# Carers Assessment
**URL:** https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113
**Category:** Benefits, finances and funding
**Created:** [11 June 2019 08:21 UTC](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113 "2019-06-11T08:21:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@belinda\_1603](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/u/belinda_1603)
#### Post date: [11 June 2019 08:21 UTC](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113/1 "2019-06-11T08:21:20Z")
Good Morning, I have been caring for my husband for 4 yrs now, He is a double leg amputee living with heart failure, He has had 4 heart attacks of which two were in the last 6 mths, We are both over 60 now and my health is not what it was, I would like to know how i go about asking for a Carers Assessment please? i am not even sure if it is the right thing for us to claim, I need help with the garden these days [hedge cutting] i would also like to be able to get out and go swimming but membership is so dear or a sewing class, Just to mix with other people for a couple of hours, Can anyone advice me please on how i get the ball rolling please? many thanks
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### Author:  [@Chris\_From\_The\_Gulag](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/u/Chris_From_The_Gulag)
#### Post date: [11 June 2019 08:28 UTC](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113/2 "2019-06-11T08:28:28Z")
Hi Belinda.
Carers Assessments ?
Look no further … from the main CUK site :
**[Carer's assessment | Carers UK](https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/practical-support/getting-care-and-support/carers-assessment)**
Word to the wise ?
Wating time … a real post code lottery there.
Needs Assessment ?
Upto date through your LA ?
**[Getting a social care needs assessment - NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/help-from-social-services-and-charities/getting-a-needs-assessment/)**
Same " Health " warning … waiting time.
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### Author:  [@belinda\_1603](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/u/belinda_1603)
#### Post date: [11 June 2019 09:02 UTC](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113/3 "2019-06-11T09:02:15Z")
Thank you so much, I did ask the lady from Adult Services when she came to do my husbands home needs assessment but she said she wasn’t allowed to do one for me and i would have to contact someone else, I never got around to it, But life has settled down abit now, many thanks
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### Author:  [@Chris\_From\_The\_Gulag](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/u/Chris_From_The_Gulag)
#### Post date: [11 June 2019 09:04 UTC](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113/4 "2019-06-11T09:04:03Z")
Your welcome.
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### Author:  [@bowlingbun](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/u/bowlingbun)
#### Post date: [11 June 2019 16:38 UTC](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113/5 "2019-06-11T16:38:00Z")
Please can you give me your exact ages, to the nearest month?
Is your husband already claiming Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, or Attendance Allowance?
(I’ll be back later).
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### Author:  [@sunnydisposition](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/u/sunnydisposition)
#### Post date: [11 June 2019 16:46 UTC](https://carersukstaging.discourse.group/t/carers-assessment/64113/6 "2019-06-11T16:46:13Z")
> **[Benefits and Entitlements](https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/money-legal/benefits-entitlements/)**
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There are many things availiable - just got to claim them.