Blue Badge application for my 90 year old Mum

Hezzawithkids

I've been researching this online and speaking to my local council but can't get any definitive answers.

My mum is 90, still lives independently in her own home, doesn't drive and gets around either by taxi or with myself or one of my brothers driving her. She is quite frail and can walk short distances with a cane though she is not registered disabled. This means that when we take her anywhere we park in 'normal' spaces then walk her slowly and gently to wherever we need to go.

I'm investigating getting a blue badge that will be in her name but that I or my brothers can use whenever we take her out in our own cars. She doesn't get DLA and is too old for PIP (max age limit is 64). She would consent to a medical exam if necessary though. The people I've spoken too at the local council can't say whether we'd be successful or not and to just make the BB application anyway but I'm struggling to find any info in the application process that would cover her circumstances.

Can anyone advise me? Thanks.

tokenfield

Hezzawithkids wrote: »

I've been researching this online and speaking to my local council but can't get any definitive answers.

My mum is 90, still lives independently in her own home, doesn't drive and gets around either by taxi or with myself or one of my brothers driving her. She is quite frail and can walk short distances with a cane though she is not registered disabled. This means that when we take her anywhere we park in 'normal' spaces then walk her slowly and gently to wherever we need to go.

I'm investigating getting a blue badge that will be in her name but that I or my brothers can use whenever we take her out in our own cars. She doesn't get DLA and is too old for PIP (max age limit is 64). She would consent to a medical exam if necessary though. The people I've spoken too at the local council can't say whether we'd be successful or not and to just make the BB application anyway but I'm struggling to find any info in the application process that would cover her circumstances.

Can anyone advise me? Thanks.

This webpage will guide you to the relevant council that deals with the BB. Click on that council and you can then fill out the eligibility test.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge

schrodie

tokenfield wrote: »

This webpage will guide you to the relevant council that deals with the BB. Click on that council and you can then fill out the eligibility test.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge

At last Andy you're putting out helpful, accurate information for once.

toomuchinfo

Nothing to do with the blue badge but...
She could apply for Attendance Allowance if she has care needs.

Hezzawithkids

toomuchinfo wrote: »

Nothing to do with the blue badge but...
She could apply for Attendance Allowance if she has care needs.

I've talked to her about that but she is adamant that she can look after herself in her own home (did I mention how stubborn she is?). She's only considering the blue badge because she thinks it will help me & my brothers.

Hezzawithkids

tokenfield wrote: »

This webpage will guide you to the relevant council that deals with the BB. Click on that council and you can then fill out the eligibility test.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge

I tried that but because she doesn't claim DLA and is too old for PIP she was deemed Ineligible. That's when I phoned our local council who said to apply anyway and sent me the application form.

Brassedoff

Hezzawithkids wrote: »

I've talked to her about that but she is adamant that she can look after herself in her own home (did I mention how stubborn she is?). She's only considering the blue badge because she thinks it will help me & my brothers.

I don't think she's stubborn my friend. That generation were made of stuff that is only generally read about today. What they went through, brushed themselves down and got on with it, would today see whole sections of society going into meltdown and bankruptcy of the nation through the claims for money.

That's why I have so much respect for the generation who were around during the war, they were hard as nails, they knew what self respect and pride in standing on their own two feet meant.

SandraScarlett

Brassedoff wrote: »

I don't think she's stubborn my friend. That generation were made of stuff that is only generally read about today. What they went through, brushed themselves down and got on with it, would today see whole sections of society going into meltdown and bankruptcy of the nation through the claims for money.

That's why I have so much respect for the generation who were around during the war, they were hard as nails, they knew what self respect and pride in standing on their own two feet meant.

A great post and I couldn't agree with you more. One of my sadly missed, elderly aunts, used to ask me what "stress" was. She was bombed out of her East End home, witnessed dreadful injuries inflicted on her neighbours in that raid, yet merely instructed her own Mum to "try and get a bed sorted out for tonight, somewhere", then rushed off to work, lest she should be late and have her money docked! She wanted to know if she should have "had the stress", and what was it like!!!!

It didn't matter a jot how much I offered to complete the application forms for AA, cos she would always refuse to apply "for charity". I found it amusing, yet typical, that the OP's Mum was more concerned about the people driving her about, and probably thinks of them as young boys!!!

xx

caileag

Blue badges cover the specified person, but they do not need to be driving, it covers any car in which they are travelling. So, a standard Blue Badge will allow you to drive your Mum around (but, obviously, not cover you without your Mum in the car)

pauliboo

Using the 'Are you eligible for a Blue Badge" tool linked to above your mum will qualify under the following criteria

"I am over the age of two and have a permanent and substantial disability which means that I have very considerable difficulty in walking"

https://bluebadge.direct.gov.uk/directgovapply.html

(click 'none of the above apply' on the first page of multiple choice answers, and then the above on the second page).

Although she may have to get assessed by her local authority.

tokenfield

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

My Nan got a BB when she was 91 because she can't walk very far from the car any more. I think her doctor may have written in support?

That used to be the norm. However you are now assessed by an independent authority. Seems that GP's have been found to be lacking in scruples and were putting forward applicants as eligible without knowing what the relevant qualifying conditions are.

Hence the reason also why GP reports no longer have the over riding ability to persuade the DWP to grant a benefit application.