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3 years 9 months ago #249128 by jan1
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hi everyone, it's been quite awhile since i last posted on here but could anyone advise me on some thing. my hubby is now a pensioner and has disabilities, he has been given the standard rate of pip care component and gets his o.a.p. and the pension criedit, i am 57 and i do not work but i look after my hubby, is it possible for me to get a carers allowance for looking after my h ubby and would it affect my hubbies benefits? thanks in advance.
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3 years 9 months ago #249146 by Gordon
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Providing you are able to provide a minimum of 35 hours of care a week and meet the other criteria then you can make a claim for CA. It will affect your husbands Pension Credit; your CA will be treated as income and deducted and a Carers Element of around £35/week will be added. See
www.gov.uk/carers-allowance
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Providing you are able to provide a minimum of 35 hours of care a week and meet the other criteria then you can make a claim for CA. It will affect your husbands Pension Credit; your CA will be treated as income and deducted and a Carers Element of around £35/week will be added. See
www.gov.uk/carers-allowance
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3 years 9 months ago #249167 by jan1
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Hi Gordon,
thank you very much for that advise, when you say hubbies pension credits will be affected does that mean his guarantee pension credit? if so then they are just giving me the carers allowance and taking it off my husband so maybe there's no point in claiming it.
sounds about right with this gov. thank you very much for your advice i appreciate it a lot.
thank you very much for that advise, when you say hubbies pension credits will be affected does that mean his guarantee pension credit? if so then they are just giving me the carers allowance and taking it off my husband so maybe there's no point in claiming it.
sounds about right with this gov. thank you very much for your advice i appreciate it a lot.
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3 years 9 months ago #249180 by Gordon
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You have missed the Carers Element that I said would be added to his PC so there should be a net increased.
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You have missed the Carers Element that I said would be added to his PC so there should be a net increased.
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3 years 9 months ago #249210 by jan1
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Hi Gordon,
thank you i did miss some of what you said.
I'm not that well up on all these things so i may just try and claim it and see what happens.
I do not get any benefits and do not work (i am 57) so am of working age but i look after my husband.
i have been worried about claiming it in case we end up worse off but i'll take the chance.
thanks again for all your advice.
thank you i did miss some of what you said.
I'm not that well up on all these things so i may just try and claim it and see what happens.
I do not get any benefits and do not work (i am 57) so am of working age but i look after my husband.
i have been worried about claiming it in case we end up worse off but i'll take the chance.
thanks again for all your advice.
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3 years 9 months ago #249212 by Gordon
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You can put your information into one of the online benefit calculators to see what you would receive
www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators
Claiming CA will give NI Credits that count towards a full State Pension.
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You can put your information into one of the online benefit calculators to see what you would receive
www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators
Claiming CA will give NI Credits that count towards a full State Pension.
Gordon
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