CA and IS is this right?

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By kerry.

Re: CA and IS is this right?
Thu 28 Aug 2008 13:26

Sounds a bit iffy to me Lee. Is there a benefits Help Line you could contact. I know there are some who are independant and therefore have no agenda.

usually they take some off your income support as you get carers, but think it's about £20-£25. (which I still think is wrong)

By morello

Re: CA and IS is this right?
Thu 28 Aug 2008 13:42

Oh yes it is right. The CA is one big farce. You can barely earn anything if you can work,or it goes, if you have to live on IS because of 24/7 care like me then half of the carers allowance is deducted. Come now you dont really expect the government to give a damn about whether we can exist or not do you. We do a job for sweet FA and it is our love and human kindness that is taken for granted and why should we need money. After all we are scroungers on the state are we not. Thats what I was called by one person on the Income Support line when I queried it some time ago . We are just scum so get on with it and we have to forget these pathetic creatures who have no idea what we go through every day and night of our lives ( if thats what you call it)
Mo

By Lynne D

Re: CA and IS is this right?
Thu 28 Aug 2008 16:35

Not sure about CA, i dont get it as i am not entitled to it they say, nor am i entitled to IS or Incapacity benefit, so all i get it my disability allowance (with £20 a month taken out as they say i owe then over 2 thousand pound, not sure how they worked that one out but they have no where else to get the money back, so it is taken out of my DLA) although i am on top rate both mobility and care, My son gets DLA and he actually gets a reduced rate of incapacity. So we have a combined income of just over 600 a month, we are not entitled to any benifits, like free prescriptions and reduced council tax, because neither of us gets income support. I gave up ages ago, i just bury my head in sand, what will be will be, i am tired of fighting, and i have never argued the toss, of course, i hear some screaming go to citizens advice or whatever, but to do that makes me even more stressed - they confuse me which in turn makes my body shake even more than it does normally, so i just smile sweetly and say thank you very much for whatever i get, I am not a scrounger, and i am not scum, i was a mum with a baby who was never expected to live, and he did, but was severly disabled for surviving, tried to be supermum, by careing on my own and keeping down a job, survuving on 2 or 3 hours a night sleep, it didnt work as i found out with disatorus consequences, and resulted in me paralised from waist down, I know everything that is happening now is a result of me being to proud to ask even for someone to care for my son for half an hour whilst i did the shopping, like i said - i was superwoman,therefore i have only myslef to blame, I suppose the moral of my story is, dont be a wet blanket and dont be too proud to ask, i will never change, it isnt in me to, but take heed, the consequences are disaterous
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By marie66

Re: CA and IS is this right?
Thu 28 Aug 2008 21:00

Aw ((( lynne))), I struggled on alone for years too and if we hadn't hit a crisis point, I would probably still be going it alone!

Some people are so afraid of being judged or of Social Services coming in and taking over they don't seek help.
Others are like me, kinda blinkered and running on auto-pilot for a long time.

I only realised how stressful things really were, when we hit the big crisis - 30 seizures a day for months meant I just could not sustain it alone anymore.

I must admit, it took a longtime - almost 3 months at that level of activity, before i finally woke up and said I can't do this alone anymore.
I think, I just kept putting one foot in-front of the other and kept on going!

I'm glad, I did, in the end, seek help as it worked out ok.

My DP currently buys me 2 nights sleep every week and 8 hours daytime care so I can go to work 1 afternoon and out with my mum on a Saturday.

I do sometimes wonder, how many others struggle on alone.

marie x