care assesments

good evening my wife who is my main carer has just recently had a assesment done for her regarding my care also ive recently had one for my self as im disabled and claim esa and dla when the ot came to do the assesments on us she stated that we should be on at least the middle care rate of dla i am currently on dla indef but i no this will change from oct this year my worry is should i go for pip now or wait to be called regarding the middle care rate

shaun wrote: good evening my wife who is my main carer has just recently had a assesment done for her regarding my care also ive recently had one for my self as im disabled and claim esa and dla when the ot came to do the assesments on us she stated that we should be on at least the middle care rate of dla i am currently on dla indef but i no this will change from oct this year my worry is should i go for pip now or wait to be called regarding the middle care rate

Hi s,

The OT may well say that you should be in receipt of MR Care DLA, but are they aware that the qualifying criteria for DLA and PIP are totally different ?

If you have Indefinite DLA Award/s you will be invited to claim PIP sometime (at random) between October 2015 and October 2017.

If you request a review of your current DLA award/s before being invited, you will be reassessed under PIP criteria, and there will be no going back to DLA once you make the request.

Unlike DLA which has Lower, Middle and Higher rates of Care & Mobility, PIP only has Standard and Enhanced rates for "both".

It is only a decision that you can make.

Have a look at our : PIP Self Test

&

Our : PIP Claims Guide. (2nd Link on page)

Something else to be aware of, if you do request a review, and receive a "better" PIP award, it will only be payable from the date of the new PIP decision, there is no backdating to the time that you requested the review.

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