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Help filling in PIP forms

Hi, I'm Lisa. I am trying to find someone local to me in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire to help me with my PIP form before 15 March
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Welcome to the community, we have lots of information about PIP here and the CAB have a great guide to filling in the forms.
I also found the Gloucestershire CAB site here who may be able to help
Senior online community officer
It’s Great to meet you this evening.
Please please follow the great info that @Sam_Scope has given you above.
If you need any help/support afterwards please please let me know.
The hardest thing is to be yourself. Most of us with long term conditions have coping mechanisms which hide our disabilities to some extent. Just for that day you must become disabled again so the assessor sees you as you are, if you hide the assessor will not see the real you and cannot make the right assessment.
Read through your PIP form so you know what you put
Make no special effort on the day, stick to your normal routine
Take your meds as prescribed
It is up to you which room you have your assesment in
The assessor does not have the right to look around your home and probably won't anyway
Have your ID ready
If you can, have somebody with you
Assessors have a habit of coming early
They will watch every thing you do, how you hand them your ID, how you sit, how you stand.
We are all used to giving positive answers
Q "How are you?"
A " I'm fine " even when you are not
Be aware of the yes questions
ie assessor " Can you cook a simple meal ?"
Answer " Yes, but I need a perching stool as i cannot stand for long "
If you answer as above the assessor will stop listening at " Yes............."
instead try
" No, but if I use a stool to sit on I can "
When you answer "No..........." The assessor has to listen to what you say
HCP are often asking how long can you walk not how far. 1 or 2 minutes does not sound much but very slow walking is measured as 45 metres per minute
Have a look at the B&W self test
http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php
I am sure others will add more advice
Good luck and do let us know how you get on
CR