Have been on DLA for 6 years and now have to change to PIP!!

Sorry to hear that. But it just goes to show what happens with PIP assessments.I'm 67 and had High Mobility/Middle Care. I lost the chance of PIP as the DWP messed up my case.

In a way I'm thankful as the thought of re-assessments every couple of years until I die terrified me.

Like yourself I was asked to do the excercises but refused the leg ones and lifting my hands over my head, can't anyway because of the rotator cuff in both shoulders. Managed to do finger movements on one hand well and not so well on the other.......why finger movements ?? Did not walk and hubby helped me up from my chair, my vertigo was especially bad that day so had to steady myself for a few minutes until I stopped being dizzy so did not attempt to walk. Anyway we shall wait and see the outcome, nothing more to do really. If it is negative then I shall certainly appeal but will get an adviser from our Housing Association who deals with appeals all the time.

That's the unfortunate bit about owning your own home - there is little or no welfare advice about. And they take the damn home off you should you need to go into care.

Well we cant have it every way Les, we lost our home 10 years ago because of unfortunate circumstances. Heartbreaking when you have worked all your life but we carry on regardless. There is information out there and Citizens Advice will put you in the right direction.

Sorry to hear that.

You must have been verty fortunate to get a Housing Association/Council property.

Round my way there is one choice - private letting - with the vast number being owned by what has been described on the TV  'Britains Worst Landlord'.

CAB is useless, they don't have any 'professional' advisors any more - not since they were all sacked due to the restrictions imposed on the Legal Aid system. 'We can't have the government funding professional advisors so that people are able to obtain benefits'

Sorry Les but you seem to 'question' everything I put on here!! We were homeless, say no more, terrible time and dont want to go through it all again on here. Signing out for the last time.

Christine please don't leave over this.   We all need to help and support each other so stay please.   x

Thank you for your concern hypercat maybe I was hasty but life has not been easy over the last 10 years and I just felt I was being questioned over my health and life. Sore point, we strive to make the best out of bad situations!! Thanks again x

Please can we start helping other people and stop arguing.

Thank you

Sarah

Please can we start helping other people and stop arguing.

Thank you

Sarah

I'm sorry if I have offended anybody. I ask questions to identify how others do things that I don't do and try to find what the results are. If someone has a better idea or does something different and it produces results - that is of interest to me.

As for not being able to access decent welfare advice simply because I own my own home, compared to getting that advice if you live in social housing is one of my gripes.

I will and always have given advice where I can. 

Les I have always found your advice helpful, I am waiting to hear about my pip application in the meantime I am due my DLA this week which I pray I will still get.

Try not to be so downhearted you have given good advice sadly some people don't always get the answers they want so they get frustrated and angry and you probably bare the brunt of it, so hang in there mate Maria

Please understand I am neither angry or frustrasted.

Simply fed up of people on this site criticising what others are saying.

Can we not just help and support each other?

Hoping you continue to get your DLA as I am mine.

Sarah 

Can we all stop this please and just carry on with what's important- like supporting each other.   Sometimes on a site like this there are personality clashes but it's give and take isn't it?

I have the same with someone on another site so I ignore them.  We are all adults at the day.       Bev x

* at the end of the day

 

Bev I couldn't agree with you more I tried to sell a few bits on Facebook so I could treat my grandchildren and all I got of two people were calling me names and saying I was a liar and the items I sell were fake!!! In the end I just came away from the site there's no need for people to be nasty sadly it's a sign of the times sad!!!

Your right we're here to support each other Maria x

Oh dear Maria that's awful.   I am on a few fb sites but have never had this.   I would leave too (or can't you block them?).   There are many people with hate in their hearts out there who would hesitate to say anything to your face but wouldn't think twice to be abusive annonymously.   Bevx

Les I filled out my pip form with my housing association benefit and debt helper it took us 2 hrs to fill out the form that was before Christmas and I still haven't had a reply I can't deny I'm on edge everyday wondering if I'm going to lose the dwp (sorry pip) as well as my esa this goverment need to stop throwing tax payers money at Syria and all the other so called needy country's who are corrupt!

It's time this goverment looked after us! Not throwing money at other country's who are corrupt! Especially giving out child benefit to people who's children don't even live in this country!! It's disgusting I have sent the e-mail link to my mp who is conservative! I don't expect any help from him but by god I'm going to fight for my rights! I was a nurse for 25+yrs and I've seen people who suffer everyday in terrible pain I've also met people who will go to any lengths to get money from this goverment and believe me they are good actors!

So I for one will not accept anyone who has no idea what I have to go through everyday just to get the pittance this goverment give us!

One of the apparent fortunate things that you have when you rent is access to a qualified welfare rights officer. Unfortunately as we own our home with a mortgage, no such similar help exists.

Britain has to lead the world in world aid. If not and left to what other countries give, I wonder what would happen. 

 United States – $31.55 billion

 United Kingdom – $17.88 billion

 Germany – $14.06 billion

 Japan – $11.79 billion

 France – $11.38 billion

 Sweden – $5.83 billion

 Norway – $5.58 billion

 Netherlands – $5.44 billion

 Canada – $4.91 billion

 Australia – $4.85 billion

 Italy – $3.25 billion

  Switzerland – $3.20 billion

 Denmark – $2.93 billion

 Belgium – $2.28 billion

 Spain – $2.20 billion

I've served this country for 44 years - in the Armed Forces and the Civil Service.

I became disabled, in part, by standing up for what is right and not cowering like the rest by putting myself in harms way protecting someone else's money.

Now that I am too far gone with other problems healthwise and previously receiving DLA High Mobility/Middle Care, I just couldn't face what PIP required of me to make the transfer over.

There was no outside professional help for me so I had to suffer the permanent loss of the disability benefits.

As you say and if money was put back into the legal aid system to pay for help and advice, things would have been different. But, and I do see the point, is it right that the workers in this country should pay their taxes to fund legal assistance so that others can get more benefits?