New carer, does this affect my daughter's ESA?

Rhwilson

Hi everyone. Can anyone let me know if they have had this problem. I was caring for my disabled daughter for many many years. I am now disabled myself and unable to care for her. My other daughter is now registered as her new carer. Does that affect my daughter's ESA payment? She was due her 2 weekly payment which is always in my account on the Saturday, always. I do intend to call DWP in the morning but it is very worrying as I know that these problems can sometime take a long time to sort out. I am no longer on IS and have my appointment in 2 days. My younger daughter, the carer, gets her first payment in January so I cannot imagine when I will get my first payment. It's going to be a very dreary Christmas for us as we only have 2 ESA and 1 PIP payment coming into the household. That's my disabled daughter's money and it has to support 3 of us. I know there will be back payments etc but why does it always have to be a **** Christmas?

chiarieds

I'll see if I can get @poppy123456 to come & help you. Thank you Poppy.

steve51

Hi @Rhwilson

Welcome to our online community/family☃️

We have got some good advice below for you ⛄️

https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/hiring-pa-for-home-care/

Please please let me know if there’s any other info/advice that help you further ⛄️

Hopefully @poppy123456
can “help/support” you?????

Many thanks @poppy123456.

@steve51 ☃️☃️☃️☃️

poppy123456

Hi and welcome,

Sorry, i've only just seen the tags

A little confused by your question because it's not clear if the daughter that's claiming carers allowance also receives ESA? If she does then yes it will affect the amount she claims but not in a bad way. The carers allowance will be deducted £1 for £1 from the ESA payments and a carers premium will be added. Carers allowance will then pay your daughter separately. This means that she will be £36 per week better off.

If you're asking will the carers allowance affect the daughters ESA payment that isn't claiming the carers allowance then no because she doesn't live alone.

May i ask what benefit you're claiming for yourself now your Income support has ended? Sorry but that's not clear either.

You say you're now disabled yourself? Do you claim PIP or DLA? If not have you looked at the PIP descriptors to see if you could score any points for an award for yourself? It's not awarded based on a diagnosis. it's how those conditions affect your ability to carry out daily activity based on the PIP descriptors. Evidence will be needed to support your claim and a face to face assessment will also be most likely.

You must also have had the conditions for at least 3 months and expect them to last at least a further 9 months.

See links. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/pip/before-claiming/how-much-you-get-and-how-long/

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

Chloe_Alumni

Welcome to the community @Rhwilson! Is there anything further we can do to help?