Benefit Application

peawack

When applying for benefit,  what is the significance of 'do you care for each other'.  Yes or no.
Where are they going with this question ?

fatbelly

Care has a specific meaning and the question relates to carers allowance or an underlying entitlement

huckster

Do you provide personal care of any kind, I think is what they mean, as the other person has health/disability that prevents them from doing tasks for themselves.

Muttleythefrog

Yes as above.. "care" has specific context for benefit claims beyond the usual caring for someone that we experience such as regarding a love interest or child. This is about significant caring responsibilities for someone with disabilities or health conditions in their daily life. The are benefits/NI Credits possible for carers.

Spoonie_Turtle

Further to the responses above, it means providing at least 35 hours of care per week that you wouldn't provide if they weren't disabled.

peawack

Thanks everyone. I am a full time carer, my wife has stage 4 cancer. I get PIP Daily Living. Just wondering if I might jeopardise what we have by claiming another benefit. 

Ponsienella2

peawack said:

Thanks everyone. I am a full time carer, my wife has stage 4 cancer. I get PIP Daily Living. Just wondering if I might jeopardise what we have by claiming another benefit. 

If you claim PIP you are effectively stating YOU need help with, in your case, a number of daily living activities. If you then claim you provide care to your wife for 35 hours or more per week then yes, I think you could jeopardise your PIP claim. Clearly, you shouldn't qualify for PIP if you are capable of providing care to someone else. 

poppy12345

Ponsienella2 said:

peawack said:

Thanks everyone. I am a full time carer, my wife has stage 4 cancer. I get PIP Daily Living. Just wondering if I might jeopardise what we have by claiming another benefit. 

If you claim PIP you are effectively stating YOU need help with, in your case, a number of daily living activities. If you then claim you provide care to your wife for 35 hours or more per week then yes, I think you could jeopardise your PIP claim. Clearly, you shouldn't qualify for PIP if you are capable of providing care to someone else. 

That's not exactly true at all. Many people claim PIP/ADP/DLA/AA their self and claim carers allowance or carers element of UC for caring for someone. I claim PIP myself and carers allowance for looking after my daughter. We have completely different health conditions and my caring duties do not contradict why I claim PIP. I do not care for her physically. I care for her in many other ways.