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Adaptions for home
Has anyone used their own private, care assessment done by a private OT instead of going through the councils adult care to receive adaptions for things like a downstairs bedroom extension and wet room
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Wheelchair platform lifts
I have been told that a wheelchair platform lift to raise me 3 feet to my back door will cost me £15,000 - that appears to be excessive (the house is built on a slope) Is that an accurate price?
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Advice about new electric storage heaters
Hi everyone. I'm a mum with Fibromyalgia and a couple of other conditions who has been offered a council move to a property* in Hove. I have been told that the heating system has been changed recently to new electric storage heaters and I'm guessing everything is electric in the flats now. I really need to find out from…
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Can the council ask you to move?
Hi does anyone know if u have just moved to a council house but need a downstairs bedroom for disabled child as the stairs are to steep, can the council ask you to move or can u say u dome want to and apply for the adaptions extension
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Moving Out, being independant How ??
Hi Members sorry for the vague title i wasn't sure what to enter whoops. I have been with my folks on and off for some years now I'm 47 nearly 48 years old and was diagnosed around a year ago with Psoriatic Arthritis, I've worked all my life until a started having issues about 2 years ago. i am currently on Universal…
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asked to sign something I could not read
Here Is a question I hope someone can answer, background Male 61 yo disabled In sheltered Accommodation Yesterday my housing officer manager called in to update my care and Needs details or so I was told? I answered lots of questions from her little tablet and at the end she passed the tablet to me with a good sized grey…
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Tech and how it can help
So its really simple, I thought I would make this post, because of my experiances with tech in my home, I have alexa stuff in my home (suffer with chronic pain amoungst other issues). I first got a alexa for every room, the tip here is to wait until amazon has a sale as it gets them down to about £30 each, why still…
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🏠 🙏 HELP ME HOME OPTIONS 🙏🏠
Hey Everyone, Good Morning. My name is is Joanne and I need to ask you for advice. What am I doing wrong? I been on home options now since 2018 . I mean 2018. I look Know we had to deal with Covid and be cost of living in to deal with. I do get it , but i am really really struggling to see light at the end of the tunnel as…
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housing benefit
How do you reapply for housing benefit please
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Guidance
Just wondering what the best way is to get a flat etc on the ground floor, im currently on the 3rd floor with no lift
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Wet Room & More
Hey Everyone! Hope everyone is having a pleasant day, I got some wonderful news this morning, As some will know I moved into a wonderful 2 Bedroom Bungalow in November due to my disability and the stairs becoming a health hazard. They have informed me that the entire Bathroom will be ripped out and an entire new bathroom…
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KAFO
What do you wear under your full length KAFO ? According to what I read - Socks, Stockings or Tights ? Plus - what shoes ? I have been told "one size larger on the affected leg" ? I have been advised "velcro strap" Training Shoes with removeable insole But will the un-affected foot not be extremely loose fit in the other…
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Housing help
Hello everybody 👋 I am a disabled person that really need some help. Feel like I cannot cope anymore. I lived in a council property for almost 10 years. I was given the property because I was vulnerable and homeless at 17. The home was awful in a series state of disrepair.. there were issues with damp and mould, boiler…
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Social groups for adults with learning disabilities in Leeds
I am looking for a social group for my 47 year old brother who has learning disabilities. After relocating to be near me after the deaths of our parents my brother is lonely and struggling to find any social groups to fit into. We live in Leeds and I have found a choir which he attends but struggling to find anything else…
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I am trying to contact Virgin Media
I have a disabled wife .and I am trying to contact Virgin Media, I have tried to contact them-ref a reduction in the rental as it states on their website but after 5 telephone calls I cannot get through, e-mailing them is utterly pointless, so can any community member advise me.
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Bath Lift
Hello Peeps, Has anyone found a good way of fixing a bath lift to the base? Ours slides around on the suckers, no matter what we do! Very annoying.
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really don't think living alone is viable long term anymore
so i've been in social housing for several months now and I'm concluding more and more that i don't think me living alone long term is viable anymore. i'm struggling to get get anything done regarding employment and meeting new people cause so much of my time and energy is spent on household chores or other life admin. and…
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Teenager
Does anyone has recommendations how handy also teenagers challenging behaviour (life impact). I am struggling a little bit. I feel like I don’t have any experience how manage parenting teenager. I feel like I am walking on moving sand and it will suck me in?
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Wheelchair ramp too wide for doors
I am wheelchair user but find it hard getting out due to ramps to wide for doors .where to go to have them made smaller in width
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Gardens
We are looking at having the Garden adapted for us to spend time with us as a family. (Son has Cp and wheelchair bound). Has Anyone arranged for charity help and which ones to contact? or know the process for getting help to have work done? Our garden is all but useless to us. It's a new build garden which basically has…
