DANES – Disability Advice North East Suffolk

DANES supports those with a disability or long-term health condition and their carers based in Lowestoft and the North East Suffolk area.  DANES received over £25,000 for home visits and its Easy IT and Healthy Hearts programmes.

A client first contacted me to ask if she could claim Carer’s Allowance (CA) for her husband who has Prostrate Cancer and Spinal Spondylosis. I explained that she could if her husband was already on Attendance Allowance (AA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA.

The system is complex and not easy to navigate.  Digging deeper into their circumstances, I learned that they were both elderly and that her husband uses a stair lift and has a walking frame seat in the shower and they are now having a wet room fitted.

I helped with the application form for AA and he was awarded higher rate AA and we got CA for his wife. We also helped with getting him a blue badge and pension credit, council tax reduction. They were both thrilled with the outcome.