Carer's Credit

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Eligibility

To get Carer바카라 사이트™s Credit you must be:

  • aged 16 or over
  • under State Pension age
  • looking after one or more people for at least 20 hours a week

The person you바카라 사이트™re looking after must get one of the following:

  • Disability Living Allowance care component at the middle or highest care rate
  • Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance at the middle or highest care rate
  • Attendance Allowance
  • Constant Attendance Allowance
  • Personal Independence Payment daily living part
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment
  • Child Disability Payment (CDP) care component at the middle or highest rate
  • Adult Disability Payment daily living component at the standard or enhanced rate
  • Pension Age Disability Payment

If the person you바카라 사이트™re caring for does not get one of these benefits, you may still be able to get Carer바카라 사이트™s Credit. When you apply, fill in the 바카라 사이트˜Care Certificate바카라 사이트™ part of the application form and get a health or social care professional to sign it.

Carers who do not qualify for Carer바카라 사이트™s Allowance or Carer Support Payment may qualify for Carer바카라 사이트™s Credit.

Breaks in caring and eligibility

You can still get Carer바카라 사이트™s Credit even if you have breaks from caring (up to 12 weeks in a row).

For example, you바카라 사이트™ll still get Carer바카라 사이트™s Credit for 12 weeks if:

  • you take a short holiday
  • someone you look after goes into hospital
  • you go into hospital

Keep the Carer바카라 사이트™s Allowance Unit updated if you have a break in caring of more than 12 weeks in a row.

Carer바카라 사이트™s Allowance Unit
Telephone: 0800 731 0297
Textphone: 0800 731 0317
(if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 731 0297
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Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
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