Is she entitled to the allowence?

dc1981

Can some please give me somekind of advise............
i have been on carers allowance to look after a couple that live near me (I AM NOT FAMILY AND DO NOT LIVE IN THE HOUSE)
in the past 2 years i had to take a day off here and there..........i'd go and do my work for them in the morning and leave them alone then until next morning........or i'd try and make my appointment for the morning for which i would be back in there house in the afternoon........................................

last year i went away for a few days.....for which i asked a family member to light the fire, do the laundry and make the beds......... i had to pay......(if someone was looking after my parents, I woundnt dare to ask them for money if they took a few days off for a break.............maybe some of you will not agree?..........i had to give her my whole carer allowance for the 5 days......and i was left with barely nothing

OldGoat

Thread moved from O&O to PI.

dc1981

I am on the carers allowance, not her...............if i was going away and getting someone else i'd pay them......(what i'm not sure)
but i just get past paying someone to look after her own mother

Morag

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/carers/carers_allowance.html

She's not.

Care sharing

Two carers who are providing care on a part-time basis in an established pattern can also share a single Carer’s Allowance payment and the annual Respite Care Grant. Each carer must be providing care from Monday to Sunday but can do so on alternate weeks. A carer providing full-time care on a part-time basis is required under legislation to provide this care for a complete week (Monday to Sunday). Both carers can get the Household Benefits Package.

A carer who is providing care on a part-time basis to someone who attends a residential institution, for example, every other week, can also be accommodated on the Carer’s Allowance scheme.

You must meet all the usual qualifying conditions for Carer’s Allowance.

You are entitled to time off, sounds like she is just a scabby mare.

dc1981

sorry i had to delete this part. to much personal info.........

Big Bag of Chips

You set a precedence by giving her the money the first time. That made it very difficult for you to refuse it any time after that.

Don't be too shocked at her looking for payment for minding her own mother! It happened in my own family, where my mother had to pay her sister to "babysit" their other sister occassionally! If the money wasn't handed over, my mother would come home to find she had dropped my aunt home and left her waiting for us on the door step!

Are you entitled to paid time off? Go to the agency and ask their advice. Do you apply for time off through them? Do they put a replacement in place during that time or do you just sort it out with the family yourself?

If you go through the agency from now on, it should cut out any messing.

LifesgoodwithLG

Hi there,

Unless I am picking you up wrong you feel that its inappropriate for the lady's daughter to ask you for the Carers Allowance that you receive when you are not able to attend the house ? As a carer are you entitled to Holiday leave / pay etc , if not than being strictly fair it comes across as if the lady is skint and needs the cash as well.

Tipperary animal lover

As a carer your entitled to 3 weeks break(hoilday) a year, if she's that badly stuck ask her to go halves in minding her parents(if you can afford. It) on a weekly basis. I bet she'll say no it's easy money for her as your to quiet and say nothing. You'll have to stand your ground your entitled to time off leave her go and check that out. It's got messy because you paid her first day and if say nothing she's gonna keep looking for money.

Neyite

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

As a carer your entitled to 3 weeks break(hoilday) a year, if she's that badly stuck ask her to go halves in minding her parents(if you can afford. It) on a weekly basis. I bet she'll say no it's easy money for her as your to quiet and say nothing. You'll have to stand your ground your entitled to time off leave her go and check that out. It's got messy because you paid her first day and if say nothing she's gonna keep looking for money.

You basically want to stop paying her OP, so what I would do if I was in your position is tell her this time that you will not be paying her as you found out that you are entitled to the holiday leave as Tipperary Animal Lover describes above - for added effect, get some leaflet /printed information from the Dept of Social Welfare /Citizens Advise Bureau, and tell her that not only are you not paying her anymore, you want the money you have paid her already back. I'm guessing that she will back down and just drop asking you for the money.

When you say that the agency have asked you to take on a new client, do you mean that this woman wants to become the full time carer and for you to do the agency hours?

dc1981

too much personal info