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Benefits the additional person you care for gets

To get Carer Additional Person Payment, the person you care for must get one or more of these qualifying benefits:

  • Adult Disability Payment – daily living component
  • Child Disability Payment – middle or highest rate care component
  • Pension Age Disability Payment
  • Attendance Allowance
  • Constant Attendance Allowance at or above normal maximum rate with Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
  • Constant Attendance Allowance at or above the basic (full day) rate with a War Disablement Pension
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment
  • Personal Independence Payment – daily living component
  • Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance - middle or highest rate care component
  • Disability Living Allowance – middle or highest rate care component

When you ask us for Carer Additional Person Payment, you'll need to know if the additional person you provide care for gets either:

  • Constant Attendance Allowance at or above the basic (full day) rate with a War Disablement Pension
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment

We'll check if they get any of the other qualifying benefits, so it's ok if you do not know about these when you complete the form.

Does the additional person you care for get any of these benefits?

What kind of care do you provide for the additional person you care for?

Time spent providing care for the additional person

To get Carer Additional Person Payment, you must provide care for 20 hours or more a week. If you provide care for more than one person, your hours of care can happen at the same time.

What is care?

Examples of providing care

You might be caring for someone if you:

  • help them with their mental health
  • give them emotional support
  • help them during an illness
  • support them with a disability

Providing care for someone's mental health

If they need help with their mental health, or support with how they're feeling, you might:

  • comfort them during a panic attack
  • stay close by so they do not feel alone
  • help them through a crisis
  • check on them throughout the day
  • make sure they're safe
  • keep them company

Providing care for someone with a disability or illness

If they have a disability or illness, you might:

  • help them to get around
  • dress them
  • give them, or remind them to take, any medicines they need
  • help them to shower or use the toilet
  • cook their meals for them
  • do their food shopping
  • translate for them

How many hours of care do you provide a week for this person?

Does anyone else get Carer Additional Person Payment for the same person?

It's ok if you do not know. We'll check this if you ask us for Carer Additional Person Payment.

Do you already get Carer Support Payment?

You cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment

Based on your answers you cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment for the additional person you care for. This is because you said they did not get one of the qualifying benefits.

You can:

Other support for you as a carer
You may be able to get other support when you’re caring for someone. This could include other benefits, wellbeing support and help to take breaks from care. Find out more about support for carers.

You cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment

Based on your answers you cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment for the additional person you care for.

This is because you said that you're either a:

  • paid care worker
  • volunteer carer through a volunteering scheme or charity

You can:

You cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment

Based on your answers you cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment for the additional person you care for.

This is because you said you provided care for 19 hours or less a week. To get Carer Additional Person Payment, you need to provide care for 20 hours or more a week.

You can:

Other support for you as a carer
You may be able to get other support when you’re caring for someone. This could include other benefits, wellbeing support and help to take breaks from care. Find out more about support for carers.

You cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment

Based on your answers you cannot get Carer Additional Person Payment for the additional person you care for.

This is because you said that someone else is already getting Carer Additional Person Payment for this person.

You can:

Other support for you as a carer
You may be able to get other support when you’re caring for someone. This could include other benefits, wellbeing support and help to take breaks from care. Find out more about support for carers.

You can add your additional person to get Carer Additional Person Payment

Based on your answers, you may be able to get Carer Additional Person Payment. To do this, you need to report a change to your circumstances.

Add a person

You can add your additional person when you apply for Carer Support Payment

Based on your answers, you may be able to get Carer Additional Person Payment. You can do this as part of your application for Carer Support Payment.

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