Carers who stay overnight

Does someone in your household need regular overnight care?

If you can say yes to all the following, it might mean that you get an increase in your benefit, or that you won't be affected by under-occupancy rules (sometimes called the 'bedroom tax'). 

• You have a carer or team of carers who regularly stays overnight in your home
• You rent your home
• The overnight care is provided by a carer who doesn’t live in your home
• You have an extra room that the carer uses to sleep in overnight
• The person needing care gets Personal Independence Payment (daily living), Disability Living Allowance (care), Attendance Allowance or Armed Forces Independence Payment.

The carer can be there to look after you, your partner, your child or a non-dependent adult in your home. 

If the person needing care doesn't get Personal Independence Payment (daily living), Disability Living Allowance (care), Attendance Allowance or Armed Forces Independence Payment, then we'll need to see some proof of the overnight care. This could be a letter from a doctor, social worker or support worker. We'll then decide if we can give the extra room allowance.

Please let us know if you or someone in your home has this sort of overnight care.