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Ineed advice on form filling
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The best advice I can give is to be totally honest about every aspect of the problem and how it impacts on your daily life as the authorities will not know unless you explain fully.
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If you are not confident about filling in the forms, I suggest you get help. Ask Headway, Citizens Advice or a Social Worker. it is important that you give 'worst case scenario' = for example when it asks if you can walk a certain distance, don't say you can if on a bad day you cannot - tell them that you cannot.
Never, ever make the best of things. Its not being dishonest but if you say I can manage they understand that you are ok and don't award you any help. It is good to use the services of a support group for whatever illness you are dealing with because they know exactly what you need to tell them about and will often fill it in for you. There are no brownie points for being brave when it comes to these forms. That is not the language they speak
My advice would be to seek help from some one more experienced. You have to emphasise the bad points in the health situation and the bad affects on your daily living. If you need help say so, you don't have to have help in order to get attendance allowance. It is sufficient to reasonably suppose you would need help given the illness/ disability you have. Every best wish in getting those necessary forms filled in , have to admit they are very daunting but hope the effort brings a good reward for you.
Hi treb.
It's nice to make your acquaintance and a warm welcome to the Care Community, where I hope you'll feel among friends.
Form filling for Benefits is daunting, and does need some help for most people.
I see that you've already had some answers to your question and I can only add to the tide of opinion that you need someone with more expertise than we have here. Lots of us have been through this procedure, but it's something that's so personal to your own circumstances that, to get the quickest and most positive outcome, you need some direct help that addresses your own needs.
Your own GP practice can help put you in touch with social services so that you can get a proper care assessment and help with form filling, or CAB (citizen's advice bureau) are absolutely wonderful.
Don't put it off because it seems too difficult.
Very best wishes.
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As someone who has recently had help from social services, and have been in touch with Citizens Advice, can I suggest that social services are, in my opinion, the people you need to speak to. Speak to your GP to start the care assessment process, as Callendersgal recommends. Citizens Advice I find are more for if you have trouble with housing, or paying bills. Actually, thinking about it, they would probably refer you to Social Services.
If you can't get any help from the CAB, social services or a benefit advisor there is a site called Benefits and Works who have a good guide to filling in the AA form. You do have to take out a subscription but I used their guide when I had to transfer from DLA to PIP and for an appeal to a tribunal on behalf not my husband and their guides really helped. Good luck.x
I had someone from Age UK fill in the forms for my husband. they handled all the paperwork and kept copies so that they could fight the decision if it did not go in our favour. I can't thank them enough.
