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Accessible housing for disabled home-seekers
Disabled and older people can find wheelchair user homes for rent more swiftly thanks to a strengthened search function on England’s dedicated accessible housing portal, Accessible NOW. The site boasts key information that other property portals may not have, including accessibility features like wet rooms, step-free…
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Hi, my name is selkiefin! E-Scooters and University
hi there, I am about to start university (next week!) and I haven’t worked out how I will get around campus. I can’t walk that far when I’m fatigued. Of course I’d be aloud to have an official mobility aid (e scooter / electric wheelchair) but right now I don’t have access to the funding to get a mobility aid like that and…
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moving.......
480 / 5,000 Hi Everyone, I would like to ask how I can arrange to move from London-Lambeth to London-Camden if I live in a council flat and want to move to a council flat. BUT there is currently a court case going on because I do not have and have never had a tenancy agreement. Housing Advice is dealing with my case and I…
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Occupational terapist letter
My husband is SSI blind, we live in a housing association. There was an occupational therapist in the House e the house who suggested moving due to static and health problems, but first we had to create a wet room unfortunately, the Mears Group is not willing.This is an emergency renovation.
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Nominating a driver for PIP
Hi guys. I have recently been awarded enhanced mobility with PIP. It does say on a leaflet in the award notice that to claim free disabled car tax it must be the person with the illness/disability or the nominated driver who uses the vehicle for the ill/disabled person. We do own a car but my husband, who is my full time…
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can I make self homeless and approach local council to safeguard my family?
hi I’ve been under vile attacks on myself my partner and my young children my housing association have had 14 incident numbers for assault and harassment police told them to rehire us as the back windows been cracked badly by bricks front doors borderd up on inside but has no locking mechanism and is split and under daily…
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Disabled Facilities Grant Advice - Using it yourself?
I’ve been going through the whole process of trying to get my bathroom converted into a low level shower for over a year & half , possibly longer and my OT also wanted me to get a stairlift and a permanent ramp fitted instead of the two portable ones I currently have; the case manager overseeing my case came out a few days…
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🌿 Housing & Independent Living: Co-Designing Our Forever Home Together
Hello, fellow members, I'm reaching out to connect with like-minded individuals passionate about creating a sustainable, accessible, and community-driven living space. Imagine a place where we co-design our homes and share resources like a hydrotherapy pool, art therapy centre, gym, restaurant, and even a farmers’ market.…
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Hi, my name is noodles1977! need some help to move house
hello I need some help to move house
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Heating
Hiya everyone just looking for some advice. We have just bought a bungalow and are getting a disability grant for work needed done to help my disabled son. He is 5. It has a old boiler which is oil and needs replacing. Wondered if there is any help out there with this.think the government scheme has finished. The council…
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Rollator brake problem
My son uses a Drive 4 wheel rollator. His mobility is extremely poor, he is heavy and has to lean quite heavily on the rollator to get around. Consequently, one of the nuts on the brake cable continually loosens and has to be re-tightened every few days. He is unable to do this himself. Has anyone else encountered this…
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Rollator on ice and slippery surfaces
I have been using a walking stick for some time and mostly it is a great help to me. However, as I live in Finland, I have to encounter icy and snowy sidewalks during part of the year, and feel that my walking stick is not sufficient, especially on ice. I'm considering to invest in a rollator for winter use (and maybe for…
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Anyone got Mobility Scooter recommendations for my mother?
I wish to buy a scooter for my 88 year old mother ,such that she can use it on pavements ,very occasional road (never main) use and sometimes part of the Trans Pennine Way - gravel/cinder/tarmac route about 5 miles there and back - very flat. She would never go out alone - I would always cycle along side her- and I would…
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Flat cleaning
Hi all. Hope your doing ok. I'm having difficulty in finding a Cleaner. My flat hasn't been cleaned since corvid .. Or washing . IIvE been looking online prices are very expensive. I think its because of the area I'm in . iis stressing me out .
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Housing - any advice? Councillor helping but can't get through to my MP
Hi All I hope your all well ? Its been a while.. Advise needed some weeks ago I approached a Councillor via the telephone .don't know what to make of her. I said to her can I trust you she responded by saying well i haven't Caused you any harm so far. I'm not sure if she has experience Much . I asked her what made her be a…
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In need of a new double bed
HI I'm disabled and I have a separate bed in another room and I am in need of a new double bed is there anyone who could help me please
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Can't look after myself, Social Work never turned up
Reported myself to the council. Nobody came. Ambulance came out two nights in a row. Said I couldn't live here. Took me to hospital. Hospital sent me back. Can't be on my own. Can't get out of bed. Can't open post, cook, think. Who do I go to?
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Help with moving house
Hi, I live lone in a 3 bed semi. I need to move to somewhere smaller because I can no longer look after the garden, manage the stairs etc. I have rheumatoid arthritis and very poor hearing, which makes communication very difficult (I cn't use the telephone for exmple). Wht I'm looking for is help with the physical aspects…
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Disabled bathroom & Housing advice
Hi I'm currently in a council house, disabled adapted, wetroom, stairlift, level access. I'm a wheelchair user. Condition worsened over the years and struggling with transfers as my wife has health issues now too. Applied to local council for help, and they put us on the housing list for an adapted bungalow, great. We had…
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Hi, my name is CD35! Care company billing me for the visit even though they didn't do anything.
My care company are scheduled to visit at 9:30 pm. A couple of days ago they called me at 11:20 am asking if I could be ready for 8:30 pm instead of 9:30 due to staffing issues, I agreed this would be ok. I have to do something personal before they come which takes me about 1 hour so I started doing this early. By 8:40…
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PA rate of pay for more complex tasks
Hi I am autistic and will be having a PA for half a day on average a week to help with tasks requiring strong spoken and written language skills such as assisting me at meetings, writing formal letters, assisting me as a litigant in person at a tribunal etc - all for things, I cannot get help for, through local advocacy…
