Attendance Allowance: Medical conditions which could mean you’re eligible for £369 a month | Personal Finance | Finance
To claim Attendance Allowance people need to claim the state pension and they must also have a disability or an illness that makes it harder for them to look after themselves. The disability or illness a person can be both physical or mental. People also do not need to have a carer to qualify for the benefit.
However, people must have “had care or supervision needs” because of their disability or illness for at least six months before they can get Attendance Allowance.
The amount that someone is entitled to is dependent on how much help a person needs.
Attendance Allowance is paid at two different rates and every four weeks.
Pensioners could receive £61.85 if they need help during the day or at night.
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However, if someone needs help during both the day and night they could receive £92.40.
People also do not need to have had a formal diagnosis for their condition to apply for the help.
Attendance Allowance is not a means-tested benefit, so people who are working can still claim.
It also means that it doesn’t matter how much a person has in savings as it will not affect what they are entitled to.
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Care home residents usually are not entitled to the support as their care is typically paid for by their local authority.
However, they may still be able to claim Attendance Allowance if they pay for all their own care home costs.
There are over 50 conditions that could qualify for Attendance Allowance, however it is dependent on the effect the condition has on a person’s quality of life.
Some conditions which could be eligible include:
- Arthritis
- Spondylosis
- Back Pain – Other / Precise Diagnosis not Specified
- Disease of The Muscles, Bones or Joints
- Trauma to Limbs
- Blindness
- Deafness
- Heart disease
- Chest disease
- Asthma
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Peripheral vascular Disease
- Epilepsy
- Neurological Diseases
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Motor Neurone Disease
- Chronic Pain Syndromes
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Metabolic Disease
- Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia
- Major Trauma Other than Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia
- Learning Difficulties
- Psychosis
- Psychoneurosis
- Personality Disorder
- Dementia
- Behavioural Disorder
- Hyperkinetic syndrome
- Renal Disorders
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Bowel and Stomach Disease
- Blood Disorders
- Haemophilia
- Multi System Disorders
- Multiple Allergy Syndrome
- Skin Disease
- Malignant Disease
- Severely Mentally impaired
- Double Amputee
- Deaf/Blind
- Haemodialysis
- Frailty
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- AIDS
- Infectious diseases: Viral disease – Coronavirus covid-19
- Infectious diseases: Viral disease – precise diagnosis not specified
- Infectious diseases: Bacterial disease – Tuberculosis
- Infectious diseases: Bacterial disease – precise diagnosis not specified
- Infectious diseases: Protozoal disease – Malaria
- Infectious diseases: Protozoal disease – other / precise diagnosis not specified
- Infectious diseases – other / precise diagnosis not specified
- Cognitive disorder – other / precise diagnosis not specified
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Many are turned off applying for the support due to the application process which several disability charities have described as being “long” and “overcomplicated”.
It also requires people to answer personal questions which many may not want to do, or could find emotionally draining.
However, charities, including Citizens Advice and Age UK, have urged Britons to claim if they are eligible.
Both of these charities, as well as many others, provide support and help to individuals when filling out the forms.
