carer's allowance wait time?

hi all i was turned down for respite grant because i was refused the carers grant i was told you only get them both if you are approved for carers grant, i did the two forms at different times i think a few months apart, and then got a letter stating i could not get respite grant, i was amazed thought we would get that at least, i think they are working on may and june medical reviews has anyone heard that it would be great if that is right.

mossy69056

angielongford wrote: »

Hi Smurphysutton, thanks a mill for your post.... I think we will go ahead and apply for the respite and hope for the best. Don't relish bringing another bunch of forms to the GP for completion again.... I hate all this, hard not to feel like a nuisance. I wonder if I sent in a copy of the carers form (which gives all the medical information) and complete the respite forms would that be acceptable - any ideas.

know how you feel angie about the GP and the forms but they get paid for filling in the forms.you will need to complete the respite forms fully as you dont want them looking for more information and slowing things down.you should send in any letters that you have to support your claim aswell.make sure you photocopy all documents and send it registered post also.i sent away for the companion travel pass aswell and the medical report is the same as the carers and respite so you may as well get the doctor to do the respite and the travel pass together.

mossy69056

tipplady wrote: »

hi all i was turned down for respite grant because i was refused the carers grant i was told you only get them both if you are approved for carers grant, i did the two forms at different times i think a few months apart, and then got a letter stating i could not get respite grant, i was amazed thought we would get that at least, i think they are working on may and june medical reviews has anyone heard that it would be great if that is right.

yes they are working on june medical reviews now for carers
was talking to a woman that works on the respite grants and told her my story and told me what to do.you dont have to be getting the carers to get the respite and even though i am waiting on the carers i was to fill in the forms and send them in and i might qualify for 2011 aswell.she said there was a 7-8 week backlog for the respite,not near as bad as in the carers
just have to hang in there for now

hi all hope we hear something soon if they are working on june, we may get the respite as well if we are approved for carers grant, we are hanging in there now it is a waiting game, every morning look for the postman, dont no what we will do if we are turned down from the medical reviewer, please god they see we need it at this stage, more hospital visits coming up the news from doctor yesterday,

Fingers crossed tipplady that it will hall happen for you, there is nothing as bad as the waiting, it makes things so much harder for people like us. Has anyone any idea where they are in the processing stage for the first time applications.....

Smurphy tried ringing yesterday wasted 8 euro call credit and was still on hold, credit ran out grrrr week 46 now. Will ring by end of week again... Any good news anyone?

jewelsl

Hi all new to this forum but have been following this thread, I'm now waiting 30 weeks which isn't as bad as some here but the frustrating thing for me is that my husband was claiming carer's for our daughter up until march of this year & because he was offered more hours we decided that it would be best if I claimed carers instead (I was made redundant from my job over a year ago). So we were told that we would have to reapply and just wait to see IF it would be awarded!! I was just on to the carers allowance section there & they are now on December so I def have a few more months wait ahead of me. It's just so frustrating this waiting game & not to even know whether or not it will be awarded even though if my husband said no to the increase in hours we would still have it.

Welcome to the forum Jewelsl, I applied in February I'm nearly at week 42 now and when I rang them a couple of weeks ago they told me that it would more than likely be the either just before Christmas or early in the new year. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed, that it will be just before Christmas but not holding my breath, its so hard, and now are car is on the blink which we need to bring my mam to and from hosptial appointments. Its just not fare, but what can we do....

hi jewels welcome, how upsetting for you knowing you have to wait now after your husband getting it, we are in our final stage now just waiting to see if we are getting it now should hear in two weeks time we are very nervous at this stage, please everybody wish us luck we could do with some at this stage,good luck to everyone,

Everything crossed for you tipplady and I hope you finally receive the good news we are all waiting for.

thanks smurphysutton we are so stressed at this stage waiting for letter dont no what to do next if we are refused, been told we should hear in two weeks, now gone to appeals from medical advisor, trying to think if this has approved us that will be a big thing for us, as we were refused in the first place from the medical advisor, maybe more evidence this time has helped us fingers crossed to all of us.

Tomorrow starts another long week of postman watching for lots of us, good luck to all of you waiting on replies with regard to our Carers Application. Hope someone gets some good news.

hi all, yes we are all waiting this week hopefully postman brings good news to some of us or all of us would be great, the waiting is alfull we must all be stressed at this stage, good luck to us all.

The poor postman!! Going to ring again tomorrow will post update, hopefully good news soon everyone xx

Busybee4 wrote: »

The poor postman!! Going to ring again tomorrow will post update, hopefully good news soon everyone xx

Cant believe you still havent heard anything Busybee how many weeks now have you been waiting. Hopefully you will get some good news when you ring, I'm going to wait till near enough the end of the month to ring I will be approx 43 weeks waiting then.:(

Week 47 starts tomorrow

Just off the phone to carer's, the woman said they are on December (still) but said for me to send in a bank statement (don't know why) and she can't give me a timescale. 11 months waiting, fed up

Don't blame you Busy Bee when I rang them in October I was told to send in bank statements as well, to prove my income and my husbands.

hi all still post watching you are right busybee4, he must think i am watching up and down the road all the time,it is alfull but when the weekend comes i hurry it up and wait for monday again, our lives are on standstill at the moment hope we all hear something before christmas, long hoilday to get over, i dread to think the appeals will turn us down again,hubby due in hospital any time soon stressed again over it all, good luck to all of us

hi all still waiting for my appeal been told another couple of weeks to wait hopefully the longer it is taking could be good news well hopefully.

LegacyUser

waiting 45 weeks now...rang yesterday and they said there still on december..

philomena29

Hi have been following this thread for last 5 months, i applied 20 december, still waiting to hear anything, but today i received a social services card in the post ive never needed one because my childrens allowances is paid into my bank account and me and my kids are under his jobseekers claim, so just wondering did anyone receive a card before receiving carers payment.

So Annoyed

Philomena I don't know, someone on this thread a long while back got one sent out, and thought she'd got the carers, but was still refused

If you get the free bus pass, it means you've got it

hi all i heard that if the pass bus comes you have been accepted, that is what i am hoping for, mine is 18 months now going on, what with being refused and now the appeal, hope to hear something maybe this week or the week after,i could still be refused, dont know what to do then does anyone know,

krustovski

i applied in june 2011,after a long wait and not hearing anything i rang in sept 2011 to be told they lost my application,re-applied,more long waits,back and forth with bank statements,transfered some money from my joint account into a private acc i have for direct debits etc,they wanted bank statements for that acc all to be told last april my wife who can barely walk and needs help to get out of bed wasnt incapacitated enough for me to qualify.
Appealed with more evidence,c.t scan results,docs letters etc,appeall ofice approved on the 29th of last month,i rang longford to be told im right back at the start of the pile and im in for another long wait,i asked could i be skipped forward considering its been 18 months and politely told no and guess what,theyll want more bank statements.
My honest opinion is they(s.w c.a`s section) hope that you get fed up waiting or you wont bother appealing or get fed up waiting for your appeal and youll just give up.
Im also a little concerned as ive read somewhere on this site that backdating now is another issue people are having problems with,also no one seems to know whether ill get full rate or half.As my wife is claiming for me on her d.a will i get full or half.
Its gas she gets approved for d.a no probs and i get refused to care for her originally.(altough my appeal was succesfull)
Has anyone had a similar experience,id love to hear

krustovski

steponit wrote: »

waiting 45 weeks now...rang yesterday and they said there still on december..

two weeks ago i was told they were on aug/sept,there is something seriously wrong in that office