Esa?

mummytofour

Hi,
I am a full time carer to my disabled children and have been since work became too much a few months ago. I have recently been diagnosed with a health issue which I feel may qualify me to apply for pip.
In addition I was told sometime ago by jcp to apply for esa in the non work related group. However as i get caters allowance I was unsure what the implications of applying for esa. For example how much would it be worth and how much hassle would I get to work?
It's not that I don't want to work, there are many factors and as well as being a carer I really don't think I'm well enough to work, hard to admit.

Any advice would be appreciated but please don't rip ME to shreds I really am not a lazy person, just in a difficult position x

pmlindyloo

What benefits are you receiving at the moment?

Look at the PIP descriptors here:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

and see if you qualify.

rogerblack

pmlindyloo wrote: »

What benefits are you receiving at the moment?

Look at the PIP descriptors here:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

and see if you qualify.

Most importantly remembering that you have to be able to do each activity reliably, safely, and in no more than twice the time a non-disabled person would take.

If you take three times as long to dress, you can't dress.
If you can't reliably dress, you can't dress.
If you have accidents, ''
If you can't do it as often as reasonably required, ''.

Same with all the descriptors.

merlin68

If your a carer, your entitled to income support which has no hoops to jump through.