It's not all cut and dried tho, a friend of mine has a Mum entering dementia and a Dad becoming chair bound,
and they're needing so much care now he's thinking to give up his work to care for them full time, but if he does that then he will only get £60 a week maximum (prolly more like £40) benefit help for doing so, which isn't enough for him to live on, so, with his parents consent, they are trying to claim disability benefits for THEM which they will then give to HIM to support him as their carer, however there will come a point soon when his Mum will too far gone to legally give consent to anything anymore, and it's possible someone will then see what they're doing as 'fraud'.
BTW, his parents have worked and payed their taxes their entire lives and retired late at 70 because they loved their jobs, his Mum needs 24/7 attention now so as soon as his Father is completely lame, that's it, either they must sell their home and give up all their property there-in to go into a home, or 'de-fraud' the benefits system to get by a bit longer, but it all depends how you look at it.
These things are not always as simple as they seem.
BTW, did you know it can cost a grand in legal fees to get Power Of Attorney? 'Cos we didn't...
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..wil, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 20:09,
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If they are over 65
they can only get attendance allowance not disability living allowance and you can only claim carers allowance for one of them although one of them could claim carers allowance for looking after the other one. That's a loophole in the law ;)
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 20:26,
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I don't know all the terms, but other than the names of all the benefits
the above is accurate, and it's a bit fucking scary considering they've tried really hard to support themselves their whole lives.
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..wil, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 20:30,
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Unfortunately it's the system
You are better off spending all your money and dying a pauper than saving it to leave to your kids
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 20:36,
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its a great county we live in
i sometimes think it would be better to quit my shitty job and just claim benifits. i would make more money that way, and do fuck all for it.
as for poa, you can do it yourself, get the forms from a solictiors or somewhere similar, and fill them in. i cant believe it would cost £1000...
or do you mean it would cost a grand for the form?
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Captain Pilchard The king of B-movies!, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 21:28,
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fuck benefits
i just got laid off and had to sign on the dole today, for the first time ever, after 22 years of uninterupted employment. its fucking gay and the job centre is full of polish cunts and fucking £5,75 an hour jobs .
i want a job soon as fuck,benefits suck hard.
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