My son has started a residential placement, will this impact his PIP?
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jamie3994
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Hi. My son has started a residential placement as National star college he is 19 and has autism. Will his pip award be affected? He get Hogg rate mobility and care.
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Hi and welcome
It shouldn't change anything for PIP as it doesn't affect how his disability affects his daily living and mobility
Has his level of care changed or is it just that care is being given by different resource now . I would imagine his care needs are still the same so this doesn't affect his PIP -
Hi many thanks for your reply. I’ve read in some places that his care component will stop as he is now residential, his placement is funded by the local authority. His level of care has not changed.
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Sorry I'm not 100% sure of the answer then sorry I missed the residential bit
I will tag in someone who may know the answer
@chiarieds do you know the answer to this one ? -
thank you thank you for your help it’s much appreciated
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@jamie3994 when my step son went into residential college 3 years ago he still received it not sure if things have changed since then
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Thank you @lisathomas50 and @janer1967. You don’t know how much it means to have people to talk too. Just out of interest @lisathomas50 which college did your son start? My son is at star college funded by our local authority, was a hell of a fight to secure funding but it’s payed off!
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Notton house just outside of Bristol he moved to Wales and now goes to Swansea college but he isn't residential any more
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@jamie3994 I have heard of star college its very good I have heard it is hard to get funding I had to get the help of a social worker I secured his funding for his support one on one in Swansea which is good
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I cannot sing their praises enough at star college! Funding was a massive hurdle, what helped was all the colleges in my local authority saying they couldn’t meet his needs so the local authority had little choice in the end! We are in south glos and they are notorious for being rubbish! Amazing job getting the funding for one to one support!
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@jamie3994 my step son had to go ti Noton house for the same reasons but he us still enjoying college with his one to one support everything is on line at the moment he finds it easier he said as there are no distractions to be fair he has done realy well
Don't want him getting used to it -
Your welcome always around to help where I can even if it's just a chat
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Welcome to the forums, I hope you manage to get some answers to your query.
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Hi @jamie3994 - & welcome. With apologies for the very late response, & thank you for tagging me @janer1967My understanding is that after 28 days your son's daily living/care component will stop as he's in residential care. The mobility part of his PIP will continue to be paid, however. Please see: https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guides/Care-homes-and-benefits/Benefits-that-stop-being-paid-if-you-live-in-a-car#guide-content
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Hello @jamie3994
How are you? Welcome to the community. I hope everything goes well for your son in the placement.
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