Hi,
has anyone had any experience with applying for a disabled facilities grant. My mother currently lives with myself and 5 others, she is struggling with the stairs. We have been assessed and she is financially eligible for a grant, good news I say.
Our stairs are not suitable for a stair lift, so now we have to look at a through floor lift which will be in my lounge and go up into the bedroom which she shares with my 16 year old son.
The bad news !! If our house is suitable, which I cant see why it isn't, then the lift will go in the bedroom and they expect my son to move out of the room to facilitate this. When I raised my concern to the gentleman on the phone he reminded me that they were only concerned about my mother.
Am i being unreasonable, but where am I supposed to put my son.
We are already using the loft room, which isn't built to building regs. but was built before we purchased house.
Oh and he also said the housing people would visit to see if they can rehouse us. We have no equity and no savings. And, actually want to care for mother at home and she doesn't want to go into care.
This really doesn't seem fair and taking into consideration how much it would cost the local council to provide mum with full time as shes not fully independent and only has a government pension and no savings.
I'm at the end of my tether and never asked for any help and worked all my life, surely this doesn't promote anyone's independence and quality of life.
ANY ADVICE ?
has anyone had any experience with applying for a disabled facilities grant. My mother currently lives with myself and 5 others, she is struggling with the stairs. We have been assessed and she is financially eligible for a grant, good news I say.
Our stairs are not suitable for a stair lift, so now we have to look at a through floor lift which will be in my lounge and go up into the bedroom which she shares with my 16 year old son.
The bad news !! If our house is suitable, which I cant see why it isn't, then the lift will go in the bedroom and they expect my son to move out of the room to facilitate this. When I raised my concern to the gentleman on the phone he reminded me that they were only concerned about my mother.
Am i being unreasonable, but where am I supposed to put my son.
We are already using the loft room, which isn't built to building regs. but was built before we purchased house.
Oh and he also said the housing people would visit to see if they can rehouse us. We have no equity and no savings. And, actually want to care for mother at home and she doesn't want to go into care.
This really doesn't seem fair and taking into consideration how much it would cost the local council to provide mum with full time as shes not fully independent and only has a government pension and no savings.
I'm at the end of my tether and never asked for any help and worked all my life, surely this doesn't promote anyone's independence and quality of life.
ANY ADVICE ?
