Benefits Query

parki

My mum is 81 she gets AA DLA Pension Credit, is she entitled to Mobility Allowance as she has severe Mobility Problems.I dont think she is getting the right benefits.Can you claim Mobility if she is getting these benefits.I have been living miles apart from her and now she is coming to live near me so i can look after her.When i was filling forms in for her i asked what she was getting and she said the above Benefits she has been on them for 10 years.Thanks for any advice

healy

I assume you are talking about the mobility componant of DLA, if this is the case she cannot claim this as she would need to be under 65.

Emma1973

You cant get AA and DLA, its one or the other. AA has no mobility component to it.

Age Concern offer great advice on benefits for older people.

mealone

Emma1973 wrote: »

You cant get AA and DLA, its one or the other. AA has no mobility component to it.

Age Concern offer great advice on benefits for older people.

Thats not quite true emma1973, if you claim DLA before you are 65 you stay on it post 65 if your condition stays the same, there are many people who recieve HRMC before 65 and AA post 65 for care only.

bigbill

mealone wrote: »

There are many people who recieve HRMC before 65 and AA post 65 for care only.

I have seen thousands of DLA / AA claimants and not one has ever had DLA & AA at the same time, as its not possible.

I think you will find that they claim DLA middle or high care after 65 if they had DLA mobility before 65 only.

joyciebird

bigbill wrote: »

I have seen thousands of DLA / AA claimants and not one has ever had DLA & AA at the same time, as its not possible.

I think you will find that they claim DLA middle or high care after 65 if they had DLA mobility before 65 only.

Bigbill, sorry to correct you but it is possible and they are classed a dual beneficiaries, I have to see there are not many of the claims left

Emma1973

My apologies I didnt get it completely right!
The rules are; if you were getting the mobility component before you were 65 then you have that indefinately, however if you are receiving the lower amount, it cannot be uprated to higher no matter how much your mobility deteriorates.
If you need further help then your new award will be AA.

Hope that clears it up a bit, though I have to say in all my years of working with the Elderly I've never seen this situation!

joyciebird

Emma1973 wrote: »

My apologies I didnt get it completely right!
The rules are; if you were getting the mobility component before you were 65 then you have that indefinately, however if you are receiving the lower amount, it cannot be uprated to higher no matter how much your mobility deteriorates.
If you need further help then your new award will be AA.

Hope that clears it up a bit, though I have to say in all my years of working with the Elderly I've never seen this situation!

Emma1973, your information is incorrect, If you are over 65 and getting any rate of the mobility and you then start to have care needs then you would apply for the middle/higher rate DLA not AA

Emma1973

Always willing to hold my hands up and admit I was wrong! Spoke to colleague at the BDC and where the confusion seems to come in, is that if someone is over 65 the person/adviser automatically fills in an AA form. The BDC will take the information from that form and use it rather than sending a DLA review form!
Now I'm going to lie down for a while..........................................

mealone

Emma1973 wrote: »

My apologies I didnt get it completely right!
The rules are; if you were getting the mobility component before you were 65 then you have that indefinately, however if you are receiving the lower amount, it cannot be uprated to higher no matter how much your mobility deteriorates.
If you need further help then your new award will be AA.

Hope that clears it up a bit, though I have to say in all my years of working with the Elderly I've never seen this situation!

The lower rate of the mobility componant has nothing to do with walking ability but with needing help out doors, such as with mental illnesses and autism.