DLA over 65

woosh0

what will happen regarding my dla payments. I recieve the highest rate for mobility and the middle rate for care. I will be 65 next January 2016. I am so worried. Can anyone help please?

Horseunderwater

You will continue to get DLA as is. Leave well alone. I live in one of the areas that was meant to be changed over this year, but when I tried to go 4 change to my care, I was told my postcode would not be assessed for PIP until 2017 at the earliest. So my change was done under DLA & is now indefinite. So I doubt you need worry, but you could ring DLA number 03457123456 select opt 1 & ask when your postcode will be assessed for PIP.

woosh0

Thank you so much.

racon

woosh0 wrote: »

what will happen regarding my dla payments. I recieve the highest rate for mobility and the middle rate for care. I will be 65 next January 2016. I am so worried. Can anyone help please?

Hey take the advice - don't go there!! I volunteered for PIP when I had turned 65 and had my indefinite DLA High mobility & Middle care taken off me! In return the DWP told me that I did not have any disabilities after giving me '0' points all round. The mobility car was taken back, they wouldn't accept an appeal and I was too old to make another claim!

rogerblack

woosh0 wrote: »

what will happen regarding my dla payments. I recieve the highest rate for mobility and the middle rate for care. I will be 65 next January 2016. I am so worried. Can anyone help please?

Do not - as others have said - go out of your way to claim PIP.
However - my understanding is that even without legislative changes to bring in PIP for over 65s (which I expect in the next parliament if the current lot get back in), people now turning 65 (after 8th April 2013) will be migrated to PIP, even if a DLA claim is in payment at the 65th birthday.

racon

rogerblack wrote: »

Do not - as others have said - go out of your way to claim PIP.
However - my understanding is that even without legislative changes to bring in PIP for over 65s (which I expect in the next parliament if the current lot get back in), people now turning 65 (after 8th April 2013) will be migrated to PIP, even if a DLA claim is in payment at the 65th birthday.

Hey as I understand it also, those that turned 65 after the 8th April 2013 and have an indefinite DLA award will be in the first wave to move to PIP when it is rolled out for everyone from October this year.

Morglin

No, they won't - there has been no official decisions on anything like that, in fact most reputable disability charities think that it won't be rolled out to everyone, anytime soon, but as it goes to certain areas, planned reviews will be transferred first, followed by low rates, followed by starting on the 'indefinites', which is likely to be some time away, and age won't be a factor.

The backlogs are large at the moment, so nothing is going to happen as per the original timeframes.

However, it remains to be seen who wins the next election, and what is decided after May.

Lin