support with my mum's MR stage

freeworld

Caz_Scope said:

That's great news @freeworld!!

Very well done to you for doing the MR - and what a great outcome for your mum

Thanks very much for sharing your positive news with everybody on the community.

Lou67 said:

Morning @freeworld
 Great news I’m so pleased for your mum. You put put in a lot off hard work and got a great result for her well done. 

Thanks guys..... It's always good to keep the community informed and let them know the outcome. Considering mum went from no points to standard award on both elements States there is something wrong with the current system. 
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I've actually put in for a MR myself. As I was 2 points away from enhanced on DL and I want them to consider the mobility side again. Currently it's no award on mobility. I'll let you know how that goes. Should hear from them in 5 weeks.

But yeah. Best advice is keep MR to less then 10 pages. Keep it concise and to the point. Statements from witnesses help. And giving date/times of task carried out and how they fit into appropriate descriptor. And be sure to reiterate that you did not step in out of love but rather out of need and necessity when intervening during a task. 

Plus another point for the community to discuss. The Case manager clearly pointed out that a memory issues is not considered by any of the pip activities. But surely memory issues will have a large bearing on the way you conduct such activities. 

That's it for now. Signing off and be back with update. 

Peace

calcotti

freeworld said: The Case manager clearly pointed out that a memory issues is not considered by any of the pip activities. But surely memory issues will have a large bearing on the way you conduct such activities. 

Certainly has a bearing on the need for prompting in many descriptors.

One descriptor which does not seem to take it into account is reading. It seems that even if you forget what you have read, if you understand it at the time you read it that means you can read. Never got my head around that - it reduces any reading to a way of filling in time rather than an essential activity to be able to manage your affairs.

freeworld

calcotti said:

freeworld said: The Case manager clearly pointed out that a memory issues is not considered by any of the pip activities. But surely memory issues will have a large bearing on the way you conduct such activities. 

Certainly has a bearing on the need for prompting in many descriptors.

One descriptor which does not seem to take it into account is reading. It seems that even if you forget what you have read, if you understand it at the time you read it that means you can read. Never got my head around that - it reduces any reading to a way of filling in time rather than an essential activity to be able to manage your affairs.

That's exactly the main descriptor the CM referred to, but did state it in couple other areas like journey planning. I couldn't understand it either. But the CM reiterated it a couple of times and States that PIP does not take that into account. 

Makes me wonder......

But the CM sounds like she had a good understanding of what constitutes an award and did go against the HCP totally as that offered nil points all round. 

Strange world. Sometimes it really is a matter of who you get dealing with the case. 

Peace

Cher_Alumni

Hi @freeworld

It's good to hear that your mum had a positive outcome with her MR and I thank you for coming back to update our community.

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