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<blockquote data-quote="smaynard" data-source="post: 336240" data-attributes="member: 26686"><p>Hi again JanieMc.....you may find it useful to look at this link <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_Living_Allowance" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability ... _Allowance</a>. It explains the eligibility criteria for entitlement to the differing rates of DLA....hopefully this will help to you to understand things a little clearer.</p><p></p><p>I have done no research into the governments thinking regarding the introduction of DLA but my assumption is that it was introduced to try and help individuals manage their care needs independently and give them freedom of choice as to how they do that....a straightforward example would be a person who is no longer able to take care of their personal hygiene or household chores without assistance....the allowance would be intended to support them in getting the care they need.</p><p></p><p>I really don't understand your view point about having to prove financial loss....some families may be able to pool resources and share the burden without any one individual needing to forego a loss of wage....however, this doesn't diminish the level of burden of the care. It is important to understand, this is an allowance to compensate the person afflicted (i.e. the child, not the parent).</p><p></p><p>In my experience, if you refer to the eligibility criteria, it is clear that any young child, if there diabetes is to be managed safely and NICE guidelines targets of control met needs Higher rate care attention to support them.....the reality is that statistics indicate that a shockingly small proportion of children with type 1 diabetes are meeting NICE guidelines for control.....I consider this to be very sad and very concerning.... in my very strong view, children with type 1 diabetes (and their families) need more support from the government and healthcare professionals, not less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smaynard, post: 336240, member: 26686"] Hi again JanieMc.....you may find it useful to look at this link [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_Living_Allowance]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability ... _Allowance[/url]. It explains the eligibility criteria for entitlement to the differing rates of DLA....hopefully this will help to you to understand things a little clearer. I have done no research into the governments thinking regarding the introduction of DLA but my assumption is that it was introduced to try and help individuals manage their care needs independently and give them freedom of choice as to how they do that....a straightforward example would be a person who is no longer able to take care of their personal hygiene or household chores without assistance....the allowance would be intended to support them in getting the care they need. I really don't understand your view point about having to prove financial loss....some families may be able to pool resources and share the burden without any one individual needing to forego a loss of wage....however, this doesn't diminish the level of burden of the care. It is important to understand, this is an allowance to compensate the person afflicted (i.e. the child, not the parent). In my experience, if you refer to the eligibility criteria, it is clear that any young child, if there diabetes is to be managed safely and NICE guidelines targets of control met needs Higher rate care attention to support them.....the reality is that statistics indicate that a shockingly small proportion of children with type 1 diabetes are meeting NICE guidelines for control.....I consider this to be very sad and very concerning.... in my very strong view, children with type 1 diabetes (and their families) need more support from the government and healthcare professionals, not less. [/QUOTE]
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