Leaving care home, what info do PIP need?

Ironside1990
Ironside1990 Online Community Member Posts: 358 Pioneering
edited August 21 in Money and bills

I am due to leave my care home very soon. To reinstate the daily living component of PIP, what info do they need when i contact them?

I've told my aunt and uncle that i will let them know when i have left, so that they will be there when i ring them.

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  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 14,798 Championing

    you will probably have to inform them that you have left the care home

  • surfygoose
    surfygoose Online Community Member Posts: 528 Empowering

    When I left my old care home and went to live with mum and dad for a while all we had to do was phone PIP and tell them that I was not living in the care home. So all they wanted to know was my new address. They didn’t do a new assessment or anything because we confirmed to them my needs were still the same. So it is just telling them your new address and then they reinstated the daily living component. Then likewise when I moved to my new care home a couple of years later we just phoned them again and told them my new address and that it was a care home and they stopped the daily living component again but didn’t do any reassessment. Hope this helps.

  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Online Community Member Posts: 358 Pioneering

    Thank you. It's going to be a while yet. I have an appointment with a OT today to get assessed for mobility aids.

  • surfygoose
    surfygoose Online Community Member Posts: 528 Empowering

    I hope it all goes well for you. Where are you planning to move to from the care home?

  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Online Community Member Posts: 358 Pioneering

    There's a supported living complex next door. I'I'm busy furnishing it.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 14,798 Championing

    oh that's good I'm looking into supported living you will have to give me some tips

  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Online Community Member Posts: 358 Pioneering

    I'I'm new to supported living supported living as well. I think it's the best way for me to have my independence.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 14,798 Championing

    I have been wanting it my whole entire life.

  • surfygoose
    surfygoose Online Community Member Posts: 528 Empowering

    that’s great news about the supported living complex next door you can move to. That’s very convenient that it’s that close by. Should be a much smoother transition for you.

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