new to this help needed please x

dotty101

Hi wondered if anyone can please help i have a disablity which is getting worse and now need my fiance to look after me through the day and night i do get dla at higher rate.

We need him to give up work to look after me and my disbled son who recieves low mobilty and medium rate care.

This is what we recieve at the moment please could anyone advise on benefits my partner could claim for himself.

dla higher rate for me £526
dla mediumcare low mobilty for my son £289.60
child tax credit £ 459.60
child benefit £81.20
carers allowance i claim for my son £233.80
housing benefit £ 194.95 every two weeks
council tax reduction
working tax credit £96.25
partners wage £1047.00

this is what we were recieving before him having to give up work he wont recieve his wage and working tax credit when he gives up work but if anyone can advise us on benefits he could claim i would be grateful.

thanks

gingergee

I think, as carers allowance is being claimed, that you could claim income support for the family. xx

skintandscared_2

Aside from the HB, are those figures monthly? So basically you have a monthly income of £1,979.50 plus council tax benefit, not even allowing for your partner's wage and the working tax credit?

If your partner is giving up work to look after you, can he not claim carer's allowance too?

mildred1978

skintandscared wrote: »

Aside from the HB, are those figures monthly? So basically you have a monthly income of £1,979.50 plus council tax benefit, not even allowing for your partner's wage and the working tax credit?

If your partner is giving up work to look after you, can he not claim carer's allowance too?

They're 4 weekly aren't they? So more like £2145.50 per month. :eek:

sleepless_saver

He should claim carers allowance for looking after you, and one of you should claim income support for you as a couple. Probably best if you do that as you are already getting carers allowance which is what triggers the income support entitlement.

You'd get full housing benefit, council tax benefit and child tax credit, but lose the working tax credit.

princessdon

How can you claim carers allowance when you need full time care yourself, so much care that your partner needs to give up work?

or does your partner care for your child when he comes home from work?

I'm not going to dwell too much on the fact you get more in low wages + benefits than a higher rate tax payer and that is without any housing and rent.

But as said you will get CA (but lose 1 CA as you can't seriously claim you care if you need care) and IS - but lose WTC and Wages for the rate of IS - so you will be less off financially - but have more to live on than most.

welshmoneylover

dotty101 wrote: »

Hi wondered if anyone can please help i have a disablity which is getting worse and now need my fiance to look after me through the day and night i do get dla at higher rate.

We need him to give up work to look after me and my disbled son who recieves low mobilty and medium rate care.

This is what we recieve at the moment please could anyone advise on benefits my partner could claim for himself.

dla higher rate for me £526
dla mediumcare low mobilty for my son £289.60
child tax credit £ 459.60
child benefit £81.20
carers allowance i claim for my son £233.80
housing benefit £ 194.95 every two weeks
council tax reduction
working tax credit £96.25
partners wage £1047.00

this is what we were recieving before him having to give up work he wont recieve his wage and working tax credit when he gives up work but if anyone can advise us on benefits he could claim i would be grateful.

thanks

You seem to be getting more in benefits than some people receive as a wage!

And you want more? :T

I'll get my popcorn and pull up a chair for this one.

mynameistallulah

princessdon wrote: »

How can you claim carers allowance when you need full time care yourself, so much care that your partner needs to give up work?

That is the magic question we are not allowed to ask!

Mara69

mynameistallulah wrote: »

That is the magic question we are not allowed to ask!

I know the answer to this one, cos I have been told (off) A person with a bad back (for example) can care for someone with mental health problems and vice versa. Keeping it in the family like this means that benefits are maximised + 1.

mynameistallulah

Mara69 wrote: »

I know the answer to this one, cos I have been told (off) A person with a bad back (for example) can care for someone with mental health problems and vice versa. Keeping it in the family like this means that benefits are maximised + 1.

You're not the only one! Still amazed that these people are fit enough to swing into action in an emergency, either physically or mentally - but hey, what do I know?

midnight_express

mildred1978 wrote: »

They're 4 weekly aren't they? So more like £2145.50 per month. :eek:

If this is amount is what someone who is "new to this" gets I'd hate to see how much an expert rakes in. It seems very unfair when you think JSA is only £71 or £111 for a couple and many people have to live and pay a mortgage on this.