DID YOU ADD YOUR DISABILITY AIDS TO YOUR PIP REASSESSMENT ?

sarah_lea12
sarah_lea12 Online Community Member Posts: 409 Empowering
edited April 14 in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA

i have quite a few from adult social care , all nhs aids .

Should i tell dwp about them ?

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  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 3,909 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited April 14

    Hi @sarah_lea12 from what I've seen when completing the PIP form and how your disability effects you, it may be worth adding anything that can support your claim, such as aids, treatments, etc.

    An example I've seen on here regarding hearing aids, was that it benefited a persons claim to share they required this aid for their points.

    I'm sure there will be members here that have had similar questions, so hopefully they'll see this and add their advice. ☺️

    Best wishes,

  • sarah_lea12
    sarah_lea12 Online Community Member Posts: 409 Empowering

    Thank you Holly , I have a few aids from NHS adult social care , I have a bath hoist remote control . I do wear hearing aids in both ears , and I have other aids to help other issues .

  • sarah_lea12
    sarah_lea12 Online Community Member Posts: 409 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1016899#Comment_1016899

    Thanks you sound like me then , I haven't got a stair lift , but its recommended and I am waiting for the council grants department to come next week to assess the house , holes in floors black mould on walls , I have the grab handles and the raised toilet seat with frame and as the toilet is upstairs they brought me a commode , so my needs are very much changed from my first award .

    I'm so nervous because if i lose daily living i lose my house and i don't know what to do about keeping the house , its in such bad repair and we feel we are paying for it and not going to get anything out of it . Its such a stressful time for all of us .

  • sarah_lea12
    sarah_lea12 Online Community Member Posts: 409 Empowering
    edited April 14
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1016973#Comment_1016973

    If you open the curtains on a sunny day it heats your room I do it in the bedroom and it heats it all up . My house is a mortgaged property and is interest only ending in 2036 , we will be 71 and 72 then , its so mixed up , because we need the house repaired i need a stairlift and low level shower, if we accept the grant it is secured on the house for ten years then it is written off , but because of the benefits changes we just don't know which way to turn , and we also claim support for mortgage interest , and if we had a repayment mortgage the smi would be written off too at the end of the mortgage term ,if we knew what was happening with the benefits we could plan ahead , but its like we are in limbo.

    Part of us say accept the grant if offered , get the house up to standard and try to put the house back onto repayment or whatever is on offer , we are just trying to do what is best and right now we are stuck not knowing what lies ahead like everyone of us.

    My PIP review was this month and award ending next March, but because my change in health and my profound hearing loss I thought it best to do a re-assessment and hopefully get the enhanced daily living this time I have enhanced mobility , so until that is sorted we are just stuck .

    I've heard re-assessments are taking months , so what the heck do we do ?

    Just me thinking out loud lol

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