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Another Carer's Allowence question...

Gillyo_2
Gillyo_2 Posts: 49 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
My mother, 80, receives AA middle rate, pension credit (guarantee) as well as a state pension, lives alone.
I may be entitled to CA due to my earnings, if I am entitled to CA, would this cause her to lose any of her entitlements?
Thanks

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  • nannytone_2
    nannytone_2 Posts: 13,011 Forumite
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    she would lose her sever disabilty premium.
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    There isn't a middle rate for AA.
  • Gillyo_2
    Gillyo_2 Posts: 49 Forumite
    Oldernotwiser wrote: »
    There isn't a middle rate for AA.
    Lower rate rather
  • Gillyo_2
    Gillyo_2 Posts: 49 Forumite
    nannytone wrote: »
    she would lose her sever disabilty premium.
    What exactly is sever disability premium, is it the AA she receives?
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    Gillyo wrote: »
    What exactly is sever disability premium, is it the AA she receives?

    It's a premium added to pension credit. The law says that someone claiming AA 9either rate) needs to live on more money than someone who doesn't claim AA.
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  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    Gillyo wrote: »
    Lower rate rather
    Gillyo wrote: »
    What exactly is sever disability premium, is it the AA she receives?
    If she get low rate AA I doubt vey much she will get SDP.
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  • Robbie64
    Robbie64 Posts: 2,343 Forumite
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    The Severe Disability Premium (known as an additional amount for Severe Disability under Pension Credit) can be payable for either rate of Attendance Allowance. The lower rate of AA is equivalent to the middle rate of DLA.
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