friend on pip is she entitled to carers allowance

summerof0763

A very dear friend of mine id on esa support snd pip but not sure which.
her mum was diagnosed last year with vascular dementia.
my friend is having to have her mum down at her house after her mum care has hot her up and changed.
would she be able to claim carers allowance for looking after her mum, her mum is on attendance allowance.
thanking you x

pmlindyloo

We would need to know whether your friend is on contribution based ESA, income based ESA or contribution based ESa with an income based 'top up'.

Also, is your friends' mum on any other benefits? if so which ones and does she get the severe disability premium with those benefits?

Sorry for all the questions!

HappyMJ

And...how many hours does she spend "caring"? Just getting someone up each morning and dressed probably won't count as enough for carers allowance but it does count for carers credit but as she already on ESA she will already be getting credits in any case.

pmlindyloo

HappyMJ wrote: »

And...how many hours does she spend "caring"? Just getting someone up each morning and dressed probably won't count as enough for carers allowance but it does count for carers credit but as she already on ESA she will already be getting credits in any case.

Sorry but this doesn't make sense

The friend's mother is living with her and she herself is in the support group of ESA (presumably not working). Therefore she would easily care for the hours needed.

Plus, how will she be getting carer's credits?

HappyMJ

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Sorry but this doesn't make sense

The friend's mother is living with her and she herself is in the support group of ESA (presumably not working). Therefore she would easily care for the hours needed.

Plus, how will she be getting carer's credits?

I read it as two different houses. Sorry if I'm mistaken.

missbiggles1

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Sorry but this doesn't make sense

The friend's mother is living with her and she herself is in the support group of ESA (presumably not working). Therefore she would easily care for the hours needed.

Plus, how will she be getting carer's credits?

She could, but we don't know that she does.

nannytone_2

the OP claims PIP.
if her caring for her mother contradicts that reason they are themselves claiming PIP ( for example ... cooking for the mother, but claiming not to be able to cook for themselves when claiming PIP) then a whole can of worms could be opened

pmlindyloo

Celifein wrote: »

Maybe I'm misreading, but I read it as the mother has a carer who gets her up and dressed and then the mother comes to the daughter's house.

She said: "my friend is having to have her mum down at her house after her mum care has hot her up and changed."

Sorry, sorry, this makes more sense. I read it as the carer has left and things have changed

If mum is still in her own house and having carers coming in first thing in the morning, then more reason for us to know what mum is claiming as if she is living alone and on PC then she is likely to be on the severe disability premium which she would lose if daughter claimed Carer's Allowance.

Hopefully the OP will come back and clarify.

It may be that the mum needs a new assessment from social services if she cannot be left alone during the day.