Diability allowance

I went to see Edna today and she was pleased to see me and seemed quite with it. But she said she was having a bad day.

I didnt get to see the letter from MHH - but one letter I did see was from the DWP about her disability allowance. There was a form to fill in to assess if she is entitles to a higher allowance becasue she needs night time care. We have filled it in as best we can - and I am going to send it off with a covering letter. My dilemma is when does night time start. She agreed that she can get confused at night if she wakes up, she agreed some help getting undressed could be nice and she also agreed she needs some help with her medicines - except she does take any late at night.

Unless she needs help after 10,00pm I dont think she will meet the criteria - but the home care people turned up while I was there and they said to make the cliam anyway - as they can always say 'no' I dont know if the diagnosis of LBD means she may qualify anyway.

I wondewr how many more forms I will have to fill out in the future..................

I had a thought the other day. I am wondering if Edna isnt worrying about the long term consequences of the dementia becasue she assumes that she will die before it becomes a problem. Now how do I tackle THAT in a conversation?