I'm so mad I need advice from anyone who can help me.
My poor mum was in a care home and passed away December last year. Just after her death I had to pay the DWP £3k for overpaid Attendance allowance which had been going on for months as they had no record of mum's change of circumstances although I rang to tell them when she went into the care home !!!! Anyway now 5 months after her death, I have received a bill for the overpayment of Pension credit covering 2 years in the sum of £2.5k and they want it paying by next week!!!! My brain is in tatters and I can't think straight. Does pension credit stop when you go into residential care - mum was fully funding and had to sell her house to pay the fees. I'm just so mad that you do what you are supposed to and yet the DWP can still screw you up because of their inability to process information!!!
My poor mum was in a care home and passed away December last year. Just after her death I had to pay the DWP £3k for overpaid Attendance allowance which had been going on for months as they had no record of mum's change of circumstances although I rang to tell them when she went into the care home !!!! Anyway now 5 months after her death, I have received a bill for the overpayment of Pension credit covering 2 years in the sum of £2.5k and they want it paying by next week!!!! My brain is in tatters and I can't think straight. Does pension credit stop when you go into residential care - mum was fully funding and had to sell her house to pay the fees. I'm just so mad that you do what you are supposed to and yet the DWP can still screw you up because of their inability to process information!!!