PIP home visit what to expect

Glass wrote: Question for the Mods I think:

Is it ok to have notes and refer to them during the assessment in case of a blank?
Secondly, if so, does the assessor request a copy so you would have two copies ready prior to the assessment?

Thank you for your help.

You can but there are limitations.

First of all the assessment will not be an examination of what you have included on your claim form, whilst the assessor will be asking you about your day to day problems they will be doing so indirectly, so as an example; you will not be asked how far you can walk, you will be asked about when you go out, where do you go, how to you get there, how long are you out for, etc.?

Acceptable reasons why you might use notes would be that you have memory problems or are easily confused when talking to others (not an complete list), you should explain to the assessor that you have these problems and will be using the notes when required, having a set available for them to take away is a good idea.

If your reasons are simply to ensure that your answers are consistent with your form, then the assessor may mark you down for using these notes.

Bottom line, you need to argue that it is reasonable for you to use them, but if you can go without then it is probably worth doing, you can always give your partner the notes and if you miss something important, then they can prompt you to explain further.

Gordon