Caree " Paying " the carer to care ?
CAUTION !!!
Classic case only posted yesterday !!!
Recent DWP purge :
They have said about direct payments. From what I understand they pay my MIL then she pays me. Do any of you know about this?
Plenty … my inbuilt alarm went off like a mini atom bomb !!!
CAUTION !
Caree paying the carer to care ?
Last posting and said links … first and third ?
First link … my last posting thereon … should also ring alarm bells your end … once you have read it ???
I’ve just gone over it. Omg it’s a mine field. What would you advise? They have told me to apply for Carers allowance to
If they put in place the day centre and restbite I should be able to cope. Think I need to man up and stand up for myself more.
A minefield … most mines remain unmapped … even more exposed under Universal Credit , and even now ,
many step on one which was previously unmapped !
As the last posting on the first thread intimated … even the LA appeared to breaking the law … Employment Law !
Good job the DoleMan was involved … could have been worse … the DoleMan turning up with his mate … the TaxMan ?
Okay … a Benefits m.o.t. … ready , and primed this end.
What ones are you currently claiming ?
Your caree ?
UC rolled out on your manor.
Could be a straight online benefits calculator job ?
Let’s see …
That’s easy nothing.
No benefits … either of you ?
Not even a pension ?
What income do you live on ?
I’m intrigued … not a member of the black economy ?
Working and caring ?
Savings … if so , must be substantial ?
We’ll get there …
Judging from my first post on this thread a fortnight ago , I’ll set my alarm clock ?
Benefits / housing / kinship carer / CHC … still in the air ?
MIL gets pensions. I don’t get anything since giving up work. My husband is working so relying on him.
I have the paperwork now for attendance allowance.
Thank ye … a start.
You … Carers Allowance ( CA ).
Mother-in-Law … Attendance Allowance ( AA ).
Once AA is approved , that triggers you to claim CA … not before.
Links to both CA and AA follow :
Carer's Allowance: How it works - GOV.UK
Attendance Allowance: Overview - GOV.UK
Councill Tax discount / disregard … mentioned a fortnight ago … sorted ?
Housing … anything to report or need clarification on ?
CHC / NHS Continuing Healthcare … thread viewed … considered ?
Other answers appear to be hanging in the wing … Power of Attorney / will / spectre of a care home …
Did we sort out the housing element … owner occupier / beneficial pwner etc. etc. ?
I can’t find that chalk mark … if . indeed , there was one to start with !
My postings now consolidated … I await your next posting.
Beverley, NO ONE CAN FORCE YOU TO CARE. The only power anyone has over you is the power you let them have. Don’t let them have any. Your life, and your rights, are equal to anyone else’s. So stand up for yourself. You deserve peace and happiness. You are not here to be a slave!
Beverley
I’ve learned a bit about direct payments from reading the Ombudsmens reports when things have gone wrong. There have been cases of family member being paid from Direct Payments, but whether the HMRC is happy with that I’m not sure as they would expect tax and NI to be deducted.
As with anything said by SS, make sure you get it in writing!! Just go back to whoever said MIL can get Direct payments then pay you and ask them to confirm it, in writing.
Some Councils interpret the rules differently to another, and even in one area one person can have their own understanding, so check, check, double check and get it in writing.
Councils and their employees are very fallible
A mine field !
Carer paying a family member to care.
Threads 1 and 2 … as posted earlier.
Recent real life case posted on thread 1 … DWP spotted the same as I did … not a carer , an employee … and
Employment Law kicks in.
Upstairs with CUK … I took DPs / AA / DLA or PIP as afar as I could … they know my conclusions … nothing heard back
for a couple of months … needs sorting so that ALL of us …ALL 7.8 million … know what the true state of affairs are …
and can act accordingly without fear of a possible challenge , either by the DWP or TaxMan , or both !
Especially vulnerable are those receiving payments and , at the same time , claiming INCOME related benefits !!!
Deal with this step by step.
To start with, have SSD/NHS identified ALL her needs and allowed enough time for them ALL?
Or are they expecting you to still do things for her for free.
My son had direct payments, which worked for a few years. It CAN give greater flexibility, but I’d suggest that you used them to pay someone you can trust and then you would have time for a good life of your own.
I can’t thank you all enough! Just talking and finding out things really helps. We do have power of attorney for finance but still waiting for the health and social care.
Just waiting now for Ss to do capacity and dols assessments. I am filling in the attendance allowance form then will apply for Carers allowance later.
I know have to do this but feel I can cope with help. Just need a break as I don’t think I have ever been so tired lol.
If you ring up for the AA or CA forms, then when they are sent to you, there will be a “date to return by”, it used to be 4 weeks. As long as you get it back within that time, the benefit will be backdated to the day you rang for the forms.
Come back whenever you need us, we are here to help.