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I have to wake up at 4:30 for work, this has been the case for every job I've had for the last 5 years, but the last 12 months have been impossible for me. I've genuinely tried everything I can think of and I'm on the verge of being fired (currently typing this at 07:06AM knowing I'm going to end up being nearly 3 hours late to work). I use my phone alarms which are set every 15 mins from 4:15-5:00 and are all randomly chosen songs from my Spotify playlists in the hopes of stopping my brain from drowning out the noise. My partner's phone is set to the same times but that annoying iPhone alarm that sounds like a xylophone right next to your face. And I have a physical alarm clock set to 4:30. I sleep with all of these less than 12 inches from my face, and every morning I wake up hours afterwards to notifications that my alarms stopped automatically after the 10 minutes ring duration because I didn't even wake up to silence them. My job doesn't believe that I'm desperately trying not to be late, and I have no idea what else to do. PLEASE help me Reddit 😭

(sorry in advance for the lengthy post, I tend to over explain in hopes of full clarity)

Hi all, I'm writing on behalf of my 80 y/o grandmother who has recently had a brain tumour removed which resulted in the complete loss of sight in one eye, and majority loss in the other. She is obviously past the pension age, and has never had a PIP claim so I know she will not qualify for that, but I'm trying to find out as much as I can to help her after this development.

Prior to the surgery she was fully mobile, enjoyed driving (and was still very capable and safe on the road), etc, but now cannot get around unaided and has been forced to make a bedroom in her living room as she cannot get up the stairs in her house unaided, which also means she requires help with bathing as all facilities are upstairs. My grandfather is able to assist her and so she will remain living at home rather than be forced into care/assisted living.

They both claim a state pension, my grandfather may have had a private pension but they live extremely modestly so if so it can't be a lot. They own their house rather than renting, but still have mortgage payments.

I know she is in the process of getting a doctor's note to get a blue badge, but is there anything else they could claim to help them? I've tried looking online and seen different things, but I figured it would be easier to actually talk to a person who knows about it rather than go through a million links on a gov website. They don't want to move as they've been settled for nearly 20 years, so she'll need some help making her home accessible, and I'm sure there will be other unanticipated costs as a result of her sight loss, so I'm just really hoping I can find a way to make their lives a little bit easier now.

Thank you for reading this far, I appreciate any advice that could be offered!