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4 years 8 months ago #250234 by BIS
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Hi Diane
Unfortunately, if you are a carer, an assessor will always question how you can do your caring duties alongside your disabilities. It doesn't mean that there aren't people who receive both carers allowance and PIP, but it will always be questioned and claimants have to explain clearly what they can or cannot do.
The report - that has been written is the assessors 'opinion'. Obviously whatever you said on your MR was not sufficient to change the DWP's decision. I don't know what you said when she questioned the carer's allowance, but if you are going to go to Appeal over this, you will need to give a clear explanation.
For example: If you care for him during the day - what does that involve - cooking meals, keeping him entertained, going for a walk etc, etc Or perhaps you only look after him at night - and therefore as he would be asleep - your caring duties amount to staying awake to ensure if he gets up he doesn't hurt him. Understand I have just given a couple of examples - I'm not talking specifically about your grandson. I know of someone who is a carer and has severe disabilities themselves, but they successfully argued that the help they gave was emotion, rather than any physical help.
A tribunal panel will look more closely at your medical issues and you can argue that the neurologist is a specialist and knows more about what you can do or cannot do, but ultimately they will still have the same question about how you manage to fulfill your caring duties versus the difficulties you experience regarding your own care and mobility.
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Unfortunately, if you are a carer, an assessor will always question how you can do your caring duties alongside your disabilities. It doesn't mean that there aren't people who receive both carers allowance and PIP, but it will always be questioned and claimants have to explain clearly what they can or cannot do.
The report - that has been written is the assessors 'opinion'. Obviously whatever you said on your MR was not sufficient to change the DWP's decision. I don't know what you said when she questioned the carer's allowance, but if you are going to go to Appeal over this, you will need to give a clear explanation.
For example: If you care for him during the day - what does that involve - cooking meals, keeping him entertained, going for a walk etc, etc Or perhaps you only look after him at night - and therefore as he would be asleep - your caring duties amount to staying awake to ensure if he gets up he doesn't hurt him. Understand I have just given a couple of examples - I'm not talking specifically about your grandson. I know of someone who is a carer and has severe disabilities themselves, but they successfully argued that the help they gave was emotion, rather than any physical help.
A tribunal panel will look more closely at your medical issues and you can argue that the neurologist is a specialist and knows more about what you can do or cannot do, but ultimately they will still have the same question about how you manage to fulfill your caring duties versus the difficulties you experience regarding your own care and mobility.
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4 years 8 months ago #250279 by westwood12
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Thank you for your help, the assessor rang me and asked if I was getting carers she didn't ask how I managed just dropped it in the MR, so I didn't have chance to put my case forward.
I don't physically do anything but I support him emotionally, his brother is also autistic but with more problems, they annoy each other, which is sad. Its been very difficult with covid for both of them, and me, my son is in the army and got posted to the Falklands in February for 4 months. The hours I care for him are more than the 35 hours, both my grandchildren know I have difficulties with mobility and mentally, on them days we work around it, mostly more time on the computer.
Thanks again
I don't physically do anything but I support him emotionally, his brother is also autistic but with more problems, they annoy each other, which is sad. Its been very difficult with covid for both of them, and me, my son is in the army and got posted to the Falklands in February for 4 months. The hours I care for him are more than the 35 hours, both my grandchildren know I have difficulties with mobility and mentally, on them days we work around it, mostly more time on the computer.
Thanks again
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