Carers allowence

patchpatch

I was wondering if anyone could give us some advice.my husband is my full time carer I have ms. in febuary he will be 65 and we have been told we will lose our carers allowance.thats a lot of money to lose we rely upon it is there anyway of getting carers allowance back.any help would be appreciated.

wilf55

i didnt think but wasnt sure that there was an upper age limit on carers allowance but here is a link for some information on eligibility im sure someone will come along that actually knows.....

http://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/help-with-money/benefits-a-tax-credits/carers-allowance/who-can-get-carers-allowance?gclid=CNPY4PO2-LsCFSj3wgod9E0AfA

Indie_Kid

If he receives pension credit, he can still claim the carers premium.

Mojisola

patchpatch wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone could give us some advice.my husband is my full time carer I have ms. in febuary he will be 65 and we have been told we will lose our carers allowance.thats a lot of money to lose we rely upon it is there anyway of getting carers allowance back.any help would be appreciated.

He may not receive the full amount of CA but could still be entitled to an "underlying entitlement to CA" which can bring in additional money even if it isn't the full amount.

Ask AgeUK for a benefit review - make sure you're both getting what you're entitled to.

margaretclare

You can't get carers' allowance and state retirement pension at the same time because they're 'overlapping benefits', but you can still get the other things as described by others.

Mojisola

patchpatch wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone could give us some advice.my husband is my full time carer I have ms. in febuary he will be 65 and we have been told we will lose our carers allowance.thats a lot of money to lose we rely upon it is there anyway of getting carers allowance back.any help would be appreciated.

Does he know how much his pension will be - remember you won't be losing all that money as such because he will be getting the state pension.

xylophone

the state pension.

And possibly a private/occupational pension?

Robbie64

margaretclare wrote: »

You can't get carers' allowance and state retirement pension at the same time because they're 'overlapping benefits', but you can still get the other things as described by others.

You can receive both at the same time but only when State Retirement Pension is less than Carers Allowance. In this case the difference between the two is paid as Carers Allowance.