DLA to PIP face 2 face home assessment, my rights?

Hi am wondering if you can give me some advice on what I can expect on an home assessment

Hi can anyone tell me my rights on a face to face home assessment please? What I mainly want to know is the following;

1) What questions are they not allowed to ask me?
2) What are they allowed to do in my home?
3) what can I refuse to let them do in my home?
4) Will there be a GP with them?
5) What can they ask me to do, & what can I refuse to do, regarding them wanting me to move around, or examine me if no GP is present?

Any other info on my rights in my home, and what I can expect, please add.
They are welcome in my home, it makes it easier for as I have primary progressive MS, says me the hassle of travelling to them and they can see me properly in my fantastic world Any info would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks in advice.

Hello Shammy

Good to hear you've been offered a home visit - much better than struggling to an assessment centre miles away from your home!!

As for your questions.

I believe they have the right to ask you questions relating to your illness and how it affects you - nothing more. Anything you consider too intrusive, give either a very brief and unspecific answer or explain that you don't know the answer to their question.

They are allowed to do the same in your home as any other visitor - that is, exactly what you want them to do and nothing more. They have no right, for example, to a guided tour, nor have they the right to enter any part of your home that you don't want them to enter. It's your home.

AS for what they are not allowed to do - well, see the answer above. They can only do what you want them to do. Nothing more or less. It would be a very good idea if you had someone (a friend or relative) with you when your assessment takes place. This means you would feel stronger if you wanted to refuse anything that the assessor should request.

I believe the assessor will be alone. It might be a GP who assesses you, or any other health professional - I doubt there will be more than one person visiting you.

You do not have to do anything that you feel would be painful and/or dangerous for you. You might be asked to perform some small physical tasks - nothing strenuous - but if you know that it will hurt or harm you, then explain this to the assessor. Don't refuse to do it, just explain that it isn't safe or sensible for you to try because you know from experience that it will hurt you.

So basically, the assessor has no 'right's' in your home other than to question you on what you have claimed in your application, and maybe to ask you to perform some simple medically-related tasks. It's your home. He/she is a visitor with only the same rights as any other visitor.

Hope this puts your mind at rest. Good luck with the assessment.

Hi Shelam
Thanks for your reply.
I have equipment in my bathroom for showering (this is on my paperwork), though this is upstairs and I hopefully will be down stairs (depending on how I feel when I wake up that morning). Can I just say "your welcome to go up a look at it with my partner (who will be there) but am to tired or it takes me a long time to get up and down the stairs, therefore I will stay here?"
Also am I correct in thinking then, I can just conduct the meeting the dinning room & just keep them there if I choose to ?(though I've nothing to hide )

If I cannot do the certain things they ask me to do, due to my illness that morning (mines varies day to day), would his not be seen/classed as obstructive?

Thanks again.

Remember you can always have people there to support you. They do not have to take part but they can observe.

If you are not sure why you are being asked something ask why they want to know.

good luck