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Disabled carers .
Misslynch33
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Really confused. Disabled parent and carer of adult son. Can you get carers allowance?
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TK
You can read more about Carers Allowance here.
Best wishes, Alex
You can claim Carer's Allowance if you look after the disabled person for 35 hours a week or more, are not in full time education and are not earning more than £116 a week from employment.
However, CA is an overlapping benefit for contribution-based ESA, so you may not get it if you are getting ESA C, but claiming it anyway may help you to get or increase your income-related ESA.
If your son is claiming an income-related benefit and is receiving a severe disability premium, this premium will be deducted from his benefit if you claim CA, as they are almost the same amount and paid for the same purpose (ie to the carer, or to the disabled person if there isn't a carer).
I know this may sound quite complicated and I've tried to explain it as easily as I can, but if you have any questions resulting from this please post again.
Lee