How To Claim Carers Allowance

What is carer's allowance and how do I claim?

If you are doing some paid work you must keep your net earnings below the earnings threshold the department for work and pensions set each forth each quarter. So it is possible to be entitled to carer's allowance and do some part time work as long as I said you keep your earnings below that threshold. Also most importantly the person that you care for whether they live with you or not, they must be in receipt of a benefit called disability living allowance and it has to be the care component of liability living allowance that they are in receipt of and that care component must be paid at either the middle rate or the high rate. In addition to that, that person you care for if they themselves are claiming income from support, you may want to seek advice before you claim carer's allowance as a carer.