carers allowance / attendance allowance ?

cbrown372

satarical wrote: »

You would be surprised how many genuine carers of this type are never paid Carers Allowance even though they are entitled to it. The reason you give is quite the normal reaction - loss of AA.



Indeed, many also do not claim Pension Credit or other low income/age related benefits.

There is an undercurrent in this country that if you are asking 'what am I entitled to' you are slammed as a scrounger and a leech.

What I would do is either get hold of the DWP' Pension/Carers visiting team who will come out to her and see what she should be claiming and missing out of. Aternatively, go and see Age UK.

It just isn't right that us 'oldies' are left behind in the benefit claiming race just because we sometimes don't know what we are entitled to.
If you want to see what is happening in the real world, spend 10 mins outside the local jobcentre just to see who is claiming these benefits. You won't see a pensioner in sight!

Whereas you, Andy, on the other hand claim anything and everything you can and then say you have never claimed a thing?

Mojisola

metrobus wrote: »

I have told her she may be entitled to carers allowance but she is afraid her mother will lose her attendance allowance if she does.

nannytone wrote: »

no, the mother wont lose her attendance allowance, and as they live together she wont be receiving a severe disability premium, which would be lost if the mother were living alone.

Just to make the original post clearer -

nannytone is absolutely right. In fact, a carer can't even claim CA unless the person they are caring for is receiving AA or certain other benefits.

There are a range of myths that put people off claiming benefits - such as someone losing their AA if a carer claims CA for looking after them.

Better?

satarical

cbrown372 wrote: »

Whereas you, Andy, on the other hand claim anything and everything you can and then say you have never claimed a thing?

My mother never named me Andy so why are you?

If you read my other posts I quite clearly said that I could claim but choose not to as we don't need the extra money.

We don't claim anything and everything. We claim what our entitlement is to the extent to what we need.
I also made a comment earlier that in all of the 44 years of working and my wife staying at home since our marriage to bring the children up, the only benefit that we have ever claimed was Family Allowance - and that was 'forced' upon us.

Since I have retired three years ago, I decided to find out what the State could offer us. I was surprised to find that there was a lot! So given that I haven't been a drain on society for the 44 years, unlike a lot in this country that have, I decided to apply for those benefits that were available.

I was shocked at the time over the amount that is paid out - it opened my eyes!
So now I think quite rightly that my time has come to take what we need from the Welfare system. Others do, why not us!

cbrown372

satarical wrote: »

My mother never named me Andy so why are you?

If you read my other posts I quite clearly said that I could claim but choose not to as we don't need the extra money.

We don't claim anything and everything. We claim what our entitlement is to the extent to what we need.
I also made a comment earlier that in all of the 44 years of working and my wife staying at home since our marriage to bring the children up, the only benefit that we have ever claimed was Family Allowance - and that was 'forced' upon us.

Since I have retired three years ago, I decided to find out what the State could offer us. I was surprised to find that there was a lot! So given that I haven't been a drain on society for the 44 years, unlike a lot in this country that have, I decided to apply for those benefits that were available.

I was shocked at the time over the amount that is paid out - it opened my eyes!
So now I think quite rightly that my time has come to take what we need from the Welfare system. Others do, why not us!

ok then I'll call you Flo, I suppose this was forced on you too?

satarical wrote: »

But the fact is that there are many current awards of DLA that have been given soley on the basis of the application form with no medical evidence being presented.

I had my low mobility element awarded in 2004 simply based on the DLA1 form!!

frankie61

I get middle rate DLA what happens when it is changed to attendence allowance, is it automatically changed:A

Torry_Quine

frankie61 wrote: »

I get middle rate DLA what happens when it is changed to attendence allowance, is it automatically changed:A

As long as you remain entitled to DLA then it will continue. It won't change to AA even after pension age.