Is my mum still allowed to be paid pension credit even though she has gone into a care home which is being funded by local authority? I wrote to pensions department explaining everything and her pension credit was stopped for a few weeks which I fully expected. Then she was paid a lump sum and now she is back to being paid a weekly amount. Her attendance allowance has been stopped (again fully expected) so she is getting a normal state pension, plus pension credit plus a very small pension from my dad's past employment. She has to contribute to the home out of this money but it will leave her with a very good amount each month. I am so worried that she is being paid something that she is not entitled to and will have to pay back a lump sum some time in the future so I am just putting it away in case. I phoned pensions department again and was told that pension credit doesn't stop because someone has gone into a care home but it still doesn't seem right to me.
Sharon x
Sharon x