Residential to Supported Living question

Hi Saz

The first question I would ask you, does your disabled person have a care plan? I work for a housing association and I have come across numerous residents who have moved from a residential care home to supported living who have had issues with claiming the housing element/rent.

If your severely disabled lady qualified for enhanced daily living but did not receive it due to being in a residential care home then she would be entitled to the enhanced component, once she moves into supported living, but it would depend on how it is funded.

I am not sure what a HMA is.

Gary

Hi saz

The answer is not straight forward as it depends on whether or not your lady is self-funding, if she is self-funding then she would be eligible to the daily living component, if she is not self-funding then she would not be eligible for the daily living component of PIP.

I was talking to a local authority last week to find out how many hours of support is required, to say someone lives in supported accommodation and the answer was it is not the number of hours but whether the scheme is designated as supported housing by the local authority.

I do not have an email address for PIP, the best time to phone DWP is first thing in the morning, you usually have a 20 min wait if you phone mid day you usually have to wait over an hour, I usually phone then do something else such as writing reports whilst waiting on the phone. www.gov.uk/disability-benefits-helpline

Gary