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Hello my is Andy
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AndyE
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I'm looking for advice on carers allowance, I claim carers allowance because I help my wife with her physical difficulties I recently had a seizure and am having ongoing issues because of it can my wife also claim carers allowance as she is now assisting me with my daily living ?
Thank you Andy.
Thank you Andy.
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Hello @AndyE and a warm welcome to the community. Do you claim PIP or any other benefits for yourself currently?
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Hello thank you very much for the reply, no I only claim carers allowance but my wife claims pip and ESA.
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Your wife can’t claim carers allowance for looking after you because you’re not claiming a qualifying disability benefit.You can look at claiming PIP for yourself. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/pip/before-claiming/check-you-are-eligible/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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I’m just nudging in @AndyE To give you a warm welcome from me to our community. Hope to see you around. And maybe your wife. xx
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