Hello everyone,
Just an update on how this is going - following Margaret W's initial post re this.
Well, I downloaded the forms - filled them in and sent them off- along with a letter explaining the circumstances and why I was applying on Mums behalf - & copied everything to the GP so he would be expecting the letter
AND THEY WROTE BACK DIRECT TO MY MUM "I understand that you wish to be considered for a discount on the grounds that someone in your household is severely mentally impaired" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this totally insensitive or just plain carelessness ? Thank God she doesn't realise what post is anymore.
Imagine someone still capable of reading or with some paranoia getting a letter like this - it could cause severe problems.
They've also sent another form to fill in which just requests exactly the same details as the original - (which benefit etc)
I'm going to plough thro' the process but don't hold out much hope !
Do I phone and blast them - or just treat it as yet another example of total disregard for any sensitivities around AD ?
Regards to all.
Just an update on how this is going - following Margaret W's initial post re this.
Well, I downloaded the forms - filled them in and sent them off- along with a letter explaining the circumstances and why I was applying on Mums behalf - & copied everything to the GP so he would be expecting the letter
AND THEY WROTE BACK DIRECT TO MY MUM "I understand that you wish to be considered for a discount on the grounds that someone in your household is severely mentally impaired" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this totally insensitive or just plain carelessness ? Thank God she doesn't realise what post is anymore.
Imagine someone still capable of reading or with some paranoia getting a letter like this - it could cause severe problems.
They've also sent another form to fill in which just requests exactly the same details as the original - (which benefit etc)
I'm going to plough thro' the process but don't hold out much hope !
Do I phone and blast them - or just treat it as yet another example of total disregard for any sensitivities around AD ?
Regards to all.