ATOS home assessment - How to prepare?

Janine wrote: I have managed to get a home assessment with Atos despite them ignoring my 3 telephone requests that my condition had worsened since I sent in the application. I have a home visit on the 18th March between 9 and 11am . Any advice about going through the assessment would be greatly appreciated. I have Fibromyalgia, degenerative spine disease and chronic fatigue !!!

There's a section at the back of the PIP Claim guide that covers the assessment and the questions you are likely to be asked.

You can have someone with you at the interview and we would recommend that you do.

You can choose where the interview is held and they have no authority to look around your house.

Don't feel obliged to tidy up and if you have issues with personal care and dressing don't do anything that you wouldn't normally do.

Best of luck.

Gordon

ShaunIOW wrote: I got the results of my DLA>PIP assessement today, and am pleasently surprised as I have been awarded enhanced rates of both (they gave me 17 points and 22 points), where as as I only had the lower rates of both on DLA. To say I'm pleased and relieved is an understatement.

Terrific news. Well done!

Gordon