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hi we r going to b living aboard narrowboat within the next 18 mths approx my wife gets dla and i get c.a. would these benefits automatically continue or would they b stopped also would there b any other help we could receive , note we will have saving over 16k

thanx in advance colin

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DLA is being fazed out. Under 65 it will be PIP and over 65 will be attendance allowance. Carers and attendance allowances are not means tested but carers allowance is taxable if you have enough income.

If the address of present allowances is going to not exhist, perhaps you are selling the property, then you will need an address of perhaps a relative for contact purposes.

Do your research now. Check with all the relavent Dept's by e mail, handy for having a copy of their answer.

I use sons address.

£10,000 seems to be the limit of savings for most benifits.

Are you cont cruising or in residential mooting. Res. Mooring with a postal address makes everything easier.

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If your wife is in the age group for pip she will proberly be called to claim that in the near future.If you have 16k in savings you won't qualify for means tested benifit. I would sooner rather than later have a read of the pip criteria totally different to dla.You just need an address for your mail from dwp to go to.

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Pip is a nightmare read as much as you can about it.Theres loads of info on net.They are calling people in ad hoc so it could be she may get called before 2017.I would start to gather all info you need for it as you only have a short time to send form back when it comes.you can do a benefit check use turn 2 us or entitled too It will work it out for you

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I’ve recently filled in a PIP (Personal Independence Payment) form for my sister-in-law who currently receives DLA (Disability Living Allowance). We spent many hours over a three week period deciding what to put down on the form.

The form is a bit like sitting an exam. There are ten activities that you are scored on to see if you qualify for the daily living component of PIP and two activities for the mobility component.

 

After submitting the form there will also be a face to face interview with a health professional.

 

As romani123 suggested, I would look at the PIP criteria but don’t claim until the DWP send you a letter telling you that you need to fill in a form. The general advice is that if you are already receiving DLA, don’t claim PIP until you have to as if you claim PIP and find that you don’t qualify, your DLA will stop.

 

There is lots of information and a sample form on the www.gov.uk website.

 

 

I found this guide useful. Appendix B and C in this guide gives the questions you have to answer, the marking criteria and possible scores.

http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/sites/default/files/word/PIPGuidetoclaiming23June2016-1.docx

 

As an example, here is the marking schedule for one activity. There are ten activities in the daily living component.

To be entitled to the standard rate of the daily living component, you need to score at least 8 points; to be entitled to the enhanced rate, you need to score at least 12 points. These points can be scored from just one activity heading or from any of the 10 headings added together.

 

Reading and understanding signs, symbols and words

 

a Can read and understand basic and complex written information either unaided

or using spectacles or contact lenses. Score 0

b Needs to use an aid or appliance, other than spectacles or contact lenses, to be

able to read or understand either basic or complex written information. Score 2

c Needs prompting to be able to read or understand complex written information. Score 2

d Needs prompting to be able to read or understand basic written information. Score 4

 

e Cannot read or understand signs, symbols or words at all. Score 8

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hi amongst other things she is losing her sight wen she filled dla form someone from social spent the afternoon with her filling it out.. shes been on hr for several years now and is on it indefinately so will this make any difference

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.Being on DLA indefinitely doesnt count for PIP even those with indefinite awards are being reassessed ,Its more mobility and care based instead of illness based.You will when you fill in a pip form (wait till they ask you to do it) be assessed by a health care person ,this could be anyone from a paramedic to a chiropodist,They are not doing medicals as such but function tests . Try benefits and work on google they have all the descriptors for PIP dont bother with the PIP test they have on B&W everyone who does the test to see if they will get pip always comes up with a yes,When they then claim pip they are shocked when they dont get it.

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hi amongst other things she is losing her sight wen she filled dla form someone from social spent the afternoon with her filling it out.. shes been on hr for several years now and is on it indefinately so will this make any difference

 

Sadly no, the PIP assessment is a new set of criteria where all levels of disability have been raised in order to cut the benefit bill regardless of how they affect the disabled person.

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You will have to cruise a fair distance regularly or CRT will refuse you a licence. An 80 year old woman recently fell off her boat and died. She had been boating sometime but it didn't prevent this accident. I wish you luck. We had to give up our boat because of my husbands health so I understand how difficult it can be.

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Of course the application form is a lot less to fill in when claiming under special rules. Nobody wants to be in that position though.

Colin think this through very carefully. Your wife is losing her sight before you have stepped aboard. What health issues would restrict yourself in helping your wife.

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I would with her health issues defiantly have a good long think about it,If it was me I would be thinking can I get medical help in an emergency if I am stuck in the back of beyond and not near a road.Are you thinking of getting a narrow boat or a widebeam.I think the K&A has its own problems re CCing might be best to look on their pages for info.

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so, single handing is madness?

If the only person who can move the boat was laying on the floor in a bad way,

That's madness. You need two confidant crew who can move boat.

So all you couples the one who can't steer..............learn.

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thinking kennet and avon as there is good medical centre at bradford on avon.. also good hospitals in area .. should be fine cruising up and around as i would cycle to get scripts colin

 

Check the Continuious Cruising rules (Boats without home mooring) The K&A canal is one of the heavier policed canals, which makes CCing much more difficult.

Look on maps, can you be within your cycling distance of Dr's/chemists?

Take real notice of other posters comments on boat handling. If you both have only limited experience, then think very hard and carefully, giving up your current home for a boat is a very big step for fit folk, it's not one for anyone with health issue's. With £16k savings you will not get on the housing ladder easily, Council Housing, not available in most areas.

Think

Rethink

Think again

 

Bod

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If the only person who can move the boat was laying on the floor in a bad way,

That's madness. You need two confidant crew who can move boat.

So all you couples the one who can't steer..............learn.

A bit difficult if she cant see

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Probably NOW is a good time to take a reality check on the rules of having a permanent mooring or not. CaRT who effectively own the water will demand that you cruise a boat often and far or they could refuse you a licence to be on the water ever.

 

I'd be looking for sheltered housing or supported living somewhere on land. Leg ulcers will likely not improve much so ultimately only the nicest, levelest moorings will even let your wife off the boat, it will turn into a prison cell for her, also most nice moorings are NOT near a road so ambulance access will be close to impossible. I work for a private ambulance company, If you haven't an address we don't go to you - we don't do emergencies, we do take folk to appointments. If you are an hour's walk from the nearest parking then that's how long the emergency ambulance will take to get to you, which if it's worth dialing three nines an hour is too long.

 

I also suspect that there is at least two hours of boat based work every day to be done, which will all fall on you and need you to learn lots of new things.

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Have you got some advice from your local CAB (citizens advice) or similar? I work for a charity and we have an advocate who supports people with benefit claims of all kinds. It's a minefield and I know having specialist advice and experience of how the system works, it can save a lot of time and heartache. Especially if your situation is unusual or complicated (I would guess living afloat would fall into that category). If you want to message me your location (nearest town) I'll find out if there's a similar service in your area.

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