Winter fuel allowance for care home residents

TrulyMadly

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if the winter fuel allowance is still paid to someone who is living in a care home (Over 80 and self funding)

Thank you

p00hsticks

It's payable at half the standard rate (i.e. £200 for an over-80 year old) providing you don't get Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance

If you do get any of those benefits, then you're not eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment if you live in a care home.

For confirmation of this, see the table under the heading 'How much you can get' in this link


http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Pensionsandretirementplanning/Benefits/BenefitsInRetirement/DG_10018657

TrulyMadly

Thank you for this information

richard9991

p00hsticks wrote: »

It's payable at half the standard rate (i.e. £200 for an over-80 year old) providing you don't get Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance

If you do get any of those benefits, then you're not eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment if you live in a care home.

For confirmation of this, see the table under the heading 'How much you can get' in this link


http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Pensionsandretirementplanning/Benefits/BenefitsInRetirement/DG_10018657

You won’t qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment if, during the week of 20–26 September 2010:

• you were in hospital for more than 52 weeks previously, getting free treatment as an inpatient
• you were in custody serving a court sentence
• you were subject to immigration control and did not qualify for help from the Department for Work and Pensions
• you lived in a care home, an independent hospital or Ilford Park Polish Resettlement Home (and had done so for the previous 12 weeks or more) and you were on Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance