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4 years 2 months ago #256415 by Karen
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Hi all I am new to the benifits system ihave a couple of questions. I was told by someone that we could apply for pip before my husband comes out of hospital, he has been there since 2nd December. He had a very bad bleed on the brain was told he was very unlikely to pull through, but by the grace God he has. He spent 2 weeks in icu and 4 weeks on award, then transferred to a rehabilitation hospital which he will have been there for 8 weeks.He has been left with mobility problems impaired vision and some memory loss, at present he can't be left unattended. Anyway so can I apply for pip before he comes home or wait a few weeks to see how he copes at home. The other thing is Brain has a very strong Scottish accent and difficult to understand, even more so now he gets confused so with a telephone call would stress him out could I speak on his behalf
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4 years 2 months ago #256424 by Catherine
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Hello Karen, I am really sorry to hear about Brian. What a rollercoaster of a journey you have been through recently.
You can apply for PiP whilst he is in hospital, but he has to have had difficulties with daily living and/or mobility for three months before you can apply. If he was fine until the 2nd Dec that means you can’t actually ring up and request an application form yet, but that does not mean you cannot spend this time getting ready to complete it.
If you have not done so, I urge you to read our guides.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
These will give you an insight into the form, the process and the way you need to think if you are going to be successful.
I think the form might be quite tricky to fill in immediately, because you probably don’t have a good insight into exactly how his condition is going to effect him once he is back home. When he does arrive I suggest you use one of our diaries, same link as above, to record what sort of help he actually needs. And remember this help can be both practical and verbal or supervisory.
One thing you can do however whilst he is still in hospital is ask any of the medical staff with whom you have a good relationship if they will write a letter of support for you to include with his PIP application. This will carry weight and be very helpful to you.
I celebrate with you that he is returning home, and hope you will come back to us as you have more questions.
Catherine
(Follow up post coming in a few minutes about speaking for him.)
You can apply for PiP whilst he is in hospital, but he has to have had difficulties with daily living and/or mobility for three months before you can apply. If he was fine until the 2nd Dec that means you can’t actually ring up and request an application form yet, but that does not mean you cannot spend this time getting ready to complete it.
If you have not done so, I urge you to read our guides.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
These will give you an insight into the form, the process and the way you need to think if you are going to be successful.
I think the form might be quite tricky to fill in immediately, because you probably don’t have a good insight into exactly how his condition is going to effect him once he is back home. When he does arrive I suggest you use one of our diaries, same link as above, to record what sort of help he actually needs. And remember this help can be both practical and verbal or supervisory.
One thing you can do however whilst he is still in hospital is ask any of the medical staff with whom you have a good relationship if they will write a letter of support for you to include with his PIP application. This will carry weight and be very helpful to you.
I celebrate with you that he is returning home, and hope you will come back to us as you have more questions.
Catherine
(Follow up post coming in a few minutes about speaking for him.)
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4 years 2 months ago #256425 by Karen
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Thank you for your reply I have a weekly update from his physio and I asked about but information regarding his condition as we are going to try for pip he will come home with discharge papers dealing with his condition from all of the team that are working with him. He will be having carers coming in for about 6 weeks to help with the transfer from hospital to home. I am a carer myself so I know what it in tails. Then he will have physio coming to help about a week later. I have thought about maybe giving it a month at home so we can determine how much he can do for himself and how much he can't
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4 years 2 months ago #256426 by Catherine
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Hi Karen,
He is indeed fortunate to have you!
I knew I had written a reply a little while ago on representation and I went off to find it, rather than key it all in again.
Have a look at this thread, and see if it answers your questions. if not, please do get back to us!
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum1/10-dla-...on-being-a-appointee
With regard to the timing of your PIP application, the normal process is to ring up and request a form. From that date you then normally have four weeks to return it. If you do it within that time frame any award is back dated to the day you rang up. If you don't get it back in time then it starts from when they received the form.
What you said about giving yourself time to discover the realities of life at home makes sense, but I would once again urge you to read up about it before he gets home - you are going to be so so busy then!
Please do keep coming back to us with any questions.
Catherine
He is indeed fortunate to have you!
I knew I had written a reply a little while ago on representation and I went off to find it, rather than key it all in again.
Have a look at this thread, and see if it answers your questions. if not, please do get back to us!
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum1/10-dla-...on-being-a-appointee
With regard to the timing of your PIP application, the normal process is to ring up and request a form. From that date you then normally have four weeks to return it. If you do it within that time frame any award is back dated to the day you rang up. If you don't get it back in time then it starts from when they received the form.
What you said about giving yourself time to discover the realities of life at home makes sense, but I would once again urge you to read up about it before he gets home - you are going to be so so busy then!
Please do keep coming back to us with any questions.
Catherine
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