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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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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…
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Hi, my name is Sukipie11! could I get help with a double bed and mattress?
Hi could I get help with a double bed and mattress I am disabled
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Section 21
This discussion was created from comments split from: I've just been served a section 21 and 48 :(.
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Why is the neighbour doing this ?
I cannot cope I am having an extremely painful and debilitating day as usual and in every room of the flat which I am struggling in due to the accumulated and difficult to manage clutter the downstairs neighbour bangs extremely loudly and does the pathetic cackling laughs ive once again been unable to go outside other than…
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Non -dependent protection has ended for housing benefit even though circumstances haven't changed???
Hi there folks, I wonder if any of the great minds on this site might be able to assist with a letter my Mum received with regards to her housing benefit claim. I have been living with my Mum who claims state pension all my life as a non-dependent and have always been in receipt of ESA (now UC) and PIP due to long term ill…
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grateful for advice on poor care and unmet needs in care home
Evening everyone I would be grateful for any advice; my 72 year old friend Susan is blind and is in an appalling care home; she has been in for 2 years; is only 72; She was assaulted in the care home and never received any physio or counselling; she is traumatised and sits in a chair 12 hours a day; it is medieval. I have…
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Energy Efficiency Scheme - Who to contact?
I have recently contacted a company to carry out work at my home under the Government’s Energy Efficiency Scheme. Unfortunately, I have experienced nothing but problems since the work began. I have been left without heating, the contractors are failing to attend as agreed, and the work that has been done has caused…
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Grants for home repairs
Im wondering if there are any grants for house repairs (that are not to do with the occupiers disability). I know about the ECO4 grants and other green type grants, but Im thinking about general maintenance stuff such as replacing single glazed windows. It seems possible that the DWP will not allow this type of spending as…
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lodger
Hi Everyone! I have a question, Im on Adult Disability Payment (Scottish PIP) and New Style Esa (not means tested) and I wanted to take a lodger in. If Im using The Rent-a-Room Scheme (which allows income of £7500 to be tax free) the actual annual income would be £1500 . Would this affect my benefits? Do I need to notify…
