Adapting a home in Scotland following a compensation claim
If you have suffered serious injury in an accident and are considering, or awaiting the outcome of, a compensation claim in Scotland, you may soon have to think about either adapting your own current home to meet your particular needs or investing in one that fulfils these.
Fortunately, compensation claims in Scotland should account for your future needs and the extent of your disability. So whether you have suffered a permanent leg, neck, brain or spinal injury, the amount of damages you receive for this should be reflected in the final settlement.
Hopefully, this figure should provide you with enough money to allow you the best chance at the most independent life possible - having a successfully adapted home will form part of this.
The design of any good adapted home should consider such key questions as:
- How much mobility do you have? This includes the mobility of your hands, arms and neck?
- Do you require help getting from place to place?
- How strong are you?
- How strong is your grip?
- Can you remain upright for prolonged periods?
- How good is your short-term memory?
- How good are your eyesight and hearing?
- How able are you to provide your own meals?
- Will you be requiring live-in assistance?
An assessment of these questions will be an important piece of groundwork in helping you decide what your home needs are.
Working through these questions before you mount your personal injury claim will also help your no win, no fee solicitor argue for an award appropriate to your needs.
The following web pages may be of assistance to anyone who is about to embark on preparing themselves for life in their first adapted home: Advice fromFalkirk Council, Focus on Disability, and Communities Scotland.
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Whether it was on Scotland's roads or in the Scottish workplace, if you have suffered serious injury in an accident that was not wholly your fault, you will probably be entitled to receive compensation.
Our no win, no fee lawyers offer so much more than their name would imply. This is because we go beyond a simple "no win, no fee" service and in fact offer one that is completely cost-free, win or lose.
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