Hi everyone, I am very new here but have spent a bit of time reading some threads and am so impressed and touched by how caring and supportive people are to each other, and I've got lots of useful insights.
My husband had a brain haemhorrhage about 36 years ago when he was only 36. When I met him four years later he still had a bit of a lame left leg but otherwise seemed to have recovered well.
Over the last ten years his mobility has worsened and is now extremely poor. In March this year he was diagnosed with vascular dementia - there had been problems for quite a while in all honesty but this year he seems to have deteriorated very rapidly. I am very fortunate that he has so far retained his personality although he is very withdrawn, unable to hold a conversation, spends an awful lot of time sleeping and can't function in any area without a lot of support.
We have the lower rate of Attendance Allowance and I have applied for a reduction in community tax but the doctor has signed the form to say he is not severely mentally impaired.
I don't want to take up everybody's time with a rant here but the doctor who signed the form is my husband's registered doctor. I have had a number of issues that I've been really unhappy about but I haven't confronted him, just have been making appointments with another doctor who is very helpful. Unfortunately the Receptionist must have given the form to my husband's registered doctor even though it wasn't addressed to him.
I realise this is a very minor thing compared to the awful time other people are having. I especially send good wishes to the people who have been recently bereaved. I would appreciate advice though, am I expecting something we're not entitled to? I have written a lletter to appeal the decision
My husband had a brain haemhorrhage about 36 years ago when he was only 36. When I met him four years later he still had a bit of a lame left leg but otherwise seemed to have recovered well.
Over the last ten years his mobility has worsened and is now extremely poor. In March this year he was diagnosed with vascular dementia - there had been problems for quite a while in all honesty but this year he seems to have deteriorated very rapidly. I am very fortunate that he has so far retained his personality although he is very withdrawn, unable to hold a conversation, spends an awful lot of time sleeping and can't function in any area without a lot of support.
We have the lower rate of Attendance Allowance and I have applied for a reduction in community tax but the doctor has signed the form to say he is not severely mentally impaired.
I don't want to take up everybody's time with a rant here but the doctor who signed the form is my husband's registered doctor. I have had a number of issues that I've been really unhappy about but I haven't confronted him, just have been making appointments with another doctor who is very helpful. Unfortunately the Receptionist must have given the form to my husband's registered doctor even though it wasn't addressed to him.
I realise this is a very minor thing compared to the awful time other people are having. I especially send good wishes to the people who have been recently bereaved. I would appreciate advice though, am I expecting something we're not entitled to? I have written a lletter to appeal the decision