Pension credit

FayeR

Hello,

i’m trying to get some advice please as i seem to be getting different answers,

i’m currently in the process of claiming carers element in order to care for my mum full time, i’m currently on UC and put the claim in via my UC,

when speaking to citizen advice they’ve told me claiming carer element wouldn’t completely stop her pension credit all together,

however when i spoke to the pension credit department they said it would stop it completely,

when i googled the above topic it stated she would only lose the SDA not the whole of the pension credit which has left me completely unsure on who’s right here, according to pension credit department she receives SDA but her monthly payments don’t reflect the amount stated by citizens advice with the amount she receives per month, when i questioned this with pension credit department they said it’s all worked out with her private and state pension figures,

i’m getting mixed answers and I'm unsure what path to take and it’s very frustrating!

so my question is will her pension credit stop all together if i claim carers element?

SwiftFox

Maybe the private pension has come into play