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alfieno1
alfieno1 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
edited October 2021 in Benefits and income
I am 65years of age had to take early retirement at 56years to care for my husband who is now through lots of illness is disabled,i have seven children and 15 grandchildren and another baby due in june,we are all very close and they live not far from us,2 years ago I lost carers allowance before i reached 63years of age and have been struggling finacially now a new payment method is starting this year i already pay a lot for my morgage if interest rates go up i am not sure how we shall manage ,any advice

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  • steve51
    steve51 Online Community Member Posts: 7,121 Championing
    Hi @alfieno1

    Good Evening & Welcome!!!!

    Have you got a local “CAB”

    Please please let me know if you need any help with this please let me know?????

    We do have a “helpline” on our site: 0808 800 3333.
  • alfieno1
    alfieno1 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    thankyou for your reply we do have a c.a. but difficult to get to but when i can i will go i try to much asi can as leaving the house is hard specially in winter as my husband is not very mobile and i am not well at the moment so can not push him in his wheelchair 
  • Pippa_Alumni
    Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,761 Championing
    Hi @alfieno1, and welcome to the community!

    It certainly sounds like you have a lot on your plate. I'm sorry to hear that you lost your Carers Allowance, did you try appealing? I'd recommend checking out our online benefits calculator to see if there are any other awards you may be eligible for.

    You may also like to check out Carers UK- they may be able to offer support to you as a carer.
  • alfieno1
    alfieno1 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    i will try that

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