Songbird have been down as his carer and intermediary for 20 years, spoke to DWP Tue,woman asked does he have capacity, she couldn't understand why the assessment company told me to ring her, when you get asked that, you know it will go pear shaped, she said she will put the case forward,and would hear from them
Springs here and our murderess cat deposited a blackbird under the dining room table unbeknown to me until this morning so it had been there all night.
This is the last cat, daughters are to blame as they persuaded the wife to get another after our first passed away 10 years ago.
Bah.....
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Our huntress cat is a mouser and occasionally brings us a live one which escapes and then the older dog joins in the fun. We have to be very quick to the rescue and don't always manage it. She doesn't get many birds. T'other cat now contents himself with hen herding and then gets clucked at.
My curmudge of the day? Timber. It seems there's a shortage thanks to Covid. We have some 9cm metpost fixings so decided to use them to make tensioned wire supports in the potager and went to buy 6 posts. We also have 4 7cm metposts ditto. There were only 2 9cm posts in stock and about 2 doz 7cm wooden posts and no new deliveries expected for months.
Ended up deciding to buy 10 7cm posts and some more 7cm metposts to fit but they haven't been delivered so next Wednesday at the earliest. Madness.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Nanny Beach, being a carermis not the same as being someone's Appointee. Have you ever been visited by someone from the DWP and signed an official application form to become our sons appointee? If not, it is an option to explore as it would make everything so much easier for you and your son and, ultimately, outside organisations too.
Songbird-1 is right. An appointee formally takes on responsibility for the affairs of a person who is incapable of managing their own affairs. That would certainly seem to be the situation Nanny Beach is in.
From the situation as described, I don't see any problems with appointeeship being agreed. The person from DWP would normally need to see both Nanny Beach and the son in order to make the assessment.
My grump is all the pressure tossers who want to wash everthing they own as soon as the sun comes out. Do it on a rainy day and stop spoiling it for everyone else.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
The difficulty with POA is that it has to be set up while the person still has capacity. Otherwise the only recourse is to the Court of Guardianship which can be a long drawn out affair.
Appointeeship is different ... it’s just for managing Benefits applications and payments.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The Court of Protection takes months at the best of times. When we started the process recently we were warned that they're running about 12 months behind schedule due to COVID. Always best to get POA sorted (as Dove says - when the person still has capacity) if possible. Appointeeship is different, but I haven't been through that process. It's also worth knowing that POA can now be done remotely (ie through video call) rather than in person, if necessary.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I had Power of Attorney for my Dad - actually for both my parents, Mum sorted it out some years before either of them was ill but I only needed to 'activate' Dad's - Mum was capable of managing hers and Dad's affairs right up to her death. Dad was essentially compus mentis to the end but being blind, largely immobile and, for his last couple of years, unable to speak coherently, he couldn't access things like banking, etc, so I was able to do it for him once I'd registered the PoA with each organisation after Mum died. But the DWP wouldn't accept the PoA - I'm not sure why. They sent someone to visit him and interview him and also they visited me and they agreed to me acting as Dad's Appointee because they established for themselves both that he wanted me to do it and that his disabilities were severe. That was a much quicker and simpler process than the PoA which took weeks and involved a solicitor. It didn't cost anything either.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My husband turns 70 this year. He's had the letter for DVLA about his eyesight. Does he need to drive all the way to Barnard Castle to carry out the self-assessment or is there somewhere closer to London ?
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This is the last cat, daughters are to blame as they persuaded the wife to get another after our first passed away 10 years ago.
Bah.....
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
My curmudge of the day? Timber. It seems there's a shortage thanks to Covid. We have some 9cm metpost fixings so decided to use them to make tensioned wire supports in the potager and went to buy 6 posts. We also have 4 7cm metposts ditto. There were only 2 9cm posts in stock and about 2 doz 7cm wooden posts and no new deliveries expected for months.
Ended up deciding to buy 10 7cm posts and some more 7cm metposts to fit but they haven't been delivered so next Wednesday at the earliest. Madness.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dad was essentially compus mentis to the end but being blind, largely immobile and, for his last couple of years, unable to speak coherently, he couldn't access things like banking, etc, so I was able to do it for him once I'd registered the PoA with each organisation after Mum died. But the DWP wouldn't accept the PoA - I'm not sure why. They sent someone to visit him and interview him and also they visited me and they agreed to me acting as Dad's Appointee because they established for themselves both that he wanted me to do it and that his disabilities were severe. That was a much quicker and simpler process than the PoA which took weeks and involved a solicitor. It didn't cost anything either.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”