Carers allowence

daff_duck

Thanx. My hubby would never ring and report anyone especially his mum! As I said I am scared too in case they find out it was me and you know the old saying " what comes around goes around ".

Pollycat

daff_duck wrote: »

Thanx. My hubby would never ring and report anyone especially his mum! .

But wouldn't he be reporting his brother, not his Mum?

TBH, I'm not really sure what detail the CA application asks for about the person being cared for.

FBaby

The care package she is getting might be clinical and above what might be required of a carer getting carers allowance. However he SHOULD be providing 35 hours worth of care and if he isn't he its a benefit cheat and should be reported. it its an insult to both tax payers and you mother in law. someone does need to report her hospital stay as it highly likely this will be reported internally and likely to result in them questioning it.

daff_duck

FBaby the care package they have sent her home with is to go in in the morning and get her up, washed and give her breakfast. This applies to night time also, they will go in put give her supper and put her to bed which in my opinion is what my BIL is paid carers to do. I think when the house is quite tomorrow I shall ring DWP and see what they say. My OH is working and so am I and we have to go down everyday to see to her because he is not so I think I have a right to report this don't you? However how will carers actually know if he is doing the required hours or not because she will most definitely say he is so as not to upset him?

margaretclare

I don't think the carers will know what BIL is doing or not - it isn't their job to check up on him, just to do the things that they've been asked to do. They will be in and out, but it would be quite possible, in fact easy, for someone else to spend 35 hours a week in a caring role on top of what the carers are doing. Someone in a caring role and claiming CA could easily spend several hours out of the 24 just keeping an eye on her, keeping her company, all kinds of things spring to mind over and above what the carers will be doing as you've listed.

Do you mean to say that BIL has still been claiming CA for all the weeks and months MIL has been in and our of hospital? He can't have been doing any caring at all while she was in, that's why AA and CA are stopped after 4 weeks in hospital - because someone else, i.e. hospital staff, are doing the caring!

I would shop this guy in a heartbeat. No one will know 'it was you', but that's not a consideration that would bother me at all.

daff_duck

I do believe carers stops after 12 weeks off hospitalisation, however This man does absolutely zilch, he does not go down her flat from one week to the next, we do all shopping and posting letters etc.. but if he says he does then the carers will continue surely? He didnt even visit when she was in hospital. As stated before he is an alcoholic but doesn't like to admit it.

FBaby

Personally, I would have no qualms reporting someone who is clearly manipulating the system to his benefit at the detriment of his mother. It's disgusting. It's not just the fact that he is claiming money he isn't entitled to doing nothing, but even more importantly the fact he is not providing the care his mother required. He should be ashamed and so sad that his mother think it is acceptable.

Please don't say that she is also claiming motability and that he is named as the main driver.....

daff_duck

She did get a motability car ages ago but because he wouldn't take her anywhere ( we had to do it using our car) we made her take it back and just get the money instead. He just used the car when he wanted it. I do believe that if no-one is claiming carers and she lies alone she would get a premium which could help pay for meals on wheels which would mean we didn't have to go everyday and cook for her. The other thing is that although we do everything it is all at our own cost, petrol, time off work , ingredients etc. His mum doesn't even offer to help with any costs at all and I am not sure how to approach this without seeming horrible and selfish as when I bring this up yo my OH he just says "well she is my mother". Thanx for listening I needed to get it off my chest.

Elvisia

He won't get it when she was in hospital so just ring up, he won't know it's you. The hospital could have contacted them. Then he'll have an overpayment, which will have to be paid back. And will serve him right. I find it infuriating that it's so easy to claim carer's allowance but JSA which isn't that much more is so difficult to get. The Welfare budget is being slashed and yet money is thrown away on people like this.

northerntwo1

Lets not forget that if he gets Carers the chances are he gets other benefits as a result. Income Support etc. The extra income he gets (over Job Seekers) is enabling his alcoholism, he may be forced to face up to this own problems if his income is reduced, he has to go on work related activities or seek help medically if he wishes to be exempt.

In short this could be the thing that changes his life - at present you are enabling him to continue to abuse alcohol in a roundabout way.