After my disparaging comments about the PIP process, I've just opened today's post to find that I've been awarded the enhanced rate of PIP for both the daily living needs and the mobility needs sections.
I only just scraped in with 12 points for each, but that's far better than I was anticipating. They don't provide any specific feedback, just the score for each sub-category. Some things I think did help:
1. It was a home visit, so the assessor was able to see a lot of evidence that confirmed my account, like the notice for the door that tells delivery people to knock and then leave packages in the porch, the way my throne is set up with everything I need for the day within reach, the dropped and abandoned tablets on the floor(!) and so on.
2. Professional coroboration from the community OT - who had got a second stair-rail fitted, and provided a raised toilet seat, bath hoist etc
3. I made a list of all the little things that I need to use as aids that I forgot to put on the form, like the grabber, 'easy-grip' aids, and the tricks that I use to help with everyday tasks like feeding the cat, putting socks on etc
4. I knew that I would need to be relaxed in the assessment to remember eveything, so I told myself that this was 'just another assessment' and aimed to be as open about how things really are as I could be.
Whether that had anything to do with the result I don't know. Maybe I just lucked out and got a decent human being as an assessor?
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