Hi, my sister has contacted me to tell me after getting turned down by attendance allowance twice, she has now been accepted. She has been told she can claim extra things, but she is cofused, and when I did some research for her, I was left with a headache.
Her situation is, she lives in a council house, and pays council tax, she also looks after her disabled partner.
She has been told the following:
She can apply for council tax reduction
She can apply for pension credit, but she is confused by this. She gets £221 state pension per week. I have tried to read this, but I always thought that if you get full pension then you cannot get pension credit. It says if you get less than £221, as a single person you can claim pension credit or if you £332.95 as a couple you can get it.
Her partner receives full PIP, he receives a car and he receives £101.75 per week daily living.
They also receive carers element of £271 per month
She has tried to get into to see CAB but there are no appointments where she lives.
it also says If you care for someone, you might get an extra amount known as Carer Addition, which is worth up to £45.60 a week.
Can anyone please shed some light on this, as she wants my help and it is really confusing me.
