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does any one know if my mum would be able to get a mobilty car? shes only 54 and had a massive stoke 12 weeks ago which has left her with no movmet on her right side, my dad cant afford to buy one for her just need any advice if any one got any
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Your mum can apply for a mobility care when she gets High Rate Disability Living Allowance.
She then leases the car using this allowance, and usually with a bit of her own money too.
To get disability living allowance she needs to apply, but she must have had the condition for at least 3 months, and it must continue for at least another 6 months.
It normally takes about 3 months for a decision as to whether she would get it or not, and involves filling out a huge form of about 43 pages of fairly invasive questions.
If you mum qualifies for the high rate care then she can either buy a car through the normal routes or lease a car through the mobility scheme.
However to get a lease car through the mobility scheme you have to have at least a three year award, which means your mother would have to be virtually unable to walk at present, and not be expected to improve over the next three years.
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Oh dear, should have read that properly.
Ignore the above post and read this instead !
Your mum can apply for a mobility car if she gets the High Rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance.
She then leases the car using this allowance, and usually with a bit of her own money too.
To get disability living allowance she needs to apply, but she must have had the condition for at least 3 months, and it must continue for at least another 6 months.
It normally takes about 3 months for a decision as to whether she would get it or not, and involves filling out a huge form of about 43 pages of fairly invasive questions.
If you mum qualifies for the high rate mobility then she can either buy a car through the normal routes, or with a loan from mobility, or lease a car through the mobility scheme.
However to get a lease car through the mobility scheme you have to have at least a three year award, which means your mother would have to be virtually unable to walk at present, and not be expected to improve over the next three years.
I hope this helps.
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Your mother should have no trouble claimong high rate mobility. She can also apply fora Blue Badge now without waiting the 3 months.
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>>Your mother should have no trouble claimong high rate mobility. She can also apply fora Blue Badge now without waiting the 3 months.<<
How on earth can you say that?
Stokes 8 weeks on are still healing and at her age it is very rare for someone to have long laster severe mobility problems, it happens but even if you apply for DLA (when his mother has been disabled for more than the 12 week start point) and get it it will be a very short award because the DWP understand the nature of strokes.
I have seen people given hours to live walking out of hospital after a stroke on there own feet.
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Sorry I mad a mistake in the above post, I though she was 8 weeks post stroke but even being 12 weeks dosnt make much diffrance, claim if you can provide the medical proof but dont expect too much because the DWP are clamping down on stroke claims and they know the prognosis.
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Some people do make a complete recovery from stroke, but if it realy was a massive stroke then the poster's mother is likely to have lasting mobility problems.
"How on earth can you say that?"
U said that because in my experience, admittedly 19 years ago, DLA is given to stroke survivors.
Janet
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Do you have a clue about the RPP? or new DLA claims?
No you dont or you would know that stroke claims are under the spotlight by DWP.
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I apologise if I mislead the OP but I answered their question to the best of my knowledge.
Janet
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thanks for all advice my mum already claims a disaibilty due to other problems which will make her recovering from this stroke very hard and i myself work on a stroke ward so i no how people can recover but my mother was very luck to live after this stroke thank you janet for your advice
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What was your mothers origional claim for?
And what rates does she currently get?
A previous condition makes all the world of diffrance to your OP and that with your mothers age totally changes things but you still need to be careful of a DLA suppersession and not to go forward until you have concrete evidence of your mothers prognosis as ATM DLA is a mess and people are losing indefinate awards after asking for suppersessions.
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