I wondered if anyone here has experience of the PIP assessment process? My wife was diagnosed at 58 with Alzheimers, after an initial MCI diagnosis in 2016. Her memory issues continue to worsen and there is increasing confusion.
Anything to do with a technology is beyond her, emails, websites. We had a bad day recently when she wanted to order something on Amazon and realised she simply couldn't navigate it. Short term memory is terrible with things lost after only minutes.
For example we are downsizing but viewing houses is difficult as by the time we get back to the car she has forgotten what we saw and why we are there.
She stopped working in 2015 and I quit in July 2018 to be with her.
Luckily we had been savers and had rainy day money. However, we are burning through our savings and I worry about the future. My son tells me to apply for PIP and a carers allowance but the assessment seems to be purely about physical impacts.
My wife is a youthful looking 59, slim and fit. She likes to go for long walks so we spend a lot of time walking and until you spend a little time with her you wouldn't spot the issue. I don't want to humiliate her by contradicting answers she may give in the assessment. For example she'll say she still cooks and she occasionally does but if you don't want it undercooked or burnt, and the gas left on afterwards we do it together. And it is simple meals now when once she created marvellous dishes. No matter that she'll have forgotten I said that when we leave, I find negative feelings stick.
Does anyone know if there is any understanding of and allowance for alzheimers sufferers in the assessment process?
Thanks
Anything to do with a technology is beyond her, emails, websites. We had a bad day recently when she wanted to order something on Amazon and realised she simply couldn't navigate it. Short term memory is terrible with things lost after only minutes.
For example we are downsizing but viewing houses is difficult as by the time we get back to the car she has forgotten what we saw and why we are there.
She stopped working in 2015 and I quit in July 2018 to be with her.
Luckily we had been savers and had rainy day money. However, we are burning through our savings and I worry about the future. My son tells me to apply for PIP and a carers allowance but the assessment seems to be purely about physical impacts.
My wife is a youthful looking 59, slim and fit. She likes to go for long walks so we spend a lot of time walking and until you spend a little time with her you wouldn't spot the issue. I don't want to humiliate her by contradicting answers she may give in the assessment. For example she'll say she still cooks and she occasionally does but if you don't want it undercooked or burnt, and the gas left on afterwards we do it together. And it is simple meals now when once she created marvellous dishes. No matter that she'll have forgotten I said that when we leave, I find negative feelings stick.
Does anyone know if there is any understanding of and allowance for alzheimers sufferers in the assessment process?
Thanks