Hello, I am new to this forum.
To give context to my situation, I am 19 years old and my 21 year old friend (who suffers from agoraphobia, PTSD, anxiety and other physical disabilities I cant remember the name of right now but they do affect her mobility levels) has suggested I should look into claiming carers allowance as I am frequently with her -so the hours needed would be covered no problem- and often enable her to be able to leave the house at all and am a great help when it comes to tasks such as cleaning, cooking and shopping.
I have looked over it briefly and the only real bump in the road I can see is that she gets ESA, and out of the accepted benefits I havent seen it mentioned anywhere.
So my question is would I still be in with a chance of a claim because of that? Or would it be wise to suggest her applying for PIP? If so how would this affect her ESA if at all? As a lot of you can probably tell I'm new to this, so any and all advice and help is welcome as I would want to know what I'm talking about before discussing anything with her.
Thanks.
To give context to my situation, I am 19 years old and my 21 year old friend (who suffers from agoraphobia, PTSD, anxiety and other physical disabilities I cant remember the name of right now but they do affect her mobility levels) has suggested I should look into claiming carers allowance as I am frequently with her -so the hours needed would be covered no problem- and often enable her to be able to leave the house at all and am a great help when it comes to tasks such as cleaning, cooking and shopping.
I have looked over it briefly and the only real bump in the road I can see is that she gets ESA, and out of the accepted benefits I havent seen it mentioned anywhere.
So my question is would I still be in with a chance of a claim because of that? Or would it be wise to suggest her applying for PIP? If so how would this affect her ESA if at all? As a lot of you can probably tell I'm new to this, so any and all advice and help is welcome as I would want to know what I'm talking about before discussing anything with her.
Thanks.