PIP review form

SJM2023
SJM2023 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Connected
edited June 5 in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA

I'm uncertain how i anwswer the questions regarding if i need prompting as well as help from another person in the various daily living and mobility activities. I find them confusing.

I certainly do need prompting and help i feel with my many health conditions, but i live alone and so i don't have this option.

Can i answer both questions as the help i would need, or prompting i would need, even though i don't actually get any in person at home, or outside.

I can and do get help from cbt therapists, gp and local autism advice centre, with phone calls if needed and in general.

I'm about to start this section tomorrow and i need to be certain i understand fully what I'm doing!

Some clarification would be good!

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  • Hopeless
    Hopeless Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 819 Empowering

    It doesn’t matter whether or not you get the help (prompting) but is all about whether you need it. Think about what difference it would make to you if the help was available and the difficulties you get in because it isn’t

  • SJM2023
    SJM2023 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Connected

    Thanks!

    I did think that's what it likely meant, but i do feel the questions are misleading, probably deliberately!

    So, does that also apply to the second question on the form "do you need help from another person?

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,010 Championing

    Hi @SJM2023 - as Hopelesss says, help is about the help you need, even if you don't get it. Also remember PIP is about how you are the majority of the time, so think about how many days in the week you face any difficulties, rather than saying 'sometimes' I need this help. tho, if applicable, you could say most days of the week this applies.

    This website may give you some examples of the sort of help you may need: https://www.mentalhealthandmoneyadvice.org/en/welfare-benefits/pip-mental-health-guide/help-with-your-pip-claim/how-to-fill-in-the-pip-form/ This is still relevant with a review form

    With your review form you should still give as much detail as you hopefully did with your claim form, & you can always add extra pages at the end saying which question you're continuing. Just remember to put your name, date of birth & National Insurance number at the top of each page. The boxes on the new review form are just too small to write in as much as you should!

  • SJM2023
    SJM2023 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Connected

    Ok thanks for all your help, much appreciated!

  • SJM2023
    SJM2023 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Connected

    Having just completed activity 1 - preparing meals, I'm still uneasy with my answers in relation to the 3 main questions. I mean , i know exactly what to say about how my physical and mental health conditions affect my everyday life, but am i doing it the correct way?

    So for the 2 questions about prompting and help from another person, i tick yes as i need them, briefly state i live alone so don't get them, and on a separate sheet of paper i go into detail about all my health conditions and how they affect me preparing meals as well as needing prompting and help with certain things.

    The third question about when my needs began and why (bizarre phrasing)

    On the same additional sheet of paper i list when my physical and mental health conditions began and what has worsened since my last pip award (mental health is a new condition)

    I'm planning on doing the same with most of the other activities/descriptors as the questions are mostly the same

    So, does this sound about right?

    Am i approaching these questions correctly?

    I really find them confusing the way they're written and lead to me doubting my approach, which wasn't the case with the pip claim form or my last wca.

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,010 Championing

    I presume it's this new review form you've been sent: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67446cf2ece939d55ce92fa1/AR1_Personal_Independence_Payment_Review_Form.pdf

    You will often end up repeating yourself with different questions as you likely did with your initial claim form. I take it with the 'please tell us why & when these needs began' that the 'why' bit is why do you need this help? You've said you live alone, so what difficulties do you face as you don't get that help/what do you struggle with? what went wrong recently when you last tried/attempted to try the activity?

    So, for each answer try & give a couple of recent, detailed examples as to the difficulty you face, i.e. when did it happen, where, what happened, did anyone see this, & were there any consequences to attempting/doing an activity? For example does it leave you in pain, feeling exhausted, breathless, etc?

    Say if you can do each applicable activity 'reliably,' i.e. safely, to an acceptable standard, repeat as often as one would reasonably expect, or if it takes you much longer than someone without your disability.

    Remember PIP is about how you are the majority of the time, & if your condition fluctuates, try & describe all of your days.

    I do think some of the questions are rather oddly worded too! I also think with things like asking if you can do an activity safely, you should also say if you can't do them 'reliably,' which as mentioned above also means can you do them to an acceptable standard, repeat them as often as you'd like, as others would normally do, or does it take you much longer to do? It's perhaps a bit misleading, so please give as much detail as possible.

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