Hi all,
I am seriously thinking of giving up work to care for my mum who is in a care home. Is that daft? I am finding it is taking up more time than I imagined for her to be there. For example, she has elderly friends who want to visit, and there is only me to take them to see her. This can mean a round trip of 30 miles. She wants to go to the shops every week, even though she doesn't want anything in particular, she just likes to go, and there is only me to do it. She now wants to go to church on Sundays, and there is only me able to take her. It seems that it is all taking over my life and I can't cope with it alonside my fulltime job, and I can't deny her what she wants, so my job has to go.
We talk about Christmas cards, it is going to be me who directs her to who to write them to.
Can I claim Carers Allowance even though she is in a Care Home? I suspect not.
Does anyone else have experience of this?
Margaret
I am seriously thinking of giving up work to care for my mum who is in a care home. Is that daft? I am finding it is taking up more time than I imagined for her to be there. For example, she has elderly friends who want to visit, and there is only me to take them to see her. This can mean a round trip of 30 miles. She wants to go to the shops every week, even though she doesn't want anything in particular, she just likes to go, and there is only me to do it. She now wants to go to church on Sundays, and there is only me able to take her. It seems that it is all taking over my life and I can't cope with it alonside my fulltime job, and I can't deny her what she wants, so my job has to go.
We talk about Christmas cards, it is going to be me who directs her to who to write them to.
Can I claim Carers Allowance even though she is in a Care Home? I suspect not.
Does anyone else have experience of this?
Margaret