This is all a suggestion put forward by our local social services dept. Direct payments are to be used by a private care company to rent a property and provide carers. Our son is to use this as a base for day care and the occasional respite. It does seem a pretty convuluted way to go about things b...
....... and the £53 (taxable) is for working/being on duty 24/7 .......This is a forum for unpaid carers - if we are lucky we get £53 carers allowance!
