Crocketford leg injury woman could lose benefits
Crocketford leg injury woman could lose benefitsJul 20 2011 by Kieran Westbrook, Dumfries Standard Wednesday
A WOMAN recovering from a horror leg break has been told to get back to work or find another job.
Care assistant Robina Zarepour, 53, shattered her leg in a fall while holidaying in Wales in August 2010.
She suffered a broken shin, multiple cracks in her bones and a spiral fracture in her tibia.
She spent months wheelchair-bound and still uses a crutch to walk.
But benefits bosses this week ruled she is fit to work.
If she cannot continue as a care assistant, their advice is “find another job”.
Mrs Zarepour (left) was receiving employment and support allowance while she recovered from the injury.
In June the Department of Work and Pensions carried out an assessment which Mrs Zarepour maintains was so generalised it did not address her particular situation.
She appealed the ruling and claims she was simply told to find a different job from the one she loves at Goldielea Nursing Home.
She said: “I have been forced into a total catch-22 situation. I can’t work – I have a broken leg. The assessment they carried out had nothing to do with my leg.
“I love my job and Goldielea have been great with me. They have kept me on their books so that I can return when my leg heals.
“So much of my work is physically moving people around and helping them move, I simply can’t do that with a broken leg.”
She added: “If I leave them I’ll be on the dole for the first time in my life and will be far less likely to be taken back on by them. And who’s to say that I’d be able to find another job – I’ll become another statistic.”
Mrs Zarepour of Blackpark Cottage, Crocketford, had been employed by Goldielea for three years when she suffered her fall. She had been camping with her family when she tripped on a guy rope.
After the fall, she spent three days in Welsh hospitals before being taken home by her partner, Graham.
She received a letter on Saturday telling her that her Employment and Support Allowance would be cut off.
She added: “It’s been absolute hell. I’ve been so worried. That money is keeping me afloat.”
A spokeswoman for the Department of Work and Pensions said: “The Work Capability Assessment has been developed to look at what a person can do as well as what they cannot.
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