Carers

shilo2009
shilo2009 Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener
in Benefits and income

If I started to go back to carers allowance for my husband would I still have to go

To work commitment as we have had to migrate to uc but my husband has been

Told he can get the new style ESA but I have to go work commitments I’m getting pip to I no this doesn’t count my husband who has a number of health conditions including Parkinson’s disease and he needs care all the time

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,704 Championing

    If you claimed Carers Allowance instead of your daughter, you'd have no work commitments.

    You can also claim Carers Element (under UC) too.

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing

    Your daughter will need to cancel her carers allowance claim before you can claim either carers element or carers allowance for looking after him.

    There's also no financial gain to claiming carers allowance at the same time as UC. You can claim carers element without claiming carers allowance, providing your daughter cancels here claim.

    Or you can report your health condition and provide a fit note and go through the work capability assessment, which was advised on your other thread.

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