Aa/dla

joyciebird

JuneBow wrote: »

I answered this on the silver savers also.
The section 61584 does not deal with the question.
It says
People entitled to a mobility component on their previous claim or before the
revision or supersession can be entitled to a care component at the highest or
middle rate if they develop care needs and satisfy the care conditions at 61462 and
61054. But, they must complete a six month qualifying period before becoming
entitled to the care component1.
It deals with the award of the DLA (care component) before age 65.
If you receive DLA (mobility component ) prior to age 65, it continues after that date, and then develop a care need after age 65, you claim AA, not the care component of DLA.
If care is required before age 65, then DLA (care component) is claimed and the entitlement continues after age 65.
However, if care is required after 65, you cannot claim DLA and AA must instead be claimed.
Although not common, as DMG24 says, it is possible, and I have seen quite a few examples. There is an example on the silver savers board at the moment.
You were right the first time DMG24

This information is incorrect.

A person in receipt of DLA Mobility who develops care needs after their 65th birthday must apply for the DLA care component. Any claim made for AA would be treated as a claim for DLA Care automatically.

Trasthmatic

There are rare cases of people who have both DLA (Mob) and AA. They usually stem from people who had the old Mobility benefit that existed prior to 1992 and the old Attendance Allowance that existed prior to 1992. These cases are known as dual beneficiaries iirc.
If someone is entitled to mob only and develops care needs after their 65th birthday they will simply be given either the middle or higher rate of the DLA care component. They cant qualify for the lowest rate of the care component.