claiming CA for a partner/child or anyone else

epitome

Say someone is getting DLA middle rate £xx /week

Someone else is going to care for them and claim CA at £yy per week

What is the rule on how it affects the DLA? I heard that the £yy CA is deducted from the £xx DLA pound for pound

and therefore it makes no economic sense at all for a partner or parent to claim CA..... Except when there is no household income because then in those circs it would be needed in order to claim IS.

Anyone know the facts here?

kingfisherblue

DLA is not reduced if someone claims CA. You can use DLA to pay for a private carer, but this is different from somebody fulfilling the criteria for claiming CA.

ETA: if a person claiming CA is also claiming IS, a carer's premium is added to IS and then it is reduced by the amount of CA - are you getting mixed up with this?

epitome

kingfisherblue wrote: »

DLA is not reduced if someone claims CA. You can use DLA to pay for a private carer, but this is different from somebody fulfilling the criteria for claiming CA.

ETA: if a person claiming CA is also claiming IS, a carer's premium is added to IS and then it is reduced by the amount of CA - are you getting mixed up with this?

No it was told to me by someone else like I said, but maybe that someone was getting confused with the CA deducted from IS.

nannytone_2

if the person receiving care, lives alone, their severe disability premium will be stopped if someone is claiming CA for looking after them.

perhaps this is what has caused the confusion?

Cpt.Scarlet

Claiming CA will affect somone in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium.