Carers Benefits

Carers may be entitled to Carers Allowance if, the person they care for is in receipt of the following benefits:

• Adult Disability Payment - any rate of daily living
• Personal Independence Payment - any rate living component
• Child Disability Payment - middle or high rate of daily living
• Disability Living Allowance - middle or high rate of care
• Attendance Allowance - any rate
• Constant Attendance Allowance
• Armed Forces Independence Payment

The carer must also be:

• You must be aged 16 or over
• Not are not in full time education
• If you work, you must earn less than £132 a week
• You have to show you care for one person at least 35 hours a week

Prior to applying for Carers Allowance we would encourage the carer and the person requiring care to have a full benefit check as applying for Carers Allowance is not always advantageous.