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Assessments
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By Simone
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Sat 14 Jun 2008 07:37
My local Council wrote a letter direct to my daughter telling her she is to be assest but the way it was worded basically said that they will only give the care to people who really need it. She did not fully understand it all but it all sounded so negative. She cried her eyes out because she believed that she will not get the help. I did too because I am fed up continuously battling. I realise these things are necessary to check that people are not claiming for no reason but it did put panic in my daughter. One minute they talk to her as if she is 2 then they send her a form and treat her as an adult.
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- By EL
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Re: Assessments
Sun 15 Jun 2008 17:04Write back to them and tell them it was not appropriate to write to your daughter as she had difficulty understanding what was being said or what was being asked of her, im sorry i dont know of your daughters case but if she has learning difficulties you should tell them this also and that in future they should address all correspondence to you so you can then explain to your daughter in a way that she will understand
tell them you feel a certain level of incompetence was made by them and to avoid future unnecessary upset to your daughter please dont write directly to her. Whatever your daughters dissability is tell them and give them a web site address to log onto and look up 'for more information' thats what i always do 
makes them feel small and i get my revenge for having to pick up the pieces 
- By mel
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Re: Assessments
Tue 5 Aug 2008 16:58I dont know whether this helps or not, but A lot of councils now have 'eligibility criteria' to gatekeep the money as they are so overspent, most have four categories, low, moderate, substantial and critical, the government lets them set the barrier pretty much where they need to, a lot of councils will only provide support to people who's needs come out as substantial or critical. so the lettere was probably saying they will only provide support to people who meet a certain level of need.
When someone comes out and assesses your daughter, you need to make sure they do the assessment as if she does not have any support, e.g if they say how does she make a drink instead of saying i do it, make it clear that she cannot make a drink as she would be at risk of scalding etc, a lot of carers fill in the gaps so it looks like the needs are all being cared for, make sure they have as much info as possible and make sure your needs as a carer are documented as well. Hope thats useful?????