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<blockquote data-quote="Finzi" data-source="post: 357104" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p><strong>Re: HOW CAN THEY PUT ME INTO ESA WRAG GROUP WHEN MY WIFE IS </strong></p><p></p><p>Peter - that isn't absolutely true. It is certainly one of the support group criteria, but isn't the only one. However, the criteria are *extremely* strict. It is fair to say that those who end up in the support group may not be terminally ill but are the most profoundly disabled of those who apply. For example, if you can't convey food or drink to your mouth by yourself, if you can't move either of your arms enough to be able to put something in a top pocket, if you are unable to chew or swallow, if you have no voluntary control of your bowels or bladder such that you have daily "extensive evacuation" and soiling (ie having a stoma doesn't count), you cannot transfer from one seat to another without the assistance of another person, if you are not able to turn the pages of a book with either hand, if you are not able to mobilise 50 meters either by walking or using a manual wheelchair. For the mental health descriptors, it is again the most profoundly mentally ill who are basically unable to function in everyday life and are likely to have significant care needs (ie anybody living independently would be very unlikely to qualify). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (64), average BS now between 5 and 6 mmol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Finzi, post: 357104, member: 56231"] [b]Re: HOW CAN THEY PUT ME INTO ESA WRAG GROUP WHEN MY WIFE IS [/b] Peter - that isn't absolutely true. It is certainly one of the support group criteria, but isn't the only one. However, the criteria are *extremely* strict. It is fair to say that those who end up in the support group may not be terminally ill but are the most profoundly disabled of those who apply. For example, if you can't convey food or drink to your mouth by yourself, if you can't move either of your arms enough to be able to put something in a top pocket, if you are unable to chew or swallow, if you have no voluntary control of your bowels or bladder such that you have daily "extensive evacuation" and soiling (ie having a stoma doesn't count), you cannot transfer from one seat to another without the assistance of another person, if you are not able to turn the pages of a book with either hand, if you are not able to mobilise 50 meters either by walking or using a manual wheelchair. For the mental health descriptors, it is again the most profoundly mentally ill who are basically unable to function in everyday life and are likely to have significant care needs (ie anybody living independently would be very unlikely to qualify). Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (64), average BS now between 5 and 6 mmol. [/QUOTE]
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