PIP assessment Tuesday

I am taking my daughter to Portsmouth on Tuesday for her assessment, any tips please, she has Fibromyalga and Rheumatism and is in a wheel chair can just walk a few steps with special crutches.

As expected she is in a terrible state and worried, she has higher rate mobility at the moment and is worried this will be taken away.

I would be grateful for all tips, she has had this 10 years and is gradually getting worse canot even stand up straight but is bowed right over where the muscles have constricted.

Thank for listening, Debann's Mum

Hi Aggie and Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is

Welcome to Benefits and Work

I am sorry that your daughter is so worried about this

I think the first thing to say is that, although we do hear horror stories about these assessments, the majority are carried out in a fair and professional manner. It's just that it is human nature to talk more about things that are wrong!

What to expect at the appointment is explained in our PIP guide, as are the criteria against which your daughter is being assessed.

PIP help for claimants

You might want to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. This will allow you to return with further questions/comments about your daughter's PIP claim without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too

Good luck to you and your daughter on your application journey, Aggie, Although it is very involved the aforementioned PIP claim guide is extraordinarily helpful

Aggie wrote: ....... canot even stand up straight but is bowed right over where the muscles have constricted....

I would actually like some advice/clarity on this aspect too.

I cannot stand upright - or sit upright, for that matter - either. Am in a permanent flexed forward position, yet does it not say in the guidance somewhere that the person should be able to stand 'upright`? So if you cannot do upright, at all, then that should qualify in the moving around descriptor thingymibob?

How did your daughters assessment go ? I have mine fast approaching and I'm petrified I'm due to move a week after my assessment to a different town does anyone know if this will effect the decision? Or cause any problems ?

Thank you for your reply Gordon can I ask can I inform all the relevant benefit agencies via telephone ?