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Can I claim carers allowance ?
gorgeousgeorge
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Was wondering if I could claim carers allowance for looking after a friend?
My partner gets state pension, he also receives army pension, and a private pension, and a tiny bit of savings element of pension credit.
This brings our income to being about £270 a week
We also get a tiny bit of H/B and C/T each week, as my son still lives at home.
My friend who is disabled gets DLA , mobility, ( or it might be contribution based ESA) both high rate, she is also registered blind.
Her husband works full time, does different shifts each day.
She has suggested to me that I become her carer to help her out as she is finding day to day things a struggle even more now.
Would I be able to claim carers allowance, or would it affect our benefits? Also would it affect her benefits also?
My partner gets state pension, he also receives army pension, and a private pension, and a tiny bit of savings element of pension credit.
This brings our income to being about £270 a week
We also get a tiny bit of H/B and C/T each week, as my son still lives at home.
My friend who is disabled gets DLA , mobility, ( or it might be contribution based ESA) both high rate, she is also registered blind.
Her husband works full time, does different shifts each day.
She has suggested to me that I become her carer to help her out as she is finding day to day things a struggle even more now.
Would I be able to claim carers allowance, or would it affect our benefits? Also would it affect her benefits also?
"I live my dream today, I lived it yesterday and I'll be living yours tomorrow":smileyhea
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If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work
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Anyone know?"I live my dream today, I lived it yesterday and I'll be living yours tomorrow":smileyhea
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How many hours a week will you provide care for her?Tomorrow is the most important thing in life0
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The required hours 35 over 5 days"I live my dream today, I lived it yesterday and I'll be living yours tomorrow":smileyhea
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She also gets ESA on top of dla and mobility"I live my dream today, I lived it yesterday and I'll be living yours tomorrow":smileyhea
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gorgeousgeorge wrote: »The required hours 35 over 5 days
It's counted as income so could affect your benefits, I don't think so but I cannot say for certain. It won't affect hers.Tomorrow is the most important thing in life0 -
Thank you very much,"I live my dream today, I lived it yesterday and I'll be living yours tomorrow":smileyhea
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You could model this scenario in the Turn2us online calculator. Add the CA to your income using this wizard and see if it affects your other benefits.0
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Do you earn more than £100 a week after NI and tax? (and possibly pension contributions; unsure of the rules for that)Sealed pot challenge #232. Gold stars from Sue-UU - :staradmin :staradmin £75.29 banked
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Am totally confused with the turn 2 us calculator,
. Do I put it in as claiming carers allowance, or put it down as paid work?
I was hoping to claim carers allowance to care for my friend... Not sure how to go about doing it tho ( which department to ask etc )
I will be doing the 35 hours, which as far as I am aware is a payment of £59.75 per week.
My partner gets state pension, army pension and a private pension, which gives us a weekly income of about £270, we get savings pension credit of about £3.80 per week.
My son lives at home and earns £400+ pw
We get a small amount of housing benefit and council tax benefit as it's worked out on my sons income .
Just wondered if it will affect anything that we claim now, as the extra money if I am entitled to it will help towards petrol etc going to and from my friends house ..."I live my dream today, I lived it yesterday and I'll be living yours tomorrow":smileyhea
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You would put it in as in receipt of carers allowance this would give you the new entitlement.
Reading your post it should not effect your friends ESA, they have a partner who is working full time so I doubt if they are getting SDP on their ESA0
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