the kids in school during the day?

sunshine76_2

yeah they are but i would need help either taking them and collecting them if not both....and most days he cannot even get out of bed nevermind walk etc

paddedjohn

sunshine76 wrote: »

yeah they are but i would need help either taking them and collecting them if not both....and most days he cannot even get out of bed nevermind walk etc

Sorry, i know your husband has problems but that sounds like a lame excuse, thousands upon thousands of single mothers manage to juggle work with kids.

sunshine76_2

he also needs care around the house and id say this is around 30- 35 hours a week, just can't go on been this skint as we'll never get back on our feet again

Parva

How old is your partner? I ask because I'm 46 and have suffered bad psoriasis for a lot of years (since I was 7). That said, the psoriasis problem was and still is easily controllable, unless you can get xrays or suchlike and proof that the joints are shot from your doctor then I highly doubt that you'll get DLA.

duchy

Why would you need "help" getting the children to and from school ?

Do you mean you need physical help as in you can't manage to get them there (do you have a disability of some kind for example ?) or something else ?

How did the children get to and from school before your partner stopped working ?

~Chameleon~

duchy wrote: »

Why would you need "help" getting the children to and from school ?

Do you mean you need physical help as in you can't manage to get them there (do you have a disability of some kind for example ?) or something else ?

How did the children get to and from school before your partner stopped working ?

Well, unless you know of some magic potion which can enable a person to be in two places at once, I would imagine she would need someone to take the children to/from school whilst she was at WORK!

Trying to find working hours Mon-Fri 09:30-14:30 is incredibly difficult!

paddedjohn

Difficult but not impossible, many many mothers do it day in day out.