My wife and I are both disabled and both get the enhanced rates for Mobility and Care. I was claiming Carer's benefit when we had to start claiming income support and it continues to be paid but, of course it is deducted £ for £ from our IS total including Carer's premium. My wife does not get the C...
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- Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:05 pm
- Forum: Benefits, Finances and Funding
- Topic: Conflicting advice on Carer's premium on income support.
- Replies: 1
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- Sat May 12, 2018 11:44 am
- Forum: All about caring
- Topic: Discharging yourself from hospital?
- Replies: 14
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Hi, That sounds very similar to our situation a few years back. We realised that all the delays and conditions imposed by the SS were somewhat 'questionable' I was told my wife needed a hoist to transfer out of bed and that it would take SIX months for the NHS to supply one. I daftly believed them a...
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 2:05 pm
- Forum: Research & surveys - ARCHIVE
- Topic: Please give me a sample of Effective Carers Support Network
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3169
A good example is Cardiff Carer's centre. Two main reasons 1. If they don't know something they honestly admit it and say they'll find out and get back (and do). 2. Nobody there has ever started a sentence with 'All you have to do is ........ '. (My pet hate, if I could do it I'd have done it alread...