I’m pretty sure I know the answer which in our case is no.
My wife and I are in our 80s and care 24/7 for our 50 year old severely disabled daughter (cerebral palsy) On the 11th Feb my wife contacted the dreaded norovirus and has been confined to her bed. Today she is now feeling a little better, but has not eaten since Monday and will not be able to carry out her caring duties today. I also have the virus,but not quite so bad so I have been able to look after our daughter.
However as my daughter has to wear incontinance pads I had to call in Social services who in turn handed case over to an outsourced company. I have carried out all the manual handling leaving the provided carer to put pads on my daughter, time taken approx 30 minutes a day plus of course travel time.
We have now been advised we have to pay for this service. As my wife and I are on state pension do we have to pay the full amount for this service? Of course my daughter recieves her full benefits, including motabillity allowance.
Advice on this matter would be much appreciated.
Harry