My mum suffered a brain hemorage earlier this year, which in turn cost her her job. Her financial status is bad! She started a new job, but has been on the sick now for 2 weeks, and i worry about how long she'll keep this up for. I moved back home earlier this year after leaving my soon to be ex husband and to start a new life. I have a full time job. My mum gets £300/month from me. She now is saying yet again that she cant afford the rent, gas, elec, water, coucil tax, car fuel and insurance, food. I have flatly refused to get us a phone line (she cant due to her credit rating) to which she didnt like. We all have mobiles to make emergency calls. She is constantly depressed and is always nagging me for more money. I need help, before this gets too much for me. I feel the money she gets from me is adequate. She is saying she's not ready for work and feels she rushed into it. Where/Who can help us get financial help? Who should we contact? I have no idea and feel im lossing the plot!
2006-11-07 23:59:56 · 8 answers · asked by Need_to_know 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Your mother is likely to be entitled to a number of sickness/disability benefits as well as help with paying the rent and Council Tax. Your local Citizens Advice Bureau can help you identify and claim all the benefits/financial help available. The service is free. For your local bureau see: www.citizensadvice.org.uk. The sooner you contact them, the sooner your mother may see a way out of her very difficult circumstances. You may also wish to ask them for help contacting appropriate pastoral help/chatities etc. Good luck.
2006-11-08 00:35:34 · answer #1 · answered by paul h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She can file for Disability through Social Security if she is unable to return to work for quite awhile. She needs to gather all her medical records from the past 10 years and then she needs to go fet the forms to fill out and turn them in and wait til a decision comes down. She also may contact Social Services to see if they can offer her any financial and medical assistance. There are agencies that help out with electric,gas and food assistance. You might also ask local churches if there is any assistance they can give.
Good Luck.
2006-11-08 09:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by lildragonlexi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a permanently disabled adult person, coming into it while running my own business,and slowly going downhill until I couldn't continue to work under Doctor's orders...(I have a degenerative spinal disease, cancer -in remission after 6 chemo trtmnts. I actually test negative at this moment!-, diabetes(from the chemo) ,skin cancer(also from the chemo) Hep. C-blood transfusions-also in remission-, and am now in a wheelchair full time) I had to sell my business and lived off the proceeds; until a friend told me to contact Social Security. They set me up on disability, and every benefit I had coming to me came. From home health personal care to housekeeping to home nursing and great MD's, free rx's, Medicare, Medicaid...I am living like a queen and want for nothing...they are your answer, to begin with! You deserve Social Security- you've been paying your taxes for it all your life, and they pay from what your income was; and what you cannot afford, and are too low on the list for the best, there are programs in place that'll pay for it, anyway! I had to wait 7 yrs. for one of them, but it was well worth the wait, and in the meantime, I was definitely suffering, but not without caring, loving help!...and morphine-lots and lots of morphine-it just takes the pain away when you're chronically in pain- it doesn't make you loopy! And I didn't have to pay more than a few of the dollars I received from Social Security to get it, either! I found a very good Doctor who listens and gives the plain truth to me, as well. They're out there- just look and talk up front to let them know what you're looking for and how you feel, honey. We all deserve quality care in the privacy of our own homes. Keep at it until you're surrounded by people you are comfortable with! Good luck with it!!!
2006-11-08 09:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by Have Masters Degree in English 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poor lady, a brain haemmorrhage must be the most scary thing on earth., your mum needs peace, love, support. Could you go to your gp and ask to get a social worker round to see your mum. she is due help with so manythings. If she was alone, her community charge would be substantially reduced,she would get help with her heating, gas, rent and daily livilg. and others, you may have to come up with tose payments for her as you are expected to. also remember you are a guest in your mums home, are you on the housing list, if not, when you see the social worker, i should discuss this with her, or him. best of luck
2006-11-08 11:30:46 · answer #4 · answered by doda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB), it's their job to help you out with any situation.
2006-11-08 08:05:16 · answer #5 · answered by sw21uk2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to the citizens advice bureau. They will give you free confidential advice.
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