What happens to Carer’s Allowance?
To qualify for Carer’s Allowance, you must spend at least 35 hours a week looking after someone who receives Attendance Allowance or Disability Living Allowance (care part) at the middle or highest rate. When the Attendance Allowance or Disability Living Allowance (care part) of the person you care for stops, so does the Carer’s Allowance. If the person you care for continues to receive Attendance Allowance or Disability Living Allowance because, for example, they are self-funding, Carer’s Allowance will stop after four weeks from the date they go into the care home. This is because the Carer’s Allowance rules only allow a set number of weeks for a break in caring. You are allowed a 12 week break in any 26 week period but only four weeks of that is allowed for temporary breaks in care, for example, because someone is in a care home on a respite stay or on holiday. The other eight weeks are allowed for hospital stays for either the carer or the person who is cared for. Some carers will
