To dob in family member - benefits

Not being deliberately goady. It’s just something I and others have felt for a long time within the family. Many of us work in the health field and wonder how on earth it was awarded when we see what they can do. I have similar issues with dressing myself but like them, can do it.

Not being deliberately goady. It’s just something I and others have felt for a long time within the family. Many of us work in the health field and wonder how on earth it was awarded when we see what they can do. I have similar issues with dressing myself but like them, can do it.

Not being deliberately goady. It’s just something I and others have felt for a long time within the family. Many of us work in the health field and wonder how on earth it was awarded when we see what they can do. I have similar issues with dressing myself but like them, can do it.

Sooty, if you are on PIP before retirement age, it continues after retirement age.

People don't move to Attendance Allowance at pension age if they are already on PIP.

I have a relative that does have health problems. They went to tribunal and were awarded higher rate PIP and have a motorbility car apparently supported by a Rottweiler of an advocate. I have no gripe that they deserve something - occasional falls, mild mental health problems, physical health problems that require monitoring and support and mild difficulties dressing themselves due to joint problems but don’t actually need to be helped. They do have a disability.

However, they are able to walk miles most of the time, decorate their home, complete domestic tasks and attend social activities on a very regular basis on foot. Morally torn. They probably will struggle without the money. Would DWP even do anything kind of thing. Either way I feel a bad person.

He would have moved over to attendance allowance probably.

He would have moved over to attendance allowance probably.

I was wondering this as he could have continued claiming PIP into retirement?

I disagree.

I think what MN doesn't like is cunty behaviour and people crowing about reporting others, under the guise of hand-wringing.

Most normal people would just quietly get on with reporting if they thought it was justified.

They wouldn't need to start yet another goady 'debate' about it.

Fair enough. I see them regularly. I do know the ins and outs and they live a pretty normal life really. Yes, morally torn. Most of the family think it wasn’t appropriate.

It is bullshit, because if you are on PIP before retirement age, you still get it once you reach retirement age.

I’m going to go against the grain here… if I was capable of walking miles and decorating my own home I wouldn’t dream of claiming benefits. Society will only work when people only claim benefits that they need. Someone that can do those things could do a job, maybe not every job, but there would be jobs they could do.
I think I’d find it difficult reporting a relative, but it does sound like they could work from what you say

Go for it. You’ll get a disproportionate amount of people on MN though who like to turn a blind eye to benefit fraud, so probably not the best place to get a balanced opinion on it.

As he approached retirement age he made a miraculous recovery

Why did he stop pretending at that point?

As he approached retirement age he made a miraculous recovery

Why did he stop pretending at that point?

I have a relative that does have health problems. They went to tribunal and were awarded higher rate PIP and have a motorbility car apparently supported by a Rottweiler of an advocate. I have no gripe that they deserve something - occasional falls, mild mental health problems, physical health problems that require monitoring and support and mild difficulties dressing themselves due to joint problems but don’t actually need to be helped. They do have a disability.

However, they are able to walk miles most of the time, decorate their home, complete domestic tasks and attend social activities on a very regular basis on foot. Morally torn. They probably will struggle without the money. Would DWP even do anything kind of thing. Either way I feel a bad person.

I always wonder whether people like you are prepared to tell their relatives to their faces that they think they're receiving unfair benefits and they are thinking of reporting them.

No, like I say see them regularly. Know how life is lived. They walk far and wide on a regular basis. Occasional falls maybe a few times a year. No mobility aids. Live a pretty normal life. Life is not restricted by mobility.

My X husband was on disability benefits for years (20+) ...he was unemployed, then suddenly got a back condition and was classified as disabled. He got the highest rate of benefits. He fooled everyone. In 20+ years he decorated our adult sons houses numerous times, up ladders, full decorating...never outside the house As he approached retirement age he made a miraculous recovery...fit a a fucking fiddle. I would never ever begrudge a genuine claimant but don't be fooled...some people know how to work the system 🤔