Carers element

Agnia

im sorry im not coping with my situation i was really calling this person who is responsible for care assessment for adult social services   

poppy123456

I found this link. As you can see down on the list at the bottom where i've copied and pasted from the link, "eating properly" which means cooking/preparing food are all things they can help with.  https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/arranging-care/care-needs-assessment/

Will I be eligible for help from social services?

Local councils have their own assessment procedures, but they follow national criteria to decide who's eligible for care and support. In making their decision, they'll look at whether you're unable to do, or have difficulty with, daily living tasks, and whether this has a significant impact on your wellbeing. 

1. Do you have care and support needs as a result of a physical or mental condition?
2. Are you unable to achieve two or more desired outcomes? 
3. Is there, or is there likely to be, a significant impact on your wellbeing?

The daily living tasks include things like: 

• eating properly
• going to the toilet 
• being safe at home 
• keeping your home clean and safe 
• seeing family and friends 
• going to work, volunteering, education or training
• using services in your area.
  

Agnia

Im sorry im not coping with this noise here  at this please ,when i came to London i was renting a room and did share the kitchen and bathroom with 8 people in the house but my health condition was never  that bad like now
i tried different medication i cannot see any difference this medication made me sleepy during the day that i wasn’t able to answer the phone call and i couldn’t sleep at night at all  

poppy123456

My only other suggestions are to find somewhere else to live. You can try to put your name down on the housing list from your local Authority. As a single person, the waiting list could be many years.

In the meantime you can see if you can find a private landlord that will accept a benefits tenant but this isn't going to be easy because the majority of landlords won't accept benefits tenants.

Other than that i'm sorry but i've run out of advice to give you.

Agnia

Thank you for response 
im sorry im not able to do it myself 
im not able to find other place 

there are 12000 people on the list waiting 

Agnia

Hi i was calling the council again today i was talking to the lady today ( yesterday i was talking to a different person) she confirmed for a sure that my council doesn’t provide the service like shopping cleaning helping with meals 
she suggested using Sainsbury’s and that i have to use debit card 
we were talking about the care assessment on the phone 

Agnia

She was saying that many councils do provide this services but my council do not help with cooking shopping cleaning helping to prepare a meals  
she was saying that if their carer would help ( they don’t do  ) but this service would not be free of charge , i would need to pay for this service 

Agnia

i was having problems with breathing in the morning from anxiety it affects me so much 

Agnia

my neighbour was drinking alkohol and i couldn’t eat i was seeing the blood marks on the stairs ( when i was going outside) because he was fighting with his friend  this was affecting me so much im sorry for my English if is not grammatically correct 
my mother was asking me if does invite me to drink with him no he wasn’t but i was so scared and i got more depressed my psyche didn’t cope 

L_Volunteer

Are you currently receiving any benefits which might help you to pay this @Agnia? It is really difficult when you feel lost without support - all because of money and a lack of support from your council 

Do you know how you might approach someone to support you with these things? Also, who was fighting and making you feel scared? We want to hear you as clearly as we can. You deserve to feel supported and safe 

poppy123456

L_Volunteer said:

Are you currently receiving any benefits which might help you to pay this @Agnia?

Agnia is claiming Universal Credit and waiting for a decision on the work capability assessment. 

Agnia

Thank you for response poppy yes UC 

Agnia

@L_Volunteer Thank you for response   a neighbour was inviting men during at night police was coming but he was still doing it  my health condition got really worse here 

Agnia

@L_Volunteer im a burden for people and family they blocked me 

surfygoose

What the person at the council probably meant was that they don’t personally help with your shopping or cleaning or making meals. If you have a care needs assessment and are found to have eligible needs then plenty of people do receive help with all of those things. It won’t be someone from the council who comes to help you. They might put you on direct payments so you can employ your own Personal Assistant or the local authority may manage your care for you if that’s easier for you and they will send in an agency. Yes you would have to pay. Everyone has to have a financial assessment but they leave you with enough to live on. You would just contribute what you can afford out of your benefits and the local authority tops up the rest. A Personal assistant / support worker / carer can help with many things, whatever you are identified as needing help with. Of course the main goal is to help people be as independent as possible so they won’t be doing it all for you, they would be doing it alongside you. They may not come round and just clean your house for you. You’d probably have to pay separately for a cleaner if that what you want, but with a support worker you would clean the house together, doing as much as you are able with prompts and support. They may help you work out how to keep on top of certain tasks while they aren’t there. They could supervise you while you prepare a meal and support with the bits you can’t do. That would be the idea of good support put in from the local authority, so that you get to do lots for yourself and still feel in charge of your own life. Even in care homes it’s like that, they get you involved as much as they can, like helping with cooking, doing our cleaning alongside the staff, having help to do our laundry, even if we need telling each step, it’s always best to be doing the things ourselves as much as we can. That might be some of the confusion from what the council lady told you.
I'm sorry you are feeling like a burden and that your family blocked you. I hope that gets resolved and you all can get on good terms with each other.
Anyway you have us on here.
I think you mentioned on a different post that you have very poor mobility now as well and we’re asking about telling PIP that? If you have trouble walking to the extent where you will soon be using a wheelchair (sorry if that wasn’t you and I got confused!), well then definitely that is important for PIP to know if you are applying because if you are unable to move many metres and may soon be in a wheelchair then that is important for them to consider in moving around category. I don’t know lots. Other people have given good advice but just saying it’s certainly good to let them know how your conditions affect you exactly.

Agnia

Thank you