Carers allowance

Thanks everyone…….its very confusing!!

It says he gets attendance allowance.

Have you claimed attendance allowance on his behalf?

Well, you could always try. I’ve a friend who got it for caring for her son in a different County, while I couldn’t get it for caring for DD2 after she suffered a child stroke - an appeal didn’t prove successful either!

I don’t know for certain either.

I was just looking at Silverbrooks link.

From this and other posts it seems to be a real muddle🙄

Please talk to AgeUk or CAB for advice.

Lathyrus3

Looking at the link, I don’t think that’s right ferry. Managing tasks like paying bills and takng to appointments etc is included.

Log your hours for a week or so OP and include everything that you do connected to your fathers well-being. Present with him or not. You might get find it comes to more than 35 hrs.

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Ah, this may have changed since I cared for my Dad as it was some time ago.

Apologies then if I have misled - ignore me!

Looking at the link, I don’t think that’s right ferry. Managing tasks like paying bills and takng to appointments etc is included.

Log your hours for a week or so OP and include everything that you do connected to your fathers well-being. Present with him or not. You might get find it comes to more than 35 hrs.

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Nobody knows how many hours you care for your Dad. 😉

Also, those 35 hours must be caring for someone in their home. Doing their shopping, collecting prescriptions etc don't count.

(I mean why would they - why would we think that spending hours doing things for someone else is caring for them? )

No. One of the criteria is that you spend at least 35 hours a week caring for someone.

www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility

You might, however, be entitled to Carer's Credit which would give you NIC credits if you are short of the 35 years necessary for a full State Pension when you reach that age. The criterion for that is providing at least 20 hours of care a week.

www.gov.uk/carers-credit

If you are short on contribution years, that credit could be worth £926 a year at current rates were you to buy back missing years. See:

www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/voluntary-national-insurance-contributions/

I think the eligibility includes at least 35 hours a week care?