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attendance allowance and carers

mercedes125
mercedes125 Posts: 402 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
My grandmother has just been awarded attendance allowance so she is eligable for a carer but she dosn,t know any one who can be her carer so social services are going to do a care plan where she will have to have carers going to help her at least twice a day she will be having to pay for this herself so would she be able to claim the carers allowance to put towards the cost of the carers.
Thankyou

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  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    Carers allowance is paid to the person caring. She can't claim it for someone to come in and care for her.
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  • Juicyloo
    Juicyloo Posts: 268 Forumite
    attendance allowance is to put towards the cost of carers
  • mercedes125
    mercedes125 Posts: 402 Forumite
    Ok thanks for your reply,s i was just unsure how it worked.
  • Js_Other_Half
    Js_Other_Half Posts: 3,116 Forumite
    She may be entitled to means tested benefits depending on her income and savings. Being in receipt of AA increases the 'applicable amount' that it is deemed she needs to live on, especially if no one is claiming Carer's Allowance for her.

    Have you tried http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx and put in some numbers?
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    Juicyloo wrote: »
    attendance allowance is to put towards the cost of carers

    only if thats how you chose to use it
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