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What is caring?
When people need help with their day-to-day living they often turn to their family and friends. Looking after each other is something that we do.
Up and down the UK there are six million people caring unpaid for an ill, frail or disabled family member or friend. These people are called carers but they would probably say "I'm just being a husband, a wife, a mum, a dad, a son, a daughter, a friend or a good neighbour."
Carers help with personal things like getting someone dressed, turning them in their sleep, helping them to the loo, helping them move about or administering their medication. Carers also help with things like shopping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, filling in forms or managing money.
The reasons people might need help can vary. Maybe they were born with a disability or had an accident that left them disabled. Or they have an illness or disease. Their problems may be physical or mental. They might need help because they are getting older and frail. But what doesn't vary is that they need help, and if you look after someone - for whatever reason - caring is part of life.
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To qualify for Carer’s Allowance, you have to provide 35 hours of care each week to the person you look after.
What this means•You will need to be providing at least 35 hours of care for the same person.
•If you're caring for two or more disabled people, you can't add together the hours you're caring for all of them to make up the 35. Even if you look after more than one person for 35 hours a week, you can only claim one lot of Carer's Allowance.
•When working out whether you provide 35 hours of care in any one week, note that under the Carer’s Allowance rules a week runs from Sunday to Saturday.
•You can't average the time over a number of weeks. You have to provide at least 35 hours of care in each week for which you claim Carer’s Allowance.
Care can be at any timeIt doesn't matter what time of the day or night the care is provided. If someone you care for comes to stay with you, you can count the following as part of the 35 hours:
•the time you take to collect them and take them back to where they live
•time spent in preparing for their visit, for example, preparing where they will sleep or preparing their meals
•time spent cleaning up after they leave
Example
Jim cares for his mother, Ruth, who has dementia, and he also has a paid job. This is a typical week:
•Sunday: Jim collects his mother at 9am and takes her to his home. She stays until 9am the next morning = 24 hours.
•Monday: Jim takes Ruth back to her own home, settles her and later clears up his own home after the visit = two hours.
•Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: Jim visits Ruth after work and makes her a meal. This amounts to two hours of care each evening = six hours.
•Friday: Jim makes a shorter visit to his mother after work = one hour.
•Saturday: Jim prepares his mother’s room and cooks food for her = two hours.
Total hours of care: 35
who cares for Jims mum when he cant ,,, is it right for the state tp pay for his mums care to allow Jim to work, or does Jim`s mum receive free care via social seervices , or does Jim or his mum pay for the care themselves ,,,,
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