PIP goal posts changed by DWP

Hi to all,

i'm not sure if I am misunderstanding this...…..NEW ALMOST-PENSIONER PIP CLAIMANTS TO GET 10 YEAR AWARDS
There is a real irony in the fact that the biggest justification for introducing PIP was the allegation by the government that many DLA claimants got the benefit for life, without their eligibility ever being checked again.
Under PIP, it was claimed, recipients awards would be regularly and rigorously checked.
Bu just a few years in, the DWP is being forced to find excuses for doing away with the regular checks on an increasing number of claimants, because their conditions are only likely to get worse.
It turns out, frequent reassessment leads to bad publicity for the DWP.
The recent case in the national media of the paralysed, terminally ill claimant fighting to highlight previous broken reassessment promises is a cruel example of the pointlessness of many such checks.
More importantly from the DWP’s point of view, reassessments cost a lot amount of money and don’t appear to lead to savings in awards.
So, the government has announced that from 31 May, new PIP claimants whose review would have been scheduled for after they reached State Pension age will instead receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at 10 years.

Does this mean that if an existing PIP claimant who is say now 62 yrs of age will not be getting the 10 year light touch.

regards.