Carers allowance & job seekers allowance mentioned in manifesto....

cbrown372

racon wrote: »

Hey, you don't have to be creative to claim Carers Allowance. You just find someone that has either the Middle or Higher rate of care DLA and bob's your uncle. I don't think that the government are targeting the disabled for that reason at all. It was quite clear that PIP was brought in simply to reduce the amount of money currently paid out by DLA by 20%. They decided on a monetary figure then worked backwards to see how they could achieve those savings. They tweaked PIP to such an extent that they made it possible to get rid of the genuinely disabled by changing and narrowing the goal posts. It had nothing to do with helping the more disabled or reducing the level of fraud. There are those that can still get through a PIP application that are no way as disabled as they say they are. Creative thinking and form filling will see the most determined get through. I know of a DLA claimant that has both Higher mobility and care, and to keep up pretence of his 'so called' disability, continues to put in his repeat prescription every month but doesn't take them or need them. It is all about appearances on his medical file. He asked me how he could get rid of a huge pile of unused medicines stored in his shed!

Hey Andy. That was you a few years back, bonfire I think was how you took care of the meds :beer:
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Originally Posted by gazpacho_uk
Not sure if this is the right section for my question. Due to financial restraints and my ability to manage my cronic pain, i have failed to use my last four monthly medical prescriptions. I have however still gone to see my GP who has continued to issue the prescriptions. I have not collected any meds conected with these prescritions, but felt that i didnt want to stop them in case i need them or can afford them in the future. My question is, will my GP know that i have not collected the meds which these prescriptions are associated with. I do not inted to try and use these prescriptions, i jst dont want to lose the facilityand option to have the meds in the future

It all depends if the chemist has a computer link with the GP.

I am the opposite, I always collect my drugs but some, I never take (yes I know I should, but I hate some of the side effects - Statins and some of my blood thinners).

As far as the GP knows and the records at the chemist will back it up, I would appear to be taking everything I am told to take.
I have to remember from the last script when I last ordered them to put in the repeat.

Every few months I have a bonfire to get rid of them!

Fortunately I don't have to pay due to age and am exempt as I am also a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3752923

NYM

cbrown372 wrote: »

Hey Andy. That was you a few years back, bonfire I think was how you took care of the meds :beer:
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Originally Posted by gazpacho_uk
Not sure if this is the right section for my question. Due to financial restraints and my ability to manage my cronic pain, i have failed to use my last four monthly medical prescriptions. I have however still gone to see my GP who has continued to issue the prescriptions. I have not collected any meds conected with these prescritions, but felt that i didnt want to stop them in case i need them or can afford them in the future. My question is, will my GP know that i have not collected the meds which these prescriptions are associated with. I do not inted to try and use these prescriptions, i jst dont want to lose the facilityand option to have the meds in the future

rotoguys wrote: »

It all depends if the chemist has a computer link with the GP.

I am the opposite, I always collect my drugs but some, I never take (yes I know I should, but I hate some of the side effects - Statins and some of my blood thinners).

As far as the GP knows and the records at the chemist will back it up, I would appear to be taking everything I am told to take.
I have to remember from the last script when I last ordered them to put in the repeat.

Every few months I have a bonfire to get rid of them!

Fortunately I don't have to pay due to age and am exempt as I am also a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3752923

It was rotoguys that lived in some fantasy world...spookily similar to the one racon lives in..

GlasweJen

Why should my partner have any level of responsibility? He didn't make me ill. There are some things I don't want him involved with. I'm not even 30 yet and the only time he's getting near my knickers is when we are in the bedroom - not when my pads leaked and I need help to get in the shower and clean up.

And it's not his thing anyway, my mum was a nurse before she had her kids and has cared for various family members with terminal diseases over the years and it's something she enjoys, my other half cares about me but isn't that way inclined, he'd do it if he has to and when he needs to but he couldn't do it all the time.

The arrangement he has works for us and costs the government £61 a week for mums carers, they'd be paying my DLA anyway. mum doesn't get any other benefits as dad works full time.

Mrs_Ryan

Both my OH and I are disabled. OH has psychosis and delusional disorder but is physically fit. I am mobility impaired due to a back injury and I suffer with extreme anxiety and depressive disorder with associated PTSD and panic attacks so extreme that I have occasional seizures. I am officially speaking my OH's carer although he only receives LRC and LRM DLA and works full time so I receive no CA or suchlike. However as time is passing I am requiring him to provide me with more and more care. After I had my major op for cancer a few years back he had to help me with everything - he had to help me in and out of bed, he even had to help me dress and wash my hair. Now he often has to prompt me to shower or dress, take my medication, keep an eye on me in case I fall which I do regularly or to stop me self harming, calm me down when I have a panic attack or my hair falls out due to my alopecia.. I rely on him for everything just as he used to rely on me when he was at his most mentally unwell. And neither of us want payment for it. We're in a relationship and partners work together. Similarly, my Mum who has severe COPD for which she requires oxygen and a ventilator and has chronic pain due to a spinal issue, looks after my Dad who is in the early stages of Korsikoff's syndrome (alcoholic related dementia) and who also has chronic COPD. She doesn't expect payment - she just does it as it is her husband and she firmly believes that's what couples do - look after each other.
I cannot understand why there is such a hoo hah about caring for a loved one and expecting payment for it - you just do it. Call me old fashioned if you like but that's me...

GlasweJen

Claiming carers allowance makes sure you get national insurance credits - this is the main reason my mum claims for me.

Morglin

What people need to consider is that if all carers stopped providing the caring for those disabled, and the state had to take over, the entire system would collapse financially, and in every other way, within a month...:wall:

As for those that begrudge disability payments, and think they are too high, well do you want a disability, so you can have all this 'generous money', cos I will gladly swap lol

We don't claim Carers, because state pensions and other things overlap, but most carers are the unsung heroes of society, and they deserve more than they can claim.

Lin

kittykat17

I currently care for my dad, as I also work part-time I don't/can't claim carers. However, as some of you know, I cared for my mother for 10 years. I had to give up a well paid job and ended up losing the home I had worked hard to buy, but I would do it again in a heartbeat if it meant my mum was still here.


She had vascular dementia, suffered several strokes, was incontinent and many other things. I didn't claim ca for the first few years as I didn't know anything about it. When I did finally claim (thanks to social services who advised me to) I was also able to receive a small amount of IS and a little help towards my mortgage interest. My mother needed virtually 24 hour care from me, I rarely had more than a couple of hours (disturbed) sleep at night and, because of having to lift mum several times a day, my own health suffered.


The little amount I received in benefits didn't go very far but it helped. People who have never had to care for another really don't understand the stress, etc, that carers go through daily. Family and friends have even told me that I had it easy by not having to work!

merlin68

Dla doesnt go far anyway, my mobility i swopped for a car, and my £21.55 care pays for a cleaner and my pulmonary rehab class. On top of this i pay £10 a week for a massage as it helps with the pain and also ten pound a week for chemical free toiletries and cleaning stuff as anything else sets my asthma of. i also have to pay more for dairy free products. so i dont know what all this free money is as dissability is expensive oh and i forgot to mention all the extra petrol for weekly hospital appointments.

Horseunderwater

To merlin68
Do you get income related ESA/JSA or Income Support or pension credit? If yes you can use form HC5(T) to claim back some of the fuel costs involved.

fed_up_and_stressed

Morglin wrote: »

What people need to consider is that if all carers stopped providing the caring for those disabled, and the state had to take over, the entire system would collapse financially, and in every other way, within a month...:wall:

As for those that begrudge disability payments, and think they are too high, well do you want a disability, so you can have all this 'generous money', cos I will gladly swap lol

We don't claim Carers, because state pensions and other things overlap, but most carers are the unsung heroes of society, and they deserve more than they can claim.

Lin

Here here ...and carers allowance isn't payable to those carers who also work and earn over the princely sum of £102 a week !