Mobility issues - suggestions for a small house extension

cattermole

tinkledom wrote: »

And in addition it depends on what the council see as a priority. My council see CT & housing benefit as a priority over anything else.


Care. and the conditions that would apply before the council had to dig into their pockets are now down to the 'Critical' level only.

Which LA area do you live in?

This would be unlawful, if they have published it.

tinkledom

cattermole wrote: »

Which LA area do you live in?

This would be unlawful, if they have published it.

They certainly haven't quoted that only those in the critical category would get help, but coming from SS and their OT, I have no reason to doubt that what they told me was the truth. Seems money is very tight when it comes to disability grants and 'at home care' provision. Mind you the council did pay for 3 days of 'emergency intervention'. After that they could no longer fund home care due to not being a critical case.

ab.da54

tinkledom wrote: »

Care. and the conditions that would apply before the council had to dig into their pockets are now down to the 'Critical' level only.

Ours are operating on critical or substantial need but the length of time taken to meet the need, is increasing, due to funding.

Morglin

Home care criteria is tightening, and our council only gets involved where substantial/critical level is assessed (although care packages are usually put in place swiftly, if a hospital discharge is involved as they want the beds freed up), but DFG's seem to be going on, as normal.

A couple of neighbours have recently had substantial work done, via the OT's, without too much of a delay.

Probably because home care/respite and DfG's are funded from different sources.

Lin

tinkledom

Morglin wrote: »

if a hospital discharge is involved as they want the beds freed up),

Lin

It may well be in your area, but in mine, the hospital trust & SS assume that when discharged if you can ask a question, you are fit enough to be discharged without any help being put into place.


Don't tell me it doesn't happen! I spent a total of 7 weeks in hospital, 3 of which were in the HDU. My weight went from 13st to 9st on discharge. The nursing staff objected to my discharge on the grounds that I hadn't eaten a thing in those 7 weeks (I was fed through a central line, and had not been out of bed. The consultant insisted that I was discharged as his fear was that I would continue to deteriorate if I stayed in hospital.


He got his way. Yet with a disabled wife to look after me, to try to get me to eat etc, there was no plan put into place. It was just a question of 'getting on with it'. I never saw a SW nor did anyone come to see how I was getting on at home.