Adaptions for newly wheelchair bound council tenant.
Hi all.
My first post.
My Daughters 2 bed ground floor flat isn’t suitable for her wheelchair as it won’t go round a hallway turn or through some of the doors.
the Council have offered her a small one bedroom bungalow which they will have to adapt at an unsafe location prone to crime, drugs, violence and ASB.
She has full time care, is she entitled to a second bedroom like she has had for the last 10 years. Hasn’t had to pay the spare bedroom charge.
Thanks.
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It very much depends on your local councils policy.
They all vary as to how a person qualifies for a second bedroom allocation to be used for care purposes, details of the allocation policy should be on your local councils website.
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If 24hr care is required then a 2nd bedroom for sleep-in carers becomes a medical necessity meaning all Councils will be duty bound to supply a two bedroom home.
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Thankyou.
When my Daughter finally gets a suitable property she is going to require nurses for the whole time she isn’t at overnight dialysis 3 times a week.
She has been an inpatient for over 300 days.
The Council are saying no entitlement even they gave her a 2 bed around 10 years ago. Her care needs weren’t so great but over time her health has sadly declined.
Has had dialysis for getting in for 10 years now.
prognosis isn’t great.1 -
If she is in Hospital, then you can explore her housing needs with the OT team, and/or the ward social worker. They can give their input to her landlord.
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These people have been but are being ignored by the allocations manager at the local authority. My Daughters GP is writing her a Letter to go to the local authority housing team, Our local Councillor, MP and Newspaper reporter.
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The thing is, housing can't be magicked out of thin air. Decades of under investment in council housing is a serious problem.
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That is true but that doesn’t answer my question!
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Sadly not all questions can be answered satisfactorily. GPs up and down the land are writing to councils, just look at recent news programmes about wee kids with asthma living in damp, mouldy housing, wheelchair users (i am one) restricted to where they can access in their own home, overcrowding etc.
I would recommend contacting one of your local councillors, maybe even the local paper.
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Thanks Chris.
I have done, MP too. Spoke to Reporter on Friday who has emailed the Council for a response on Friday but will only publish a story as last resort.
move been back to her flat and if a radiator was moved there is another 80mm available.
we are talking an hours work.
and that was when I moved one of my own.
we are getting mixed messages from the Council TBH.
mot makes sense to stay where she is than have all the stress of moving.0 -
The radiator in the hallway moved to left and the wheelchair which she was given wouod go round. This one with the hand driven wheels is wider than her one she uses for hospital transport that’s in hospital with her. She doesn’t need this wide a chair but was given it for free.
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I use a power chair with mid wheel drive. It is very manoeuvrable. I couldn't move a manual chair.
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