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From: VivienB on 28 Jul 2008 07:51
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:19:13 +0100, "Fastmoggy"
<fastmoggy(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>claiming all the benefits of 'carer' is lying on a
>beach �134 better off!

I don't know how you arrived at that figure, Carers Allowance is only
�50.55 a week. Perhaps you are including something else. A minority of
carers are getting CA - for example, if they get another benefit there
is an 'overlapping rule' that means they get only an 'underlying
eligibility'. Also, you have to be occupied by caring duties a minimum
of 35 hours per week to be eligible. In addition, you are supposed to
inform the DWP if you leave GB - but I am damned if I would (if I
could get away), since CA is so stingy.

The lack of back up to allow carers to take a break is disgraceful,
all over the country. But many elderly people are difficult (read:
impossible) to persuade that they should have an assessment by social
services, or pay for care agency staff to come in to provide support.
The Attendance Allowance or DLA care component that your MiL must be
receiving for the CA to apply, is intended to be used for this sort of
purpose. Believe me, if you have not been a carer for any length of
time, you cannot begin to understand the desperate need for a break
from time to time.

Of course, none of this applies, if you meant a paid PA and not a
carer.

Regards, VivienB

Caring for disabled elderly father, on 30u Insulatard and
2x2 80mg Gliclazide per day (plus other medication)
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From: Fastmoggy on 28 Jul 2008 17:21

"VivienB" <vbmessages-newsgroups(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:febr84dstkj673l32itcskao4gqtt6q170(a)4ax.com...
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:19:13 +0100, "Fastmoggy"
> <fastmoggy(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>claiming all the benefits of 'carer' is lying on a
>>beach �134 better off!
>
> I don't know how you arrived at that figure, Carers Allowance is only
> �50.55 a week. Perhaps you are including something else. A minority of
> carers are getting CA - for example, if they get another benefit there
> is an 'overlapping rule' that means they get only an 'underlying
> eligibility'. Also, you have to be occupied by caring duties a minimum
> of 35 hours per week to be eligible. In addition, you are supposed to
> inform the DWP if you leave GB - but I am damned if I would (if I
> could get away), since CA is so stingy.
>
> The lack of back up to allow carers to take a break is disgraceful,
> all over the country. But many elderly people are difficult (read:
> impossible) to persuade that they should have an assessment by social
> services, or pay for care agency staff to come in to provide support.
> The Attendance Allowance or DLA care component that your MiL must be
> receiving for the CA to apply, is intended to be used for this sort of
> purpose. Believe me, if you have not been a carer for any length of
> time, you cannot begin to understand the desperate need for a break
> from time to time.
>
> Of course, none of this applies, if you meant a paid PA and not a
> carer.
>
> Regards, VivienB
>
> Caring for disabled elderly father, on 30u Insulatard and
> 2x2 80mg Gliclazide per day (plus other medication)
> Please respond to group; mail to newsgroups address is deleted.

Hi Vivien,
Try this link,
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/AttendanceAllowance/DG_10012425

I think that the 'higher payment' is for 'other' disabilities apart from
being diabetic. Also the �134 is for 2 weeks or �67 a week.

Oh and the 'benefit can be paid into any account!

I fear a sudden rush to the DWP tomorrow! LOL

>>>>>Believe me, if you have not been a carer for any length of
time, you cannot begin to understand the desperate need for a break
from time to time.>>>

This i agree with and we go every Sunday on my day off so not much chance
of a nice weekend away..(Not sour grapes!) We only found out not long ago
that this 'carer' only visits a couple of days aweek for around 30 minutes.
Other times we were told she spent the day at the carers house looking after
her daughter whilst she went out with friends! SO the DWP seem to be paying
her to get her mother to babysit! ( yes we are angry!)
She also seems to do little if any 'care duties', my wife seems to spend
allot of time cleaning up the flat when we are there.
As for a break..that's fine if cover is sorted and the fact that her carer
goes on 4 'major' holidays abroad a year plus others in uk in-between.

Ok hope that answers your query on CA payment.

We were just so infuriated when we got the phone call from my wife's mother
who was in a panic with a badly infected foot which the chiropodist had cut
whilst trimming her toes too close and was rushed to hospital It was only
then we knew where her 'carer' had gone to!
End of day she was ok but this shouldn't have happened.

Thanks for answering the thread

Cheers
Chris+1 !!
In a hot hot hot hot hot muggy Nottingham Temp in house 27*c pheww







From: Peter C on 1 Aug 2008 19:10
>
> Regards, VivienB
>
> Caring for disabled elderly father, on 30u Insulatard and
> 2x2 80mg Gliclazide per day (plus other medication)
> Please respond to group; mail to newsgroups address is deleted.

Hi there VB,
who is on insulatard and gliclazide ?
You or your dad?
That's a quite baffling combination - once a T2 starts on insulin
there is little point taking a sulfylonurea although metformin is
deemed to be advisable for T2s ion insulin.
From: VivienB on 7 Aug 2008 12:02
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:10:50 -0700 (PDT), Peter C
<peter.corbally(a)btinternet.com> wrote:

>>
>> Regards, VivienB
>>
>> Caring for disabled elderly father, on 30u Insulatard and
>> 2x2 80mg Gliclazide per day (plus other medication)
>> Please respond to group; mail to newsgroups address is deleted.
>
>Hi there VB,
>who is on insulatard and gliclazide ?
>You or your dad?
>That's a quite baffling combination - once a T2 starts on insulin
>there is little point taking a sulfylonurea although metformin is
>deemed to be advisable for T2s ion insulin.

My father. There is no way Dad could take anything which could cause
digestive disturbances - he gets enough of that sort of problem
without!

Regards, VivienB

Caring for disabled elderly father, on 30u Insulatard and
2x2 80mg Gliclazide per day (plus other medication)
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