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GRACELAND:
In the October Spending Review the Government announced that they are going to stop paying Disability Living Allowance (DLA) mobility component to disabled people living in residential care.
DLA mobility component is designed to help meet the extra costs many disabled people face in doing everyday things, such as going to the shops, visiting family and socialising with friends. It pays for things like a powered wheelchair, accessible taxis or a Motability car and supports people who live in residential care to do many of the things that others take for granted.
Without DLA mobility component thousands of disabled people will be left trapped in their homes.
Write to your MP to ask them to call on the Minister for Disability, Maria Miller, to keep DLA mobility component for disabled adults in residential care.
Here you all are please send to your MP
Dear
I am writing to find out what action you are taking to challenge the Government’s decision to stop paying Disability Living Allowance (DLA) mobility component to disabled people living in residential care.
DLA mobility component is designed to help meet the extra costs many disabled people face in doing everyday things, such as going to the shops, visiting family and socialising with friends. For people who live in residential care it provides support to pay for things like a powered wheelchair, accessible taxis or a Motability car.
The cuts to public spending were meant to be fair, and to protect those on the lowest incomes, but this change will hit just one group – disabled people in residential care, and it will take away the vital financial support that they need to be active and independent. This cannot be right. Disabled people living in residential care should not be deprived of the same rights that everyone else takes for granted.
'Jos'
Jos lives in a residential care home and after his care fees are paid, all he receives is his DLA mobility component and £22 a week Personal Expenses Allowance. Jos uses his DLA mobility component to pay for his car and it covers all his servicing, insurance, MOT and fuel costs. Jos spends most weekends at home with his family and relies on the car most days. They use it for trips to the theatre cinema, shopping, visiting the Wildlife Trust nearby and for visits to friends and relatives. Having the car also means Jos can pursue his hobby of carriage driving as well as enjoying more everyday activities, such as taking garden waste to the tip! Losing DLA mobility component will mean losing his car, no longer being able to take part in any of these activities, and losing his independence.
Please can you write to the Minister for Disabled People, Maria Miller MP, and call on her to keep DLA mobility component for disabled adults in residential care. I would also like to know what action you personally are taking to challenge this decision.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours
GRACELAND:
bump :)
Paulines7:
There is nothing like hitting those people who are least able to help themselves. ::) >:(
People are usually a bit reluctant to write to their MP's but there are often petitions that can be completed and sent to Downing Street and they can be effective. Hopefully one will come out shortly.
The problem is that the Government is made up of millionaires who haven't a clue how the other half lives. :(
mat:
--- Quote from: GRACELAND on October 29, 2010, 14:38:23 ---trips to the theatre, cinema, shopping, visiting the Wildlife Trust nearby.... ...Having the car also means Jos can pursue his hobby of carriage driving
--- End quote ---
Without sounding harsh... I cannot afford to do those things every week... the cinema is a rare treat for me... and the theatre... well, that's once every few years...
When my late beloved Gran was in a care home, Mum couldn't believe the payments she still received for her, as everything was pre-paid for her in the home...
I agree people need some of their own money when in residental care, but the country is in a dire state, and we all need to make cuts, else we'll go bankrupt like Greece... perhaps weekly cinema, theatre trips and carriage driving are a luxury...
Sorry
mat
asj:
Have to agree with Mat.
Sorry
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