Benefit help

At the moment my wife is very ill and im thinking giving up work to support her at home for next couple years has anyone been a carer and what benefits could i be entitled to ?

 

Jono
Firstly I send my best wishes for better health for your better half.
I suspect that the financial assistance that you may receive will largely depend on the severity of your wife's condition. You need to obtain evidence of this from your doctor / consultant, and then arrange for a 'decent time' appointment at your local benefits office - and make sure that they assess all benefits open to you. This may depend on your present level of income - it might be better for you to continue to work and obtain (paid) help from daily carers - who could attend once, twice, three times for essential / basic needs whilst you are at work. You should be entitled to varying amounts of 'Attendance Allowance' ( I think that is now called Disability Living Allowance) to help with the costs.
Good Luck.

 

Thanks always for that i have a look into it ive done a bit of research on line at gov.uk they say im elegable for
1)employment allowance
2)attendance allowance
3)careres allowance
4)disability allowance to the tune of £300 a week seriously i be quite happy claiming that for a year or so then get back into work once the other half recovers ie blood presure high so im hoping shes on the mend!

 

You would have been better posting this thread on the Celtic board Jono .

 

This Government has an excellent record of helping people.We hear it all the time,helping people into work,helping teachers,health service workers vyou name them Dave &Co are helping them.They are not helping the bankers and hedge fund managers though.Oh no,they are helping themselves.

 

Any Carers award will be affected by how much DLA you claim.

And if you are to be a carer, you will need to claim Income Support, not ESA.

 

You can't claim Carers if you receive lower than middle-rate care.

And if you claim the maximum for both Care and Mobility, your Carers will be significantly reduced.

I should have made that clearer.

 

Some good advice on here but this is the only piece of advice you should take. Go to the Citizen Advice Bureau, They'll give you all the advice that you've been given on here, but they'll break it down nice and easy to understand, help you obtain the correct forms and help you make your claim There's a certain way to word the forms as the DWP will twist any information you give in order to not award you the benifits you're entitled to.

And before you quit work, see if there's any possibility of voluntary redundancy before they get wind of any plans to quit. You might get lucky and pocket a lump sum. All the best to you and your Lady and hope you get it sorted.

Brian (in receipt of Employment support allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Carers Allowance)

 

I get High Rate Care and Low rate mobility and get Carers Allowance just fine.

 

That is a result, Jip. I comment only from my own past experience with such matters. Then, sadly, I no longer needed to worry about it, so maybe I'm out of the loop.

I wish you and your family all the best for the future.

 

thanks for all the advice everyone will be looking into it

 

You are best off making an appointment at the CA or getting down there 30 mins before it opens and waiting outside

 

I agree wit this. They will point you in the right direction.

 

This. It's where ER went to get info about his state pension.

 

Has anyone ever told you you're funny?

 

His girlfriend, every time she sees his small walnut whip like dick.

 

Aye, when I described Tina as young and attractive everyone burst out laughing.