There's the odd stray post I guess but nearly every post here is not confusing the two... far from it. What they're demonstrating is the postcode lottery and box ticking nature of many Carer's Assessments. The wording of the Act is sufficiently vague to enable local authorities to interpret it however they wish....
Some are nicer than others. Some are more strapped for cash than others too, specially in the poorer regions where there's often more demand for services.
I have qualified AS A CARER to have the highest level of needs in my Carer's Assessment but I get nothing. If I want Respite or time out my mother has to pay for the care. I'm not interested in a voucher for an hour in the gym or whatever but it was never offered anyway. And if it was, they wouldn't pay for my mother to be supervised in my absence.
The famous organisation who has won the outsourced contract to run the Carer's Assessments in my area couldn't even be bothered to let me know. I had to chase them many weeks later, it took several calls, loads of jargon-riddled double-speak, and I have never had it in writing. Or any follow up whatsoever.
Some people here get something, one person in London reports a genuinely nice deal but so far most get nothing or very little. I'm keeping track which is why I asked for private messages if folks don't wish to name the authorities concerned in the forum.
Council Tax discount is nothing to do with Carer's Assessments, that's statutory for mental impairment and many local authorities offer it for carers too. Ours does but that's the (small) local council not the (bigger) authority that is responsible for social care. But you don't need a carer's assessment to get it.
The OP got nothing too
