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Hiring my son for daughter's Personal Assistant. (PA)
Hi Is it legal to hire family members to be PA for my adult daughter. No-one wants the job and it requires lots of intimate and exhausting care... My son is (about to be 18) looking for a part time job and I would like to hire him and pay him from my daughters Care package (direct payments) granted by the council and so…
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Struggling With Private Landlord & Repairs
Ok so I suffer with ADHD and autism (Undiagnosed autism, awaiting diagnosis). Last November was bittersweet. I won my PIP Tribunal and in the same week I received an eviction notice as my landlord of 10 years wanted to sell the place. Eventually I found a place in January 6th 2023. It's a studio flat so is a lot smaller…
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Temporary accommodation and bidding for a 1 bedroom
Hi all, I have a bit of bother to do with my temporary accommodation and bidding for a 1 bedroom flat. I am waiting for my new support worker to start but I need help ASAP about bidding verses direct offer and so on. Can anyone who understands te process explain it please
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Planning Permission Exceptional Circumstances mental health
Hello, has anyone has success with planning via exceptional circumstances? We are trying to extend our home to allow me to have an en-suite bathroom upstairs to be away from the rest of my family in peace and ground floor a work from home space where I hopefully start working again. I suffer extreme depression, anxiety and…
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Repairing Quingo vitess 2 cam?
Hi I have a quingo vitess 2 and the q cam screen that comes with it has got wet through condensation under storage cover. It's dried out a bit but the screen either doesn't come, flickers or its so faint I can't see picture clearly. A new one I am told cost £169., which I cant afford. Is there anyone knows if I can get it…
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Needing Some Advise Again!
Hi guys, my mind is running overtime so I'll try to keep it brief and to the point. I spent an hour earlier trying to contact the Citizens Advice Bureau for my area and it just rang and rang and I gave up. My situation is as follows... I've been living at home with my parents (lost Mum in October) for the past 10 years…
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How to pay 6 months rent in advance
Hi. I have physical and mental disabilities and i am needing to move house. My current house has 3 stories and is completely unmanageable for me. The problem i have is agencies i have spoken to want 6 months rent in advance due to being in receipt of disability benefits. I cannot pay this. I cannot get a loan and i have no…
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There is no escape
I need to move away from this place so I can begin to properly heal. (I've tried doing it trust me) but it's been over a decade and I'm just worse. I suffer from chronic and mental illnesses. Pretty sure the stress on my body from being constantly anxious has made my symptoms worse. Not going to bother going into detail as…
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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…
