My Poor husband been having pain and numbness in arm etc ad visit GP and has been told he had a TIA and his mobility now has decline so bad and but been struggling through for some time without complaint and with acute memory problems he been told to finish work immediate effect because he now been deem incapable so today he had to put in resignation notice to work, now he feeling a bit lost and worry things are now going to decline even further
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Yes fully aware what it is has he had quite a few- his mobility is another issue has well has his acute memory issues
Yes he in the pension scheme and will in due course will be doing this- its the emotional issues that are more harder to deal with
Would it be better to go off work sick and then ask for retirement on the grounds of ill health? I'm not sure how easy it would be to get the pension once you have resigned. Often ill health pensions are enhanced if you don't have the years in .
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Thankyou Maggie6445- good advice , we have not written (meaning me has he cannot recognise words anymore ) the letter yet - his retirement age funny enough is just 5 months away, so will ask the GP to write an sick note out which should not be any trouble. And maybe wait the few months unless his place of work now deem him incapable then we will go down that route
If his retirement is 5 months away, ask gp to write a sick note to cover him for that period. Pl do not consider writing a resignation letter.
Another worrying issue is his speech getting very muddled and incoherent and when he does talk very quiet - how other people cannot understand this difficulty and take it for granted he able to talk on phone even when I try to explain- very sad and annoying to say the least
@mikeb2 ,
hi, I'm not an expert but these are questions I would be asking myself. I don't know the type of works pension/ job your husband has but...
1 how long has he been off sick recently? Most employers who pay full pay while off sick have a limit , (maybe 6 months,?) and then half pay before finishes on ill health pensions. Is your husband nearing his limit?
2 an OH assessment may help to trigger early pension application and as he only has 5 months left before retirement , would that be sensible? It may be, if he's about to go on reduced pay??
3 I'd check the terms of his pension and what the employer is paying in terms of topping up statutory sick pay, if they are.
Maybe contact his personnel ,human resource( hate that, I wasn't a resource! )
Department or his union?
As I say I'm not an expert and employers and pensions schemes have their own rules.
Good luck x
hi, I'm not an expert but these are questions I would be asking myself. I don't know the type of works pension/ job your husband has but...
1 how long has he been off sick recently? Most employers who pay full pay while off sick have a limit , (maybe 6 months,?) and then half pay before finishes on ill health pensions. Is your husband nearing his limit?
2 an OH assessment may help to trigger early pension application and as he only has 5 months left before retirement , would that be sensible? It may be, if he's about to go on reduced pay??
3 I'd check the terms of his pension and what the employer is paying in terms of topping up statutory sick pay, if they are.
Maybe contact his personnel ,human resource( hate that, I wasn't a resource! )
Department or his union?
As I say I'm not an expert and employers and pensions schemes have their own rules.
Good luck x
I think he needs to attend to ensure he gets sick pay. Some large employers do this as routine when someone has had a certain amount of time off sick.
This is so tough for you both May I ask how old is your husband My husband has had to give his job up it’s tough as that was routine in his life I’ve managed to organise groups for us to go to together & one day a week he goes for the day on his own Gets lunch there as well
My OH is 66 this year ad his hospital trying to organise meetings which he having difficult in wanting to attend-
Yes it’s young my husband is 68 Must be hard him not wanting to attend appointments I hope you can persuade him to go it’s so important for you both Keep posting on here there is so much helpful information
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