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[tadrussell]

Hello .not sure if I should be doing this but just found this site and really

need to talk .My Husband has suffered with R/A for over 30 yrs ,for the last 2 years he has had many bouts of depression ,wont go anywhere without me !! he has a High rate Motobility allowance so can still drive and has low rate assistance for Personal care from years ago ,as he has trouble washing his hair ,cutting food ,and dressing ,he has been of sick from his job (no longer can cope )this period for 4 months and is now taking early retirement , I work at present down to 16 hrs a week ,doe any body know if I can claim carers allowance ,

Many thanks in anticipation

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Hello tadrussell,

There's a good bit of useful advice given in a post by the official Healthcare team about two weeks ago on Carers' Allowance. It's entitled 'Carers's Allowance, what are the rules?', and I tried to cut and paste it for you but the site won't allow this.

So if you put that title in the Search Care Community box at the top of the page, it should come up quite easily for you.

I think it's better to have this as your start point, as many of us have had quite different experiences when claiming and could confuse you about your chances of claiming successfully.

Best wishes and good luck!

[tadrussell]

Many Thanks for reply ,will look into it )

[MAS_Nurse]

Hi tadrussell, and welcome to the forum. Please have a look at the pinned posts and related posts [to the right of the screen] and you will find some useful information. Let us know how you get on. Best wishes.