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someone has stoped caring for me will this effect my pip

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zoe211190
zoe211190

Hi I'm extremely worryed as the person who used to care for me has received a letter saying as they no longer care for me it will effect my payments could some one please tell me is this correct?? I was all ready getting payments before I had some one caring for me. It's makeing my extremely anxious and don't know what to do 😭😭 

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  • julielizzy
    julielizzy zoe211190

    Posted

    i dont understand if you was getting your own care allowance and you paid this person i dont see how are has this person told you they got a letter
  • nadnad
    nadnad zoe211190

    Posted

    If the person doesn't care for you anymore you will get extra money to pay for your own career, but it doesn't make sense why they send a letter to the career and not you . 
    • les59996
      les59996 nadnad

      Posted

      Only if the person being cared for was in receipt of a means tested benefit.

      The carer would get a letter if they or the cared for has contacted the DWP saying that they no longer care. The carer will have the Care Allowance stopped.

    • nadnad
      nadnad les59996

      Posted

      Hi les can she get the money that her career use to take from the dwp into her benefits and pay for her own career? Because I'm paying for my own career 
  • hypercat
    hypercat zoe211190

    Posted

    A proportion of your money was paid to the carer.  If you no longer have one it will go to you to help pay towards other help.  x

     

  • zoe211190
    zoe211190

    Posted

    Ok I'm totally confused 😖 it was my ex partner they got the carers allowance and it was paid to him it came off my esa benefit 
    • hypercat
      hypercat zoe211190

      Posted

      Why are you confused?  As your ex partners is no longer caring for you the money paid to him to do it will revert back to you.  This is so you can pay someone else to care for you.  That's all this means.  x
    • anthony97723
      anthony97723 zoe211190

      Posted

      Hi Zoe

      Are you in receipt of DLA or PIP @ standard or enhanced rate for Daily Care? Also did you live alone?

      You might have been entitled to Severe Disability Premium. If so then when someone claimed CarerAllowance for looking after you the SDP would have stopped being paid to you and paid to your carer. It will now revert to you.

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