Benefit & Housing advice required with reference to a stroke.

[TheLion]

Hello. Not sure if this is the correct place for this post.

 

My mother suffered a stroke on Saturday night and is currently in hospital. She receives ESA (WRAG component) and lives in an upstairs flat owned by Coastline Housing (Housing Association located in Cornwall).

 

From what I gather her ESA will not be affected, though they have to be informed that she is in hospital. What I need help with is the following:

 

1. Will she loose her property after a specific time period?

 

2. Is there such a thing as an 'Emergency Housing List'?

 

3. She has spent most of her adult life in the area, her family and friends are here, so can they force her to be rehoused in another area away from where she will receive care?

 

4. She will in all likelihood require a downstairs flat/bungalow when she comes out of hospital. Is Coastline Housing obliged to help her get one?

 

Some of the above might seem obvious but the stress that it would cause her if she was moved out of the area would probably put her back in hospital.

[abc123def]

She will need a section 2 assessment of her needs by adult services while she is in hospital prior to discharge. They will take advice from the multi dicplinery teams as to her needs wrt care and housing. If her current housing is no longer suitable an application will need to be made for suitable housing. They do their best to find housing/care in their local area if at all possible.

 

The ward staff should request the section 2 assessment themselves at some point (you can ask them about this) or you can request it yourself. The problem with CVA's is recovery can be rapid or slow and time will tell what she will be able to do or not do.

[honeybee13]

Hello there.

 

Yes, this is the right forum. I'm sure the guys will be able to help you, please bear with us until they're able to get here. They're usually around during the day.

 

My best, HB

[abc123def]

More specifically

 

1. Will she loose her property after a specific time period? Not a specific time period usually, recovery can be varied but many people recover fully from a CVA so it is not impossible that some people return to their previous housing. Once there has been one CVA there is increased chances of further CVA's.

 

2. Is there such a thing as an 'Emergency Housing List'? Yes, there is such a thing often called "High Priority - Urgent" os similar and to prevent bed blocking where social services have to pay the NHS (though this is often virtual money) someone needing to leave hospital will often be on it and will be housed fairly quickly.

 

3. She has spent most of her adult life in the area, her family and friends are here, so can they force her to be rehoused in another area away from where she will receive care? They do their best to house somone in their local area. Sometimes if moving into residential or nursing care they need to move out of area temporarily and they will be moved closer to home when a local vacancy becomes available. If residential or nursing care is needed you can help source a local home by phoning the homes asking if they have vacancies and will accept social services rates. Even private homes accept ss rates when they have several vacancies, it is better to fill an empty place at a lower price than have it empty.

 

4. She will in all likelihood require a downstairs flat/bungalow when she comes out of hospital. Is Coastline Housing obliged to help her get one? Not necesarily Coastline housing, but the local authority will help source housing either themselves or with a HA.

[Mummytotwox]

hello there!

 

My dad had a very bad stroke in 2006, he wasnt expected to live. He cant walk [only about 10 feet], talk, lost use of arm and has slight brain damage.

 

Before his stroke he was self employed and my mum worked full time. Obv my mum gave up work and they tried to get benefits..

 

It toke them 9months to get anything, but this wont be ur case as ur mum already gets something.

 

My dad had to attend an "interveiw" to see if he could do any sort of jobs!

 

They also lived in a house, and wasnt rehoused for over a year, even with my dad falling down the stairs twice!

oh and then they wouldnt give higher rate care and dla, even though he needs care 24/7, My mum passed away two years ago and he has carers go in 6x a day. Hes alot better now though, goes out [i take him] ect. and he gets higher rate everything now.

 

 

But hopefully this wont be for you. I hope your mum gets better xx

[TheLion]

Thank you for all the advice and concern. It's really hard to keep it all together, even when you are a bloke, when you have to see your mother like that. She had a bleed on the brain and can't use her right leg or arm. She has some slight movement in her right hand but not much.

 

Yes it is probably a good thing that she already gets ESA but I know that she is due another WCA soon, and perhaps another battle with Atos.