CARER'S ALLOWANCE

What is it? | Basic qualifying conditions | How much could I get and how am I paid? | How and when should I apply? | What else might I be able to claim?

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E-mail :	disability.benefits@socialsecurity.dhss.gov.im

What is it?

Carer's Allowance (CA) is payable to someone caring for a severely disabled person. The disabled person must receive Attendance Allowance, Constant Attendance Allowance; or the highest or middle rate care component of Disability Living Allowance.

Basic qualifying conditions

To qualify for CA you must -

care for the disabled person for at least 35 hours per week
be over the age 16 at the date of claim
not be earning more than the weekly earnings limit
not be in education of more than 21 hours per week.

You must be ordinarily resident in the Island and have been living in the Island for 26 weeks in the 12 months immediately before the claim

How much could I get and how am I paid?

Click here for Rates. Payment is made either by fortnightly cheque, which you can cash at a Post Office, or pay into a bank account or you can have it paid directly into your bank/building society every 2 weeks.

How and when should I apply?

Complete the CA claim form (DS 700) and return it to the Disability Benefits Unit, Ground Floor, Markwell House, Market Street, Douglas. You should claim CA as soon as you satisfy the qualifying conditions. You should also claim if the disabled person is awaiting the outcome of a claim to Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance or Constant Attendance Allowance.

Request a form by filling in our online request form.

What else might I be able to claim?

Carer's Bereavement Payment

To qualify for the Carer's Bereavement Payment you must have been caring for the severely disabled person and been in receipt of carer's allowance for at least 12 months prior to the death of the severely disabled person. The payment is made automatically following notification to the Department of the death of the severely disabled person. The payment is not payable if there is entitlement to the Bereavement Payment.

Our email address is disability.benefits@socialsecurity.dhss.gov.im.

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