Help Needed Please Thankyou

Hello Everyone,
Please will anyone give me some advice my son as just got his D.L.A.form 16 and over its 32 pages long so I guess its the short one well my son is having a real time I was his appointee until he decided to manage his own affairs now the renewel as come he is very worked up and is on a rage saying what do I do ive never done one this will be his 3rd claim so please can anyone kindly tell me can I his mother write in the form and also about this appointee if my son agrees that he cannot manage and would like me back as his appointee how do we go about it would that effect his claim and he only as until september 1st to get it back to them my son as said he made a mistake in managing his own affairs but he wanted a bit of independence so please anyone id be grateful for the help Godbless x

Hello Everyone,
Just checked to see if anyone as any advice as ive been on here a while yes I know alot are not well and alot need help and that includes my son well I guess I will have to do it by myself and just hope I get somewhwere for I really do not know where to begin its very difficult this and thankyou to all who have viewed and again if anyone does have any advice please id be grateful Thankyou

Hi moondancer, please don't feel abandoned, it's just that sometimes nobody has an easy answer to questions posted on this forum.

I'm really sorry I can not help apart from suggesting that you and your son seek help from a welfare advisor.

Best wishes,
Rachel

It's fine for you to help your son fill the form in if he'll let you. The form doesn't have to be all in one handwriting. If you and your son prefer, you could write something extra on separate paper and attach it to the form or send something direct to the Decision Maker.

Don't forget to look at our guides to filling in DLA forms. Although the various forms vary, the principles are the same for filling all of them in.

This info from the Alzheimer's Society explains about becoming an appointee. Although their guidance is aimed at people with dementia, the principles and procedures are the same for other mental conditions.

moondancer wrote:

Hello Everyone,
Please will anyone give me some advice my son as just got his D.L.A.form 16 and over its 32 pages long so I guess its the short one well my son is having a real time I was his appointee until he decided to manage his own affairs now the renewel as come he is very worked up and is on a rage saying what do I do ive never done one this will be his 3rd claim so please can anyone kindly tell me can I his mother write in the form and also about this appointee if my son agrees that he cannot manage and would like me back as his appointee how do we go about it would that effect his claim and he only as until september 1st to get it back to them my son as said he made a mistake in managing his own affairs but he wanted a bit of independence so please anyone id be grateful for the help

To become his appointee you telephone the DLA Unit they will contact a local office and someone will come out and see you both and if its the right thing for your son they will do the paperwork

with regards filling in the DLA paperwork you can call the CAB or your local council for help they both have people who might help also if he is blind or has some other problem that has a national charity they might be able to help or aim you in the right direction to get help

Hello Everyone,
No I do not feel abandoned this is a lovely site with great people ive been a member for some time its the renewel form for my son that is getting us strained he suffers with severe trauma and just cannot cope he tried to manage is own affairs for abit of independence and it failed he as no idea how to fill in the form what to say and I can understand how he feels we have the form im signing it to say he cannot manage is own affairs and signing the back also my son just cant manage like someone his own age its really upsetting to see him get in a rage believe me its not nice when he does and we recently had a bereavement I lost my step-father I tried my best to get D.L.A for him he was diabetic insulin type 1 and had 2 heart attacks and they said NO my son loved his Grandad and its added more stress to his condition its such a shame and I wish everyone please fight and don,t give up my son can,t manage a full day at college and raised voices loud noises he as to go by Taxi its shame is money he gets pays for the taxi as he cannot cope on public transport Thankyou to all Godbless you