Dementia

My wife gets face to face at home on Thursday of coarse she is very worried agitated and stressed she also has COPD 3 clotting diseases and so much more aged 60 has she got to have face to face medical or can she be exempt thanks guys for all your advice we sent in so much proof of her illneses and disabilities

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I'm afraid it is up to the assessor to decide whether a face2face is deemed necessary, there are no exemptions for age.

You don't say whether the benefit involved is ESA or PIP, what to erxpect at the face2face is explained in the relevant guide

PIP help for claimants

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You might wish to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. This will allow you to return with further questions or comments about your wife's claim without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too