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How does partner apply for carer's element?

Burleyk2021
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Hi , I am new to all this .
How do my partner apply for Carer’s elliment
any help will be appreciated.
any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
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Hi @Burleyk2021, welcome to the scope community
you're definitely not alone in being unsure about this. Scope have a page about applying for Carer's Allowance.
I hope that helps but let us know if there's any other issues! If you are having trouble submitting it be sure to get help from your local citizens advice!They/Them, however they are no wrong pronouns with me so whatever you feel most comfortable with
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Okay so, small mistake there I apologise! I mixed up Carer's Allowance and Carer's Element of Universal Credit.
Turn2Us have a good page about all the additional elements of Universal Credit including carers element. I would still recommend contacting your local citizen's advice for closer support in applying if the information here is not helpful enough! Additional Elements of Universal Credit (UC) | Turn2us
Edit: I also moved this to our UC categoryThey/Them, however they are no wrong pronouns with me so whatever you feel most comfortable with
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For your partner to claim carers element, they must first be claiming Universal Credit. They must also be caring for someone that claims a disability benefit such as PIP daily living, DLA mid/hgh rate care, AA or ADP daily living.You don't need to claim carers allowance to be entitled to carers element. If they claim carers allowance at the same time as UC then the carers allowance will be deducted in full from any UC entitlement.If they are receiving the LCWRA element for theirself, they won't be able to claim carers element at the same time. This is because both elements can't be paid to the same person.I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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