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Crazy Carer's Assessment rules

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annsixty Mon 10-Jun-19 09:07:00

Yes I did Luckygirl
The SW carried out the assessment.
I was asked what life was like daily, would I like to get out more? would I like to take part in Further Education etc?
I then got a letter awarding me £150 to spend on myself.
There were no checks, no questions asked and I drew it out £50 at a time and I think it mostly went on taxi fares.
The maximum sum was £300 , I obviously didn't look worn out enough for that!!

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kittylester Mon 10-Jun-19 09:01:13

You are correct, I think, lucky

Round here, Carers are given £250 (I think) pa to spend on something that makes their life easier. I have heard of people spending it on subscriptions for clubs, weekends away, a laptop. The is an expectation that receipts are kept for checking but I think that rarely happens.

It does seem silly but I think the expectation is that respite care is provided by Social Services.

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Witzend Mon 10-Jun-19 08:59:03

Sounds quite mad. But as someone said, how are they ever going to know what you spend it on?

When I had my FiL (with dementia) living with us, the one thing I'd have loved was for someone to take him out for a few hours, so I could have a quiet house to myself for a while, without the endless pacing and asking the same question over and over.

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Slowcookervegan Mon 10-Jun-19 08:52:31

That is crazy
I have no words but sending flowers

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Luckygirl Mon 10-Jun-19 08:47:28

Apparently that is what happens now - I talked with the local carers' support group. And I know annsixty had a similar thing, if I remember rightly.

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dragonfly46 Mon 10-Jun-19 08:46:02

I think it must depend where you live Lucky.
My parents had the assessment just to see what level of care was needed when they had care at home.

Just recently my mum had a visit from someone at the council in the home she is in to assess the level of her needs.

I have not heard of Carers being given lump sums of money. Does that apply to live in care?

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M0nica Mon 10-Jun-19 08:34:31

How do they know and how can they prove how you have spent the money?

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Luckygirl Mon 10-Jun-19 08:30:56

Just been discussing the Carer's Assessment, which has still not been forthcoming. When I was working, the carer's assessment was part of the whole package of assessing a person's needs and the level of care was increased to take account of the carer's health and abilities.

I have just discovered that currently the situation is now different - the only positive outcome from the assessment is that the carer is allocated a small lump sum of money that they can spend to make their lives easier, but...........they are not allowed to spend any of it on care for the person they are looking after! How mad is that? - that is the one thing above all else that is needed - and if they wanted to spend it on a night at the theatre or whatever , they would need to get care in in order to be able to go!

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