Hi, This is my 1st post
A little background: I'm the youngest (51yrs) of 4 children & currently the carer for my father (80yrs), who is still reasonable active & independant (diagnosis Jan14 global atrophy) my father is fully acceptance of his condition, maintaining various social activities.
I'm living alone nearby in social (council) housing having moved out of my dads house sept 14 when accommodation became available and I was still working. But with the increasing number of appointments for assessments & doctors, I gave up work April this year running my own business to focus on his care, all the nessesary financial & legals are in place (LPA's etc) for my father and I manage my dads day to day living, cooking, cleaning paying the bills etc as I have access to his money.
With the support of the AS I've attended the CRiSP 1 & 2 courses, and currently I acompany my dad to the local memory cafe once a month.
I'm in receipt of carers allowance & have been in receipt since dads diagnosis. Around 50% of my rent etc is paid by the LA the rest I self fund with the help of family. However I'm not eligible for full rent support as I'm not eligible For IS due to a small pension & the CA taking me over the financial threshold.
My eldest brother who still lives with my father and is in his late 50's and does a minor supporting role as carer, is expected to be made redundant at the end of September and his prospects for further employment up to retirement age don't look good.
This leads me to my main point, we've mooted the idea of myself and my brother swopping roles, with him becoming the carer, and me resuming my career. (I had nil income from the business as it was a start up which is why I was able to claim CA). Assuming my brother has no savings, and is heading towards retirement, with minimal outgoings. Paying a small lodging allowance to my dad, he could effectively live much cheaper than I. Would it be a simple task for use to swop the named person as the carer in receipt of the allowance, or could both of use claim in the interim? I suspect my brother would also be eledible for income support if he becomes the carer which should negate his need to claim unemployment benefit, allowing him to focus on daily care of my father, with myself in the background dealing with the finances.
As I've done the CRiSP courses would either of them be suitable for my brother to gain some insight prior to diving in the deep end & becoming dads carer. As my fear is he may back out should he find it too much for himself, but if we take steps to swop roles switching the CA etc leaving us in limbo, assuming I've returned to work in the meantime
A little background: I'm the youngest (51yrs) of 4 children & currently the carer for my father (80yrs), who is still reasonable active & independant (diagnosis Jan14 global atrophy) my father is fully acceptance of his condition, maintaining various social activities.
I'm living alone nearby in social (council) housing having moved out of my dads house sept 14 when accommodation became available and I was still working. But with the increasing number of appointments for assessments & doctors, I gave up work April this year running my own business to focus on his care, all the nessesary financial & legals are in place (LPA's etc) for my father and I manage my dads day to day living, cooking, cleaning paying the bills etc as I have access to his money.
With the support of the AS I've attended the CRiSP 1 & 2 courses, and currently I acompany my dad to the local memory cafe once a month.
I'm in receipt of carers allowance & have been in receipt since dads diagnosis. Around 50% of my rent etc is paid by the LA the rest I self fund with the help of family. However I'm not eligible for full rent support as I'm not eligible For IS due to a small pension & the CA taking me over the financial threshold.
My eldest brother who still lives with my father and is in his late 50's and does a minor supporting role as carer, is expected to be made redundant at the end of September and his prospects for further employment up to retirement age don't look good.
This leads me to my main point, we've mooted the idea of myself and my brother swopping roles, with him becoming the carer, and me resuming my career. (I had nil income from the business as it was a start up which is why I was able to claim CA). Assuming my brother has no savings, and is heading towards retirement, with minimal outgoings. Paying a small lodging allowance to my dad, he could effectively live much cheaper than I. Would it be a simple task for use to swop the named person as the carer in receipt of the allowance, or could both of use claim in the interim? I suspect my brother would also be eledible for income support if he becomes the carer which should negate his need to claim unemployment benefit, allowing him to focus on daily care of my father, with myself in the background dealing with the finances.
As I've done the CRiSP courses would either of them be suitable for my brother to gain some insight prior to diving in the deep end & becoming dads carer. As my fear is he may back out should he find it too much for himself, but if we take steps to swop roles switching the CA etc leaving us in limbo, assuming I've returned to work in the meantime
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