[guide.chat] In Reply To: [guide.chat] Direct payment
- From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guide Chat List" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 23:41:44 +0100
Hi sara
No didn't mind coming out with it all.
Yes if your paying so much towards your carer in direct payment then yes its
your carers job to drop you off providing you have paid towards her
or him
Yes got to make best of it by the way my carer is
Our julie's partners sister our waynes who is dad to our James and mathew well
its his sister who cares for me.
At chrismmas julia has to wrap lots of presents up for me write over 60
christmas cards etc
got there work cut out believe me
Yes if you can get the 15 hours package that would be fantastic
just think of all what your carer could do for you
for extra hours you have to be assessed again
give your reasons for why you want extra hours
carers can take you to cinema swimming shopping tempin bowling prividing you
treat yur carer
dentist hospitals doctors
libruary or just walk in park
etc
pub lunches
well worth it yes sarah you going to get that extra
D.L.A.
it weill enable you to pay for her fantastic
did you know that if you wanted a motobility car of your own you can give your
D.L.A up for 3 years?
that pays for a car of your choice.
you have to find some one to drive it for you though
they pay your tax and insurance and if breaks down they sort it all out for you.
obviously you have to pay your own petrol though
so its great to own your own car on loan for 3 years
few of my blind friends have there own motibility cars.
My carer has her own car so i am ok there
Rright going to bed now very tired
speak in morning take care and have a lovely weekend Love Carol x.x.x.x.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Mellor - Email Address: sarah_mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent On: 01/07/2011 23:22
Sent To: Carol O'Connor, guide Chat List - Email Address:
missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx, guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: In Reply To: [guide.chat] Direct payment
Hi Carol.
Thanks so much for this and I'm glad you brought the subject up to start with
when you were advising Malcolm as I don't like askign people things that might
be personal so I'm glad you didn't mind telling me. If I can have 15 hours I
will and now we'e entitled to high rate mobility DLA it will be a great help
especially now we're all being told we have to pay towards our care or getting
it taken from us which is just awful. This government has a lot to answer to
and I went as far as to say to our local MP that if they don't do something
about it they will have to cover our fees for mental health treatments because
of how this is affecting us as we need to be able to get out and live our lives
as much as we can. Julia sounds lovely and it sounds like she does a lot bless
her. OH I was annoyed a year abgo as well social services are old interfeering
busy bodies I awanted to go to a druid camp and it was in a place which was
really hard to get to on public transport plus as I was taking my own bedding
matress etc it would have ben a nightmare and the carer dropped me off as there
were people I know going who said they would help me and the stupid beep of a
care manager or should I say uncare manager said they're job isn't to drop me
off places but for goodnes sake if I get a direct payment I'm paying them to do
whatever I ask them to do to make my life easier. They shouldn't have stupid
rules like that because I know best what I nee and they don't have a clue
because they're not us. if they could try living inside our bodies for once
then they might actually listen. Any-way I'm getting off my soaps box now
becuase the situation is making Gordon use all the words he can think of under
the son and I'd better go and stop him throwing a fryin-pan across the kitchen.
He just gets protective of me which is so lovely.
Well take care.
Love Sarah xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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