Help for Carers

[tigerlelly]

I'm going to give up my job to look after my partner's mother full-time. She is profoundly deaf, blind in one eye and very frail and forgetful. She is in receipt of attendance allowance and someone has mentioned that I should be able to get �200 per week to lokk after her.Can this be right and if so where do I get it /how do I apply?

Many thanks.

[cazzz1975]

is she in receipt of disability living allowance?

carers allowance is around 46 pounds per week

[bednobs]

its most definately not 200 quid a week
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/M oneyMatters/DG_10012522
about 55 pounds before any deductions made for other benefits
perhaps your friend meant 200 pounds a month?
even if she also gave you all her attendance allowance (which she should do because its to pay for the care she needs) its �67 pw so together would make approx 120 a week

[catcuddler]

its �55.50 per week but if you get income support when you leave your job you will get around �20 deducted

[theonlyone]

High rate of Attendance allowance is �67
a week ..carers is a lot less but they pay
your pension contribution to the DWP...
you really need to talk to someone about
this as it's not easy being a carer ..i did
it for 2+ years and the end result was the
old boy had to go in to residential care ..
and he is now settled and happy ..
24/7 care ..went to a function there today
and it was really good ...

[Sir Alec]

Carer's Allowance is �50.55 per week, if the Attendance Allowance is the top rate of �67 per week

[Mamyalynne]

Yes I did it too and you certainly save the government a fortune for little monetary reward. Though of course you do it with love in your heart too, you also have to live.
Good luck Mamya xxx

[Tom Braider]

She may be talking about the Independent Living Fund. See here: http://www.ilf.org.uk/