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[31071958]

my son who is 35years old suffers with bio polar and in july this year 2017 he was attacked and robbed which is going to court in December, he had a blood clot on the brain and was rushed to st George hospital in London were they operated on him and was on life support in intensive care for 18 days as his life was hit or miss, thank god he survived,at the moment I'm looking after him either at my address or at his flat, ive been told I can claim carers allowance, I work 20hours a week as a school escort for disabled children and claim working tax credited , is this true and if so will it affect the benefits I'm already on

[MAS_Nurse]

Hi 31071958,

I am so sorry to hear about your son, what a terrible ordeal you and he and the family have gone through. I hope that he is continuing to recover from his trauma and that you are all getting the support you need from your health professionals. There is some helpful advice about claiming for carers allowance in the pinned posts to the right of your screen. The person you care for must be in receipt of either DLA (disability living allowance) or PIP (personal independent payment). Your local citizens advice may be able to help you,

citizensadvice.org.uk

Also look up :

gov.uk/carers-allowance ( where you can download the application form)

And you may find some help from:

scope.org.uk

mind.org.uk/information-sup

sane ( telephone [phone])

I hope this may be of some help to you and do try and claim the carers allowance. You are doing a wonderful job in caring for your son, good luck and best wishes to you.

[Philip]

So to read this, there are more bs around nowadays than there ever has been, I hope all goes well for you both.

Be strong.