Will my mothers benefits be cut if I move in with her?

nannytone_2

[Bbecause of the DLA there would be no non dependant sesuctions.
when my daughter and son in law moved in with me ( both working) i still had to pay NP council tax because o received DLA.

it does seem wrong but it is just the way it is[/B]

Parisian

Thank you all for clarifying the council tax issue

I am thinking I will move in with my mum in about a month - who are all the parties I need to notify? I am guessing there is no single port of call - would it be the DWP, the Council and possibly Social Services (she currently makes a contribution towards her care/personal budget... and this will perhaps need to be reduced if she will now be receiving less benefits - not sure if I notify them of the day I move in, or from when I hear back from the DWP about her reduced benefits)?
I'm not sure how they expect a blind lady to manage all this herself. I of course will help with this (it's the reason I am moving in, in the first place - she is unable to manage all the current correspondence etc. without my help)

nannytone_2

it would just be housing benefit and council tax that you need to inform.
it wont affect the amount of benefit that she receives, but they need to know that you are living in the property.
the amount she has to contribute towards her care will not change, as it is a flat rate ahd not on a sliding scale.

i am blind and i have a PA, but i manage my affiars myself.
i recently moved, and gad help physically moving ...
but i notified all departments that needed to know and closed my old claims/opened my new claims etc.

dont inder estimate what she can do ... its her eyes that are affected and not her brain

Parisian

nannytone wrote: »

it would just be housing benefit and council tax that you need to inform.
it wont affect the amount of benefit that she receives, but they need to know that you are living in the property.
the amount she has to contribute towards her care will not change, as it is a flat rate ahd not on a sliding scale.

i am blind and i have a PA, but i manage my affiars myself.
i recently moved, and gad help physically moving ...
but i notified all departments that needed to know and closed my old claims/opened my new claims etc.

dont inder estimate what she can do ... its her eyes that are affected and not her brain

I'm confused - you mentioned that the severe disability of her pension credit would be cut.... so presumably they would need to be informed? I'm guessing this is the DWP...
A small payment of less than £20 a month is paid towards the mortgage on her behalf ... would this change?

The amount she contributes to her care is based on her income and disregards some benefits components. I presume if her overall income reduces, she will be assessed to contribute less.

Unfortunately, there are more issues than her eyesight x

nannytone_2

sorry ... i thought you meant who had to be informed from your point of view, not your mothers..

if you phone DWP, they will inform DLA/ension credit for you. but make sure you ask them to. or you can just phone them individually. you will need to inform the council.

the fact that your mum gets a means tested benefit is what counts with social services and not the amount.
so the pension credit and severe disability premium would have been ignored.
what counts is the non means tested benefit. in your mums case, thats DLA.
this is how it works in my area, i dont know if it is the same everywhere....
if you get low rate care you dont have to contribute anything
middle rate care you contribute £26 a week
high rate care you contribute £45 a week.

no sliding scale. it just depends which rate of DLA you get as to how much you need to contribute.

to be honest, she shouldnt actually miss the severe disability premium as you will be paying half the expenses anyway. so if anything she should have a little more spare cash in her pocket, unless you wereconsidering contributing less than £30 a week?

Parisian

Thanks nannytone

That's interesting... It's different in our area. I can't remember the exact details, but certainly the pension credit is taken into account as income, and some other components are disregarded. She and her friends in the area contribute anything from nothing to in the hundreds (all receiving middle or higher rate DLA care component). I can look into it more if you were interested.

elsien

Personally I would let DLA know independently of the other DWP lot.
I've had a few occasions of mistakes been made because I only informed DWP and no-one let DLA know. Caused a big overpayment and huge confusion a couple of years back. Communication between departments isn't all it could be.

nannytone_2

Parisian wrote: »

Thanks nannytone

That's interesting... It's different in our area. I can't remember the exact details, but certainly the pension credit is taken into account as income, and some other components are disregarded. She and her friends in the area contribute anything from nothing to in the hundreds (all receiving middle or higher rate DLA care component). I can look into it more if you were interested.

those that pau most will have capital ( savings/assets)
there is a minimum amount that your mum is allowed to live on ( pension credit) although it will be noted, it cant be assessed when it comes to how much she can contribute.
obly income aboce this minimum amount is considered