Pension Age

Lisatho11987777

@ woodbine I cant help it if I didnt fill a form in I have the letter here somewhere which I will post on here 

Lisatho11987777

@woodbine my apologies  your right

poppy123456

Yes, just as I thought... 

Cher_Alumni

Hi guys,

Speaking from personal experience, I received DLA pre-2014 and thereafter was sent a letter to re-apply for PIP, complete a claim form and have a face to face assessment.  This is the standard process, as outlined in this Citizens Advice webpage:

You’ll carry on getting DLA if you were 65 or over on 8 April 2013. For everyone else aged 16 and over, DLA will stop and you’ll need to claim PIP instead - even if you have a ‘lifetime’ or ‘indefinite’ award for DLA. 

You won’t automatically move over to PIP. You’ll get a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) asking you to make a new claim.

Nevertheless, as @poppy123456 said, the important thing here is @lisathomas50 has her rightful award.

Cher_Alumni

lisathomas50 said:

@ woodbine I cant help it if I didnt fill a form in I have the letter here somewhere which I will post on here 

@lisathomas50 There's no need to do that, you have nothing to prove     Please don't worry.

poppy123456

I wasn't going to comment any further here but i feel like it's needed. Yet again in a thread there's mis-information given and this shouldn't be allowed to continue. Yes, everyone has their own experiences but when the information given isn't correct the comments should be removed.

As admin has pointed out several times, if you give advice then please back it with a link. 99% of the time when i give advice, i'll back it up with a link to confirm the advice i've given is correct.

Things on the community are just not the same, or is it just me?

Cher_Alumni

@Username_removed Thank you for that explanation.  It's a complex system to us lay folk and that's helped demystify some aspects of it certainly for me - much appreciated.

Lisatho11987777

@Username_removed thank you so much for your comment  you have made me feel so much better  that someone else can explain that it does happen I was at  at a loss and upset thank you so much 

cupcake88

Oh right that’s interesting so if you don’t fill out the form it’s ok as you still get your Assessment you usually get a letter or a text to let you know when they’re calling or do they just call out the blue ? Because I would want warning to when there gonna call I have another year or so before my review . 

So even if you don’t send back your forms in time you still get your assessment? 

Lisatho11987777

@cupcake88 I have never had to fill any forms since 1999 my award gets renewed snd I just get an award notice I have been awarded ongoing now which is ten years  unless of course I die but ism never going to get better 

chiarieds

Must admit I'm also wondering.....& why show a letter showing an ongoing mobility award from Oct 2014, then just show the corner of a letter dated Nov 2020, but nothing else?

Lisatho11987777

@woodbine you want the explanation here it is st the age of 14  I was put in care becsuse my mum had mental health problems  there were 6 other girls and 4 boys 

For two years the others maybe longer we were sexualy abused  locked in  our rooms  ridiculed when we told someone  those of us who could speak wearnt believed  who believes disabled teenagers  we were told every day we were scum should of been aborted  a burden on society 

One night we were locked as usual in our rooms  that night two lives were were gone couldnt tske sny more but saved the ones that were left 

To cut it short the truth came out as evidence of abuse was found we all got checked out those of us that could talk gave evidence took two years to get to court the home shut down straight away the people responsible taken away then on remand  two years later sentenced 

My name was changed along with the others  any benefits or anything like that we never have to fill forms in and we don't have to give previous addresses we are marked as vulnerable people there are lots of prople who don't have to fill in the forms because they are marked as vulnerable 

Does this now answer your question 

chiarieds

All woodbine asked was did someone else make the call (to trigger your PIP review)? You didn't need to give any other explanation; that's all he asked.

Lisatho11987777

@chiarieds I am being called a liar and everything doesn't matter whst I say this bullying is to force me off the forum becsuse poppy has left I gave the explanation why I don't have to fill in forms now maybe people will stop picking and having a go 

chiarieds

No-one has called you a liar; a simple question was asked, that's all. Knowing others experiences can often help future members. It was just asked if someone made a phone call on your behalf? Such questions are often asked to better help others, as I've said. If you don't want to say if someone else phoned on your behalf, that's fine.

Just wondering, why do you think Poppy leaving might have anything to do with you?

Lisatho11987777

@chiarieds because its been said 

Lisatho11987777

@chiarieds and when its  said it doesn't happen  and misinformation  and get a private message  saying the same 

BrettW

This needs to stop now because this harrassment has gone on on multiple threads now. Its time someone from Scope stepped in and dealt with it!

BrettW

Username_removed said:

I’ve no intention of stepping in here but public complaints about other posts or posters are basically little more than points scoring. If you’ve an issue with something then, frankly, the justifications for saying so out loud are thin indeed. Click on the Flag button and report to Scope. 

Already have

BrettW

Actually Mike we do because remaining silent on situations where wrong doing is going on means that people are indirectly complicit in allowing it to continue.

I was brought up to speak out against something if a wrong doing was going on.

How many times have we heard from victims of various situations that people were aware of what was going on and chose to turn 'a blind eye' and that had they not the person would have been helped sooner or had the courage to seek help and deal with it.

'Turning a blind eye' is rarely referenced in a positive manner

As to your point of 'points scoring' again an incorrect assumption because if any of the people involved who are currently doing it were on the receiving end of it I would speak up for them as well

This is a case of personal morality and has nothing to do with gaining a personal advantage. 

I come on here to chat to people in a similar situation as mine and have a plesant experience and on the whole this is what happens here but there comes a point when people do need to speak up and say enough is enough when the status quo is being disrupted.