Impossible Carer's Allowance & Benefits Situation

Another_Username_4

Her entitlements, as stated in her letter, include:

"Extra money because you are severely disabled" and there is also a "Disability Income Guarantee". The rest is a breakdown of her DLA.

We expect to hear from the CAB in due course concerning this matter.

mikey_bach

my figure now she roughly gets £168.15 ish now ESA plus DLA. Plus HB

If you claimed CA she would drop to £119.85
You would get either £106 IS and CA in total plus your HB or
You are correct you can not get ESA and CA both in Payment but you would get the CP and ESA still makes £106 ish plus your HB

If you moved in together its £199.40 in total if you claimed CA, plus one HB to cover rent on the HH

so £26 worse off if you move in together, and one HB lost

wait then to you hear back from CAB as they have your full details,
wish you well whatever you decide

Another_Username_4

Thanks very much for this Mikey. Appreciated.

Your figures agree with those given to us today by the CAB, but there is one difference.

You state that we would only be £26 per week worse off. That is not correct. Should I receive ESA at £212 (every two weeks), and add this to my partner's £310 (every two weeks) which she currently receives, this totals £522. If I claim CA my benefit becomes £106 for two weeks, a drop of £106. This results in a new joint income of £416. This is whether I live with my partner or we live separately. So that's a drop in benefits of £106, which is twice what you are saying. You still haven't included the drop in ESA she will also have to incurs, roughly (I forget the exact figures - tired and need sleep :O) but we were told it was £172 for two weeks.

I must admit it is difficult to understand so we will sit tight and await the CAB's response.

Thanks again for your help.

2012ismyyear

I have seen my father have fit after fit and looked after him with my mum and my sister. He has been admitted to hospital to be sent out and a couple of days later be in the same boat again, myself my mother and my sister with our hearts in our mouths hoping for him to be ok. He has has a double hip operation and has gone to work whilst nearly bent over double in pain because my mother and father are workers. Then after he has his hip replacements was told by a doctor that he was OK to go up ladders and on scaffolding ON CRUTCHES and that he could go back to work straight away even though he had only claimed benifit for a few months! They stopped it straight away and he had to go back to work. They had no choice you have to do what you need to for your family and if that means getting two jobs like I have just had to then so be it.

enabledebra

2012ismyyear wrote: »

I have seen my father have fit after fit and looked after him with my mum and my sister. He has been admitted to hospital to be sent out and a couple of days later be in the same boat again, myself my mother and my sister with our hearts in our mouths hoping for him to be ok. He has has a double hip operation and has gone to work whilst nearly bent over double in pain because my mother and father are workers. Then after he has his hip replacements was told by a doctor that he was OK to go up ladders and on scaffolding ON CRUTCHES and that he could go back to work straight away even though he had only claimed benifit for a few months! They stopped it straight away and he had to go back to work. They had no choice you have to do what you need to for your family and if that means getting two jobs like I have just had to then so be it.

I think an appeal or a change of career might be an option if he is still having to use crutches. If he was claiming ESA it would continue to be paid at a basic rate until the appeal is heard. Alternatively, he could claim JSA whilst looking for other work.

I'm assuming that he his GP is willing to write a fit note stating that he can't safely climb ladders on crutches. His employer/contractor also needs to apply industry safety standards. Being deemed fit for work doesn't mean fit for all and any work.

2012ismyyear

This was a while ago and when he went to the medical exam they told him he would not get anymore benifit now he was fit to work. Please tell me how a 61 year old plumber and labourer gets a different job when he has been in that work since 15 years old. Especially when that is all he has ever known. He went back they needed money to pay bills. He had no choice he is a year away from his pension and he looks so tired, and I can't wait for him to finally get what he DESERVES!

Morglin

Claim Carers Allowance, because it may help with any housing benefit caps/room restrictions, provides 'premiums' for means tested benefits, and with her on DLA, it also means that any benefit caps will not apply to you:

"Household benefit Cap, April 2013
Households of claimants of benefit will see the total amount they receive capped at £500 per week if they are a couple and £350 per week if they are single. This will not be enforced for households were a member of the household is in receipt of DLA or Attendance Allowance........"

http://www.dls.org.uk/advice/welfarebenefits.html

http://trainonthetracks.com/3-august-2012-amount-of-local-housing-allowance-where-extra-bedroom-required-due-to-needs-of-disabled-person

Lin

Another_Username_4

While I am sorry to hear about the plights of others here I am dismayed that this thread has been hijacked with a story which should have been started in a new thread. I have had enough.

It's typical of most forums though - it is always a small number of people who offer their help while a few others spoil things. I have been very patient and now it is time to leave.

Thanks to those who have been understanding and whom have offered their help. To the others, well, I'm sure you would still say we should be going to work, pay our employer for the privilege and have two jobs each, no matter how severe our problems. There's being reasonable and being stupid. I don't profess to being 100% at the reasonable end at all times myself but I am trying to do what I see is right.

Best wishes to those who see common sense and understand how difficult it can be for some of us in the real world.

Spamfree_2

Another_Username wrote: »

While I am sorry to hear about the plights of others here I am dismayed that this thread has been hijacked with a story which should have been started in a new thread. I have had enough.

It's typical of most forums though - it is always a small number of people who offer their help while a few others spoil things. I have been very patient and now it is time to leave.

Thanks to those who have been understanding and whom have offered their help. To the others, well, I'm sure you would still say we should be going to work, pay our employer for the privilege and have two jobs each, no matter how severe our problems. There's being reasonable and being stupid. I don't profess to being 100% at the reasonable end at all times myself but I am trying to do what I see is right.

Best wishes to those who see common sense and understand how difficult it can be for some of us in the real world.

We all live in the real world, even us workers.

And whilst it would be fantastic if two people who got married still raked in 2 lots of benefit money, that isn't how it works. Because it's the real world.

fishybusiness

Dear me, so thanks go to all those that agree and understand your position, and anyone that dare disagree, well those people obviously are in no way reasonable!

but I will NOT take a job where I would be paid less than the amount I would get in benefits.

Why not? Going out to work, or even voluntary work is good for ones health, self esteem, social circles, being part of the world and general well being.

Perhaps, when all said and done you didn't want it suggested that you may have to 'lose money', used in a very loose sense, to be able to live with your partner.

Also, perhaps you should be thinking about the gains that living with your loved one could bring rather than what you could lose.