Carer claiming pip for mobility issues
Spudster
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My husband is my full time carer he has just been diagnosed with generalized sensory motor atonal peripheral neuropathy in his lower limbs he has pain numbness and sharp shooting pains in his ankles and feet he is under a consultant and having more test he is struggling bad with walking so has applied for pip can he get mobility part of pip and still get carers .
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Hi @Spudster and welcome to the community! Here is what I found on Carers UK:If you are a carer who has care needs, you can claim PIP for yourself and this will not affect your Carer’s Allowance.It also might be helpful for your husband to fill out the PIP self help test online which would give him a vague indication about whether he would be awarded with PIP. However, this is based on your interpretations which isn't necessarily what an assessor would put- but definitely worth a look before putting a claim in!
Hope this helps and very best of luck if you do put a claim in1 -
Welcome to the community @Spudster!
I hope @ilovecats and @Chloe_Scope have answered your question but if you need any more help please don’t hesitate to ask.0 -
Thanks for all your comments really helpfull i will tell him to get advice as well.0
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ilovecats said:Claiming carers allowance would indicate a certain level of ability so he most likely will not get a daily living award.
With regards to mobility, the diagnosis is not as important, rather how it affects him. You would need to evidence how and why he cannot walk more than 50m repeatedly to gain even a standard award.
More attention is now given to see if claiming carers contradicts a claim.
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