First of all cast your mind back to GORDON BROWNS statements re carers as usual we got the unsung hero crap he then said a carer may be looking after a family member , neighbour or friend doing things such as "SHOPPING , COOKING OR CLEANING " .
As you all know the old doll is in receipt of the Attendance Allowance at the highest level paid by the Department of Works & Pensions this also allows me to claim the Carers Allowance, some time ago we were informed by the old doll`s welfare officer via the Service Personnel & Veterans Agency that if/when the government decide to withdraw the Attendance allowance & possibly the carers allowance to help with the residential social care cost we would be looking at a loss of benefits of £500 per month he informed the old doll that if she was in receipt of the "CONSTANT ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE " paid for by the Service Personnel & veterans Agency her benefits would be secure as would the carers allowance you can only claim the Constant attendance allowance if the veteran has a war disabled pension over 80% as she has a 100% pension she should be ok - therefore i applied for the relevant claim forms which i filled in today the form is much easier than the general claim form but it states quite clearly you can not claim for the following when calculating the hours you work for the veteran each day/week COOKING, CLEANING & SHOPPING i wonder if this is the case on the claim form for those who are claiming Attendance Allowance via the Department of Works & Pensions .
most carers spend the vast majority of their time cooking , cleaning and shopping if they have changed the rules why was this not picked up by carers uk and others if this rule is just for WAR DISABLED VETERANS SO MUCH FOR EQUALITY .
As you all know the old doll is in receipt of the Attendance Allowance at the highest level paid by the Department of Works & Pensions this also allows me to claim the Carers Allowance, some time ago we were informed by the old doll`s welfare officer via the Service Personnel & Veterans Agency that if/when the government decide to withdraw the Attendance allowance & possibly the carers allowance to help with the residential social care cost we would be looking at a loss of benefits of £500 per month he informed the old doll that if she was in receipt of the "CONSTANT ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE " paid for by the Service Personnel & veterans Agency her benefits would be secure as would the carers allowance you can only claim the Constant attendance allowance if the veteran has a war disabled pension over 80% as she has a 100% pension she should be ok - therefore i applied for the relevant claim forms which i filled in today the form is much easier than the general claim form but it states quite clearly you can not claim for the following when calculating the hours you work for the veteran each day/week COOKING, CLEANING & SHOPPING i wonder if this is the case on the claim form for those who are claiming Attendance Allowance via the Department of Works & Pensions .
most carers spend the vast majority of their time cooking , cleaning and shopping if they have changed the rules why was this not picked up by carers uk and others if this rule is just for WAR DISABLED VETERANS SO MUCH FOR EQUALITY .