Confused and benefits advisor no help!

krisskross

DX2 wrote: »

Why would he be eligible to claim AA when he gets DLA already?

And he would need to be 65 for AA:rotfl:

Donought

Thanks for all the suggestions - I'm a bit new to all the acronyms but am trying to figure it out!!

dmg24 - 'truly full-time athletes receive funding' - I don't know where your information comes from but there is funding and there is funding. I believe having gone to 3 Paralympic games counts as him as a full-time athlete. Unfortunately unless you are in an individual sport and win a medal there is virtually no funding. Coming 4th counts for nothing, despite being the 4th best in the world.

Further, by virture of being in a wheelchair he has lots of other medial problems....breaking your neck tends to do that to you.

D

GlasweJen

I'm not sure OP, if your husband claims any care component of DLA or if he only gets the higher mobility component?

sunnyone

2_litre wrote: »

Why don't you mind your own business ?

I am a full time wheelchair user after a spinal injury are you?

And the wheelchair dosnt stop me working full time its the lack of function in my arms/hands and that also prevents me from doing wheelchair sports, never mind being a world class paralympic.

Donought

Hey,

No but my husband is. And yes, it's the lack of function and not the wheelchair that poses many problems but I didn't want to go into that on here. Also, as far as my experience goes the majority (perhaps a small majority) of people unlucky enough to have a spinal injury receive some form of compensation from insurance claims. My husband did not receive any and was young at the time of his accident.

Can I ask what benefits you get sunny or do you work so you don't claim?

As I said in earlier posts, I have never claimed before and am wanting to re-train (from a Pyschologist to an interpreter) but need to know if we can afford it given my husband not wokring, or likely to get a well paid job if he could find the work or the time to do the work!

Cheers.

sunnyone

Donought wrote: »

Hey,

No but my husband is. And yes, it's the lack of function and not the wheelchair that poses many problems but I didn't want to go into that on here. Also, as far as my experience goes the majority (perhaps a small majority) of people unlucky enough to have a spinal injury receive some form of compensation from insurance claims. My husband did not receive any and was young at the time of his accident.

Can I ask what benefits you get sunny or do you work so you don't claim?

As I said in earlier posts, I have never claimed before and am wanting to re-train (from a Pyschologist to an interpreter) but need to know if we can afford it given my husband not wokring, or likely to get a well paid job if he could find the work or the time to do the work!

Cheers.

I claim what I am entitled to, IVB and full DLA with a band reduction in council tax because I need a bigger home to wheel around and thats all, no houseing costs or anything else.

ShaunJUK

Donought wrote: »

Hi-

I wonder if anyone can help - I have tried going on Goverment websites etc and asking at the Jobcentre for an appointment for an advisor to help with benefits but I seem to be getting nowhere.

Quick summary. My husband is disabled (full-time wheelchair user), gets high rate DLA and used to get IS before we were together. I have always worked but I am going to lose my job in June. I am in the process of re-training and would like to go back to Uni to do a part-time (less than 16hrs a week) Masters. I have a mortgage and my husband has no income (he's a full-time athlete).

Does anyone know roughly what we would be able to claim for and some rough (I know it's all personal circumstances) figures?? I am trying to figure out if we could scrimp through on benefits until my course is finished or whether I need to find another job asap. I also have 2 children (7 and 4).

My understanding is we would get Child Benefit, Tax credits, DLA and council tax benefit, and my husband could claim for income support but I have no idea of the 'income' and no-one can tell me.

Any advice? Also are there any other benefits he should be getting...I keep hearing about incapacity benefit but I don't think he is eligible - he broke his neck age 19 but was in South Africa and has been living here for 15 years (he is British).

Cheers,

D

You could apply to become your husbands carer and claim Carers Allowance and Income Support

Carers Allowance - £53.10

Income Support - £100.95 + Carers Premium £29.50 + Disability Premium (couple) £39.15
however Carers Allowance taken fully into account on Income Support so you will receive £116.50 from Income Support.


Carers Allowance + Income Support = £169.60 a week

Donought

Thanks Shaun, that's exactly what I was looking for. Really appreciate it.

What is IVB?? My husband isn't claiming anything other than DLA.....

Indie_Kid

IVB = invadility benefit. This doesn't exist now for new claimants, adn hasn't done for years.

sunnyone

sh1305 wrote: »

IVB = invadility benefit. This doesn't exist now for new claimants, adn hasn't done for years.

IVB changed to IB in 1995 and it is a contributions based benefit for people who are unable to work due to illness or disability, the modern benefit is ESA and your husband would only be eligable if he has paid the relivant 2 full years of national insurance contributions or it can be claimed income based, like JSA.