Disabled pensioner

Mojisola

pstuart wrote: »

She maybe won't qualify for any extra payment, because one 'benefit' ie. the pension is higher than the carers allowance, but she will have an underlying care allowance which will help towards her rates and her rent (if they are renting).

Quite so -
https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/what-youll-getUnderlying entitlement
You can’t normally get 2 income-replacement benefits (eg Carer’s Allowance and the State Pension) paid together.

This is called the ‘overlapping benefit rule’. If you can’t be paid Carer’s Allowance because of this rule, you have ‘underlying entitlement’ to Carer’s Allowance instead.

This might mean you could get:
the carer premiums in Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support
the extra amount for carers in Pension Credit
the carer element in Universal Credit