Community query: help for my nan

Pippa_Alumni

From community member @*****:

My nan 83 she lives on her own. She lives in house with no central heating. No double  glazed windows. She now  got lung disease called CROP  areally bad now. Diebeatis does not help her aswell plus she has leukaemia , caterax but now she cant walk 5 or 6 steps and totally out of breath. This is happening all day now. Im in desperate need of electic wheelchair.

 I cant even get to doctors most of the time as she 83 an done very well for her self considering she has had no help at all this need a  chair so badly  cant even get her out with ojt a wheelchair. We spend fourtens on cab back an forth to hospital. Iv jjst done application for disability to find out she to old to claim it. I needed to get a wheel chair funded.

I couldnt afford it. I even by second hand one to just get pay for a min  I need some help really with some adjustments at home or even some entitlement. Im in out all day plus live with my mum  I help her she has ms. my nephew alfie hes 3 years old got few problems him self one beenig cerebral palsy we sadly had to say good by to archy alfies little brother died at 2 weeks old from a really rare heart condition nothing at all they could of done . So we stiil  trying to get over it but you never do you just learn get on with it. I got dad just gettin over prospect cancer my son getting tested for metal health.

My name is faye and if any one has got a old wheelchair they wanna sell it or nos someone so I can go and  get one funded. Surely shes entitled to get this some help thank you faye

wilko

Contact the the local council for help and advice, you may get put on a waiting list for acessment by a OT to see what help can be provided or needed some larger charity shops have items that may be of help. Hopefully some of our other posters members will have more ideas of help.

Pippa_Alumni

I believe this community member has since deleted their account, but in case they see this or come back, they may find this link to NHS wheelchair assessments and this link to needs assessments helpful for their nan. Fingers crossed they find the support they need.

Jean_OT

Hi 

Sorry to hear of your Nan's situation.

Sounds like she needs a manual wheelchair quickly now, so that you can get to the GP etc easier. You can you borrow one from the Red Cross now whilst you get a better solution in place: https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/borrow-a-wheelchair

Obviously in the longer term she needs an NHS wheelchair issued to her and Pippa has already linked to that information above. You can ask your Nan's GP to make an urgent referral to the nearest NHS Wheelchair Clinic.
However the NHS will only consider providing a power wheelchair if they assess her as needing it inside and outside of the home. It is worth checking out if the Mobility Trust can assist: https://mobilitytrust.org.uk/ 

The benefit you need to claim for your Nan is called Attendance Allowance, it's specifically for disabled  new claimants over 65 years of age:  https://www.gov.uk/attendance-allowance.

Do contact the Adult Disability Team at the Local Authority (council) where your Nan lives and ask them to carry out an urgent assessment of her needs. I would suggest that you also seek advice and support from Age UK https://www.ageuk.org.uk/services/

Best Wishes

Jean