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Originally Posted by nomadking
You got to admit that is more than a bit suspicious. IE Claiming difficulties with caring for yourself, but also claim to have no difficulties caring for somebody else.
There is a well known case relating to DLA, ie known as Moyna. It went to the House of Lords(now the Supreme Court). A Woman claimed she had difficultly preparing a main meal for one, which was the test. On the other hand she admitted that she prepared meals for the whole family. She lost, but in the ruling, the Law Lords set out the principles upon which decisions on that area were meant to be made.
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There's nothing automatically suspicious about someone who is disabled who is also a carer eg a blind person may be able to be guided by a seeing person who is a wheelchair user. In addition, the term 'care' was never defined by Parliament and claims have been paid based upon a physically disabled person simply watching television with a mentally impaired person whilst talking about/explaining the programme, making prompts etc. As long as this is done for 35 hours a week or more, it's perfectly in order.
Even if the above were not the case, it is never acceptable for a so called professional to refer to a claimant as 'a lying bitch'.