No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1162807 |
| Date: 2025-04-09 05:21:44 |
| Nickname: Daz1983 |
| Age: 42 |
| Main health condition: Mental health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: Schizophrenia |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Standard |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: Not sure |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: I am completely incapable of Managua money and don’t know how to budget if if wasn’t for my carer I would spend all my income in the first three days of receiving it (which is solely from UC and PIP). Prior to my carer helping me 5 years ago I ended up homeless and couch surfing then ended up in hospital after being sectioned. I did not make he because I spent my benefit money on anything other than rent and bills. I cannot go out and mix with other people socially I can’t make new friends and am fearful of new people or anyone I don’t already know extremely well. I stay in or I see one or two close friends only. I struggle to motivate myself to wash or shower and it’s only because my carer knags me that I will have a shower and even then I pretend I have. I go for weeks without washing or changing my clothes. I cannot manage medications at all and left to myself would not take any. My medication is extremely important as if I don’t take it I become totally disoriented and paranoid hear voices and can lash out and become aggressive, since my friend who is my carer helped me I now have my medication by injection and she ensures I go to the appointment. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: £700 a month approximately (£293 PIP £400 LCWRA) represents 70% of my income. Plus My carer will lose her Carer’s Allowance then this will mean she has to get a full time job and no longer be able to care for me. I will no longer be able to afford all my rent, bills and very little food. I will end up losing my home and end up back in mental hospital. |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: I cannot manage my time, I cannot keep appointments without being prompted by my carer. I also don’t dress appropriately and don’t have showers for weeks so I can be presentable at the job Centre plus if I’m not taking my medication because I’ve lost my carer I could be aggressive or I could also behave in an inappropriate manner through no fault of my own because my schizophrenia went on medicated makes me behaving a no socially acceptable way . If I was expected to apply for jobs I wouldn’t know how to complete the application forms. I have no CV because I have always had schizophrenia since I became an adult a work coach would not like to understand my needs and the way I present myself as I am up and down I don’t have any skills as I have no work experience. I would become extremely depressed and demoralised because I don’t know how I could be supported by a work coach, I am also heavily medicated so sleep a lot of the day so would struggle to keep a job. |
| Anything else to tell us: I currently rely on my PIP and UC and it’s essential funding that ensures I am kept on an even keel can afford to pay bills and eat, if I lose the funding through the impending cuts I will potentially become homeless or end up costing tax payer more by becoming permanently institutionalised. |
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