What might my mum be entitled too?

sjohnson87

Hi everyone, im sort of new to posting, but a long time lurker,
My situation is that my mum is awaiting a operation for a knee replacement, she has been waiting over a year and due to complications with high blood pressure etc, they had to delay and now have booked her in for april.
She has been out of work for nearly a year,as she can only stand/sit in certain postions.
as a result of this my mum and dad are struggling finacially, she went to the job centre about 6 months ago and said she couldnt claim disability allowence because the illness is only temp.
So would she be entitled to anything else?? I was looking at incapacity benifit but got confused,
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks

Indie_Kid

She may be entitled to ESA, if she has either paid enough national insurance over the last few tax years or the household income is low enough.

Newly_retired

Employment Support Allowance