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?
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
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 ...
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