Local councils are no better.
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You can't even be allowed to save the local government money.
I am the carer for my disabled wife, and was a carer for my disabled elderly mother who has Alzheimer's.
We have carers helping me with my mother, who come in 4 times a day.
My wife and I receive the appropriate benefits, as does my mother.
We live in a 1 bedroomed disabled adapted council flat, my mother lives in a 3 bedroom disabled adapted council house.
Because of my wife's disability, she doesn't sleep very well meaning I spend a lot of time on the sofa, which also means I don't get a full nights sleep very often.
Recently I approached the local council, with the backing of my mother's social worker. To be allowed to move my wife and myself into my mothers house, so as to be able to care for them both in a single environment. This would allow me to have a separate bedroom to be able to get a decent nights sleep, and would be beneficial to all.
Freeing up a disabled adapted property for someone else to use.
The social worker pointed out that if this took place, there would be no necessity for my mothers 4 home visit's (saving the council money) several benefits my mother is eligible for would not be necessary. (saving the council money) And several benefits my wife and I are eligible for would not be necessary (saving the council money)
In all, mums social worker worked out between myself, my wife and my mother, we would save the council about £21,000 a year.
The social worker even had a one to one with the local housing officer, to point out the benefits to the council.
The councils answer. We could move in with my mother, but could not have our name on the rent book.
If we were still in the property after 12 months had passed, we could apply to be put on the rent book,
HOWEVER there is no guarantee that this would happen.
As my mother is 89 years of age, I asked where would that leave us if anything happened to my mother.
The councils answer. We would have to vacate the property.
I pointed out that we would then be homeless.
The councils answer. Then we would have to rehouse you.
As it happens, after a number of incidents such as trying to cook a ready meal in her microwave (packaging and all) setting fire to the microwave.
Found one night by the night carer, wandering the streets looking for her handbag (that was under her bed) and several other life threatening incidents, she was deemed a danger to herself and is now resident in a local care home. (costing the council money)
In her rational moments she is aware of where she is, and blames me for her circumstances.
At the bottom of the letters responding to our attempts to do the above is this:
"We Must Make Sure That We Protect Public Money"
I am angry because all of this was preventable, and my mother could have spent her final years in the home she has been in for the last 42 years.
Sorry to hijack the post, just needed to get it out of my system.
Gregg
well then, you better get those golf clubs and cricket bats at the ready and don't forget, foul language can also be effective as long as it's not racist 
lest you be considered an Islamophobe 
