Will I be eligible for carers allowance?

Debbiejack

tonydw wrote: »

sorry to hijack post i cant remember how to post a new thread iam on esa and in the support group i claim for myself and my wife i receive £317.00 every 2 weeks my wife has just been told she has been awarded care allowance for me of £55 aweek will i get £55 aweek taken off my esa

No it won't come off your ESA
The carers allowance is for your wife for looking after you.

mancitychick

Op you will not qualify for carers allowance as you earn more than the limit allowed. Also the person you are caring for has to be in receipt of DLA.

I really cannot understand the vemon that has been directed towards the op. She asked about her entitlement to something, which is surely what these boards are for - help!

If a benefit exists that you qualify for, why wouldn't you claim it if you needed it? After all that is part why you pay into the system in the first place.

As for the comments on her salary, £30,000 is not a hugh salary, in fact in is not even anywhere near the higher tax bracket. Nobody knows the op's circumstances and how her partner's loss of salary whilst sick will impact on them being able to meet there outgoings. I know I would be unable to meet my family's outgoing on a 30k salary.

I bet most on here that criticised the op for "wanting to be paid to care for her hubby", would claim a benefit for caring for there loved one if they qualified for it and it would ease the burden at an already difficult time.

seeya23

Debbiejack wrote: »

No it won't come off your ESA
The carers allowance is for your wife for looking after you.

yes it will.... but you get Carer premium £31 so will only down £24 on esa a week but you get the carers allowance as well

tonydw

thank you for the info/ i do realize it may not be difficult for your self to post but i really cant find any tab that says post new thread may be its just my Alzheimer's that's giving me this problem

cazbust01

nannytone wrote: »

you can only claim carers allowance if you earn no more than £100 a week and if the person you are caring for freceives DLA at middle or high rate or AA

Regarding hte £100 per week you can earn when receiving carers allowance - what would happen if one week you earned over this ? for example if you were delayed at work and they paid you for an extra couple of hours ?
thanks in advance

kingfisherblue

cazbust01 wrote: »

Regarding hte £100 per week you can earn when receiving carers allowance - what would happen if one week you earned over this ? for example if you were delayed at work and they paid you for an extra couple of hours ?
thanks in advance

You should inform the CA unit at Preston and should lose your CA for that week. In reality, I doubt if many people would declare it.

lovetowinacar

dark_lady wrote: »

This is a very well worded post. Carers are the only people who HAVE to work 35 hours a week or more 365 days a year for their benefit.:T

Well said -:T:T:T

Wee_Willy_Harris

dark_lady wrote: »

This is a very well worded post. Carers are the only people who HAVE to work 35 hours a week or more 365 days a year for their benefit.:T

Apart from the full-time employed, of course.

kingfisherblue

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Apart from the full-time employed, of course.

People who are employed full time usually have at least one day off a week, usually two. They don't work 365 days of the year, whereas many carers do.

ETA: Full time employees also get a minimum of 28 days holiday a year from work. Many carers get no respite from their role at all.

Oldernotwiser

kingfisherblue wrote: »

People who are employed full time usually have at least one day off a week, usually two. They don't work 365 days of the year, whereas many carers do.

ETA: Full time employees also get a minimum of 28 days holiday a year from work. Many carers get no respite from their role at all.

But, unfortunately, there are people claiming CA (a very small minority I don't doubt) who don't even live within travelling distance of the people they're supposed to care for.