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Twinklelight wrote: Could you please tell me if you use a dosette box and a alarm to remind you to take your medication should this be counted as an aid and should you be awarded 2 points? Provided you do not meet another of the descriptors. We stated these on the form but yet the decision has no mention and scored 0 points saying because you have sufficient memory and understanding to be able to drive a car and so would be expected to be able to manage your medication effectively. But we also stated that he was only able to drive provided he hadn't taken his higher doses of medication . Could you please advise thanku
It should be counted as an aid but would only score one point for Descriptor (b), but you need to explain why you need the dosette box and alarms and what would happen if you did not have these.
I think that you can successfully argue that memory, at least in the general sense, is not a prerequisite for driving and certainly that the issue of remembering to take medication at a particular time is very different.
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Thanks for the update, I'm glad your husband is content with the award.
Just one point though - Support Group ESA is awarded due to meeting very specific criteria, needing carers is not one of these.
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It's important that whoever you go to for help actually knows what they are talking about. Just because someone works for the CAB doesn't make them an expert. It could mean that you don't actually get the right advice.
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