When the times comes to hire a Personal Assistant (PA) it can seem like a very big task, especially if this is something you have not done before. Essentially the role of a PA in this instance is ...
Discussion in Parents and carers - 14 Jun 2019
Hello everyone. I’m a mum to two boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. I’m trying to find out if anyone who has DMD boys that are children and in receipt of direct payments are able to be paid ...
Discussion in Parents and carers - 16 Oct 2020
I have been in receipt of Direct Payments for around six years. I have two problems with this : 1. Around 19 months ago Social Services reduced my Care Hours from 30 to 20. I was not happy with this ...
Discussion in Disabled people - 23 Oct 2020
Discussion in PIP, DLA and AA - 4 Mar 2021
Hi, I receive direct payments for my son (13) who has quad cerebral palsy and requires 24/7 care, hoisting and is non verbal. We have had no carers coming in from March to mid July (and he hasn’t ...
Discussion in Parents and carers - 19 Aug 2020
Discussion in Parents and carers - 9 Mar 2021
Discussion in Disabled people - 8 Mar 2021
has anyone said what we are suppose to do about direct payments when are PA can’t come to us or we to them. Will they just claw bakc all the hours unspent because of this or let us use them later in ...
Discussion in Disabled people - 28 Mar 2020
Can anyone tell me what the Bexby is I received an interim payment from the dwp in Dec after a telephone call in November telling me that they owed me a Disability Premium backdated to 2014 and that ...
Discussion in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - 19 Mar 2021
I have long time dealings with benefits as my wife is disabled and I care for her, however my daughter is also disabled and I have just applied for Universal Credit for her, but this new system is all ...
Discussion in Universal Credit - 5 Apr 2021