need some advice

Hi everyone,

i started carers allowance a couple months ago and just want to make sure i’m doing the 35 hours correctly

I stop at my mams (the person i’m caring for) friday 5pm to sunday 4pm during that time i help her with whatever she needs (taking the dogs out, cleaning, folding the laundry, brushing her hair - takes a while as she has thick hair) as well as basically being ‘on call’ the whole time

She still tries to be very independent so hates waking me up for help but she has a few times (mostly to do with our animals but if i remember correctly once was because she couldn’t find something and shes someone who has to do everything immediately!)

Does this count towards the 35 hours? I know everything i listed does but does the being ‘on call’ count?

She has nerve pain, mental health problems and other things so by 3/4pm she’s usually in bed and i take on everything else (usually when i do the cleaning)

I try to go everyday for atleast 2 hours but recently its been every other day due to my mental health (January has hit me hard)

Thank you! :)