http://www.youreable.com/forums/ en Thu, 17 May 2012 02:24:10 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.youreable.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png http://www.youreable.com/forums/ http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1802-give-up-the-car?goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 01:51:41 GMT My mam is on the higher rate of mobility and i'm her allocated driver however as my illness have deteriated i'm unable to drive. My mam bought a used car 2 year ago using her DLA. My mam now is saying since I can't drive that she wants to return the car. Does anyone know how to do this and what normally happens? ]]> marie-n-mush http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1802-give-up-the-car http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1801-JSA-v-ESA?goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:05 GMT Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone could help? I was taken off ESA in March after I failed at my appeal. My GP will not sign me fit for work as I... Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone could help? I was taken off ESA in March after I failed at my appeal. My GP will not sign me fit for work as I have a number of complaints that in fact makes me unable to work. I then had to claim JSA which took 7 weeks to sort out for me to get my 1st payment. While I was waiting and having no money at all I got very depressed and tried to kill myself twice. My daughter therefore asked my estranged husband to come and stay with us to make sure while she was out on her course of which he jumped at the chance as he'd been staying at a friends. My GP gave me another sick note stating that my condition had deteriated so I applied again for ESA as JSA wouldn't pay me while I was sick. Now I've had a call stating that my ESA has been awarded but before any payments can be made I must have a compliance officer vist.So my question is does anyone know What they do? What they look at? Then what happens after they have been? Thanks in advance for your advice in this matter ]]> marie-n-mush http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1801-JSA-v-ESA http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1800-good-bad-news-any-help?goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 21:47:19 GMT i have managed to get an interview after all this time im surprised but worried of implications its for general assistant the job is 20 hours 128.00... i have managed to get an interview after all this time im surprised but worried of implications its for general assistant the job is 20 hours 128.00 a week im on contribution esa with support and lr care hr mobilty which i will probably lose some of them im trying to find out not having much luck what other benefits i would be able to get according to the benefit calculator im not entitled to working tax credits or other help also i would have to pay half of my rent and council tax i will be left with 70.00 i will be so much worse off or am i wrong can anyone advise me where is the incentive for people to go back to work if your worse off im desperate to get a job to save my sanity where do i go from here is there any help out there for people like us if i lose the disability i cant get the rule of working 16 hours and working tax credit is this true thankyou ]]> kassya3 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1800-good-bad-news-any-help http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1799-esa?goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 10:33:50 GMT hi how long is the wait till someone hears if a medical is wanted or just a phone call from them hi how long is the wait till someone hears if a medical is wanted or just a phone call from them ]]> jshaun1968 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1799-esa http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1798-Bike?goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 08:49:30 GMT This isn't really Motoring but I was wondering if anyone else on here uses an electric bike?
Before I got too bad we had an old Library Bus which we converted into a camper which we used for French holidays. To keep up with the wife & kids I bought an electric bike, it doesn't need pedaling at all and bombs along around 13mph for around 25 miles depending on the terrain.
I used to have an 8mph scooter but got rid of it after being cruelly told they were for the 'overfed & nearly dead' meaning the obese or very elderly. That has stuck in my mind & I'd rather use a wheelchair now, anyway back to the bike. Whilst I love the feeling of riding along I couldn't do it unless I was with someone else as if it broke down I'd be totally knackered.
Common sense tells me that as we'll never be able to afford a holiday again & our nearest shops are too far by bike it's a bit of a silly thing for a disabled 56 year old to keep but my inner Hell Angel says it not so daft, hence my question. ]]> tinker http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1798-Bike http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1797-Help-with-health-costs?goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 08:18:14 GMT I run a health forum with some others and on there i did a little subject about getting help with health costs. although there are many who know... I run a health forum with some others and on there i did a little subject about getting help with health costs. although there are many who know about this help i was surprised at just how many are unaware about the NHS schemes available.

If you are on benefits or not and are struggling with the costs of medications, treatments such as dental, glasses, appliances or even struggling with the costs of getting to your treatment then there is still help out there.

For those on low incomes you can get something called a HC1 form, if you are entitled then you will be given a certificate for full help, it all boils down to circumstances.

below is a link which might help those struggling to meet the costs of treatments :-

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthc...tioncosts.aspx

mike ]]> mikeydt1 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1797-Help-with-health-costs http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1796-voluntary-work-on-dla?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 21:47:01 GMT can anyone give me advice im currently on esa with support component, lr care hr mobilty and have been offered voluntary work in an office just light... can anyone give me advice im currently on esa with support component, lr care hr mobilty and have been offered voluntary work in an office just light duty answering phone am i allowed to do voluntary work !! what are the implications im worried i will lose my benefits im just desperate to get back into the real world and save my sanity another question if i go to the job centre and see disability advisor will they give me a hard time i want to ask about some help getting back to work i think its the work programme i have heard some bad stories about them not really being helpful. do i have to notify them that im doing voluntary work sorry its a long post thanks all ]]> kassya3 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1796-voluntary-work-on-dla http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1795-Moving-to-a-different-county-on-Housing-Benefit?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 21:21:32 GMT I'm thinking about moving to a different county and wondering if all counties have the same housing benefit entitlement or do they vary? I've never moved whilst on HB. ]]> freud http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1795-Moving-to-a-different-county-on-Housing-Benefit http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1794-incap-benefit?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 20:24:37 GMT hi im 65 next march so still able to claim incap.was due a review any time now.but got a letter from performance measurement equinox house... hi im 65 next march so still able to claim incap.was due a review any time now.but got a letter from performance measurement equinox house nottingham.to say a multi review officer will call its from dwp any idea what its about thanks. ]]> hiker48 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1794-incap-benefit http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1793-To-be-able-to-bath-or-not-be-able-to-bath!?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 18:23:54 GMT Hi All, My partner and I need a little help from somebody who may have gone through that which we are or knows somebody who has! At present the... Hi All, My partner and I need a little help from somebody who may have gone through that which we are or knows somebody who has!

At present the social housing flats where we live are being refurbished. This is to bring them in line with housing standards etc., tenants are being offered new kitchens, heating, electricity rewire and bathrooms, where required. Our little estate is a few years ago was strictly for the over 55’s or disabled. However, these rules seem to have been relaxed to allow single parent families, and in some respects allow families of 4 live in a 2 bedroom flat! I say this because our little estate comprises only of 1 bedroom ground floor flats and 2 bed roomed 1st floor flats.

However, over 3 years ago, we were offered a ground floor flat with complete wet room, due to my mobility and care needs (as a basis, I receive DLA high rate mobility and middle rate care, my partner is my carer. I have been assessed as ‘can walk less than 50 metres, slowly‘, and help with personal care during the day as I need help to ‘get in and out of bed, manage my toilet needs, wash, bathe, shower and dry myself, dress and undress, get up and downstairs, move about indoors, eat and drink, manage my treatment and medication, take part in social activities, get in and out of a chair and communicate verbally’).

Now to the point, as we have had the full flat decorated to our liking taking into consideration my problems, save for the wet room as we knew this was due for refurbishment, this is the only room that requires updating.

Amongst my disabilities is the fact that I suffer from chronic severe atopic eczema, not just patches, but ALL OVER my body. This requires the application of soap substitutes and moisturisers, emollients and steroid ointments, with which I receive assistance from my partner in dealing with those parts that I am unable to reach.

I have a number of skin preparations that can be used as soap substitute and also a moisturiser. Meaning these can be applied to the skin before I shower and after to moisturise. However, there is 1, which is effective, Oilatum Plus which is strictly a bath additive. However, when my skin is so raw, broken and angry, it can often be the case where the Oilatum Plus, because this is in liquid form and not a thick ointment, is the easiest skin preparation to be applied to my skin. Again, there can be downside to this in that Oilatum Plus direct onto my skin can aggravate my already severe, angry skin and exacerbate this until it is washed off in the shower.

Now bearing the above in mind, when we heard that our flat is now to be refurbished, or the wet room anyway, it was our understanding that we may be able to have a bath fitted with shower over, with added items that would help my partner get me into the bath on those occasions when this would be advantageous. Also to keep the stool, or have this changed so at least there was still a seat when a shower only was to be had.

With regard to the use of the bath, such items would be of help and would also be discussed, in our mind being, a saddle type seat that sits over the side of the bath upon which I would sit, my partner would then assist with putting my legs over the the bath side into the bath, and then I would slide onto a seat that lowers me into the bath and once bathed, raise me out and then back into the saddle, all with my partners help. Or so we thought.

We have today been visited by Christine from the company carrying out all the refurbishments. As we are only having the wet room refurbished, it was explained that the company would come in, effectively gut the wet room and install, new toilet, wash hand basin, and bath with shower over. It was our understanding that the social housing company employing these contractors, would then send somebody to discuss such matters as keeping the stool and grab rails for when showers are had, and bath saddles and bath lifts etc.

We have just been visited by Occupational Therapist employed by the social housing company, and in a nutshell, she said she would be reluctant in ripping our the wet room and replacing this with a bath and shower over, due to my mobility restrictions. (She explained she is more used to visiting tenants who have mobility issues and wish for a bath to be removed and replaced with a wet room which is understandable, but maybe they do not have my severe skin condition). The above advantages for me in having baths at times was made clear, and that this would help in my skin condition maybe not getting any worse. It was also pointed that my partner would always assist me in bathing anyway, as she has towhen I shower.

Our ideas of the bath saddle and bath lift were put over and she firstly agreed about the bath lift, but then said she was also be reluctant to agree with this due to the slippery nature of the bath additives concerned, as this would add matters of health and safety, even though I pointed out how my partner would assist. The OT could see I was disappointed and agreed to speak to her immediate boss, who may well advise the same as her in having to keep the wet room, and she would get her boss to call my partner & I to discuss this further.

So we are left with, that we may have to keep the wet room as it is (but hopefully still receiving the refurbishment of new hand basin and toilet, shower and choice of tiling etc.)
Or, for the reason why I am reaching out to those who read this.

Have any readers, been through this with their social housing provider and managed to sway their argument to have wet room refurbished to a bathroom and then had added assisted bathing implements such as those described above.

I know my partner and I may be seeking the ideal, but if anybody can point us toward of being able to get a bath with bath over with implements to assist, we would be most grateful. (At the moment, my partner & I have only the choice of showering. It can be seen that a bath would be advantageous which would also allow my partner to have a relaxing soak now and then. Indeed, bearing in mind all that my partner does for me, there is very little that I am able to show my gratitude, and to let her have a soak would at least lessen this part of the stress that I feel I cause ie. It is because of me that my partner cannot have a bath. A small point this may be to many, but to me, it would mean a great deal, that at least my partner could enjoy a relaxing soak).

Or would it be a case of just leaving wet room as is with new toilet, basin, shower and tiling and just asking for a new shower stool that is secured to the wall?

A further point of interest, is that as we only have the 1 front door through which we enter and exit and in case of fire we are expected to gain exit through a window, the OT asked if this our only means of entry and exit.

Any assistance or responses are welcomed.

spencer69 ]]> Ask a question about equipment spencer69 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1793-To-be-able-to-bath-or-not-be-able-to-bath! http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1792-ESA-medical-Wed-16th-May-2012?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 13:16:18 GMT Hi all -I've got a medical for esa tomorrow - I'm a recovering gambling addict living in accomodation provided by a Gambling rehab..
I spent 3 months in the rehab and now in a 'halfway-house' continuing 'relapse prevention'. Prior to rehab I was living in a tent for 2 years(technically homeless) -
I'm concerned about the medical as I don't yet feel ready and prepared to go back on JSA - any advice anyone? ]]> simmul http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1792-ESA-medical-Wed-16th-May-2012 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1791-Domain-Available-Now?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 12:51:33 GMT Just had a look at these.!!! domain search domain extras your details your basket payment confirmation Just had a look at these.!!!

domain search
domain extras
your details
your basket
payment
confirmation


Popular
Domain search Available Registration / Transfer
atoslies.eu
available
atoslies.pro
available
atoslies.co.uk
available
atoslies.com
available
atoslies.org.uk
available
atoslies.net
available
atoslies.org
available
atoslies.biz
available
atoslies.info
available
atoslies.co
available
atoslies.tv
available
atoslies.uk.com
available
So anyone that can afford them might want a look. ]]> News and general discussion williej http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1791-Domain-Available-Now http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1790-Clarification-of-quot-Indefinite-quot?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 12:07:34 GMT Many people still recieve benefit awards with the word indefinite in their confirmation letters, this was seen to be close to life time. However... Many people still recieve benefit awards with the word indefinite in their confirmation letters, this was seen to be close to life time. However under the present and proposed changes what is the perception now? ]]> wobble1 http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1790-Clarification-of-quot-Indefinite-quot http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1789-IB-to-ESA?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 10:52:31 GMT In reply to my post about esa i recieved the standard letter informing me of the changeover and as it said they didnt have my phone number i should... In reply to my post about esa i recieved the standard letter informing me of the changeover and as it said they didnt have my phone number i should ring them within seven days so i did. WHY they do this i dont know but after getting cut off ,ringing back and waiting and waiting i got a lady on the phone who just asked me what i had previously told the first person and then went on to explain that someone would ring me in the next couple of weeks to EXPLAIN the letter and the changeover and i should be sent the esa50 a couple of weeks later.So you have to wonder why they dont just send the info out in the first letter and save us all the worry.
Now i suppose my questions here are how long from the first call did it take for anyone to recieve the actual explanation call? How long after that call did the esa50 arrive and how long after sending the damn thing back did you recieve notification of a decision.
It helps to have some idea of this so finances can be planned for the eventual loss of benefit we all know is more than likely to happen,although we all hope for the best.Thanks sickofem.....ALL already.... ]]> sickofem http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1789-IB-to-ESA http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1788-esa?goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 18:08:49 GMT hello folks.I have been on ib for a very long time and the dreaded rown envelope has arrived.They said they have no contact phone number and i have... hello folks.I have been on ib for a very long time and the dreaded rown envelope has arrived.They said they have no contact phone number and i have to call them in the next seven days(letter arrived last friday) so when i call them what happens next.i have read on another site that we have to go through TWO medicals...is that right...Thanks sickof em ]]> sickofem http://www.youreable.com/forums/showthread.php/1788-esa