Attendance allowance

Mojisola

krisskross wrote: »

My husband is in receipt of high rate AA. There is no carer's allowance payable to anyone claiming retirement pension. You can't have both.

I believe there will be an additional entitlement if pension credit is being claimed.

It must be this my parents get. They both get AA and both get an "underlying entitlement" to carer's allowance which brings in a bit extra.

travelling1

The best people to talk to about benefits and appeals for AA are the Disability and Information Advice line. http://www.dialuk.info

mickamike404

No i hav'ent forgotten, i wanted to let the post run its course,
We are still waiting for a answer from the A/A people as regards
to her claim being awarded or not
Thank you all so much for your very helpfull reply's.

Mike

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KxMx wrote: »

Only with DLA can you get Motability, and that's for under 65's. Very unfair I know.

if you are already claiming dla at the age of 65 then you continue to get dla for as long as you qualify for it

mickamike404

No we are not getting DLA we get State Pension Credit.
got a reply today after 3 Months and the DWP have rejected our claim
for AA, they took the GPs report and what we put on the form into
account but it was not enough to get us AA.
We got help to fill in the form but it seems that was not enough
for them, they said we can appeal but was wandering if its worth it,
I mean what else can we tell them.

Mike

Mojisola

If the pressure won't cause to too much stress, it's worth appealing. There's always a chance it will be awarded.

Who helped you fill in the forms? Did you feel they were competent? Most advisors will have a pretty good idea of whether there is enough on the forms to get the benefit or not. Did s/he suggest your wife's claim was borderline? You could get someone else to help with the appeal if you feel the advisor didn't express your wife's needs precisely enough.

One thing that often crops up when elderly and disabled people are answering the questions on the form is not recognising how much they have adapted their lives to cope with their problems. An advisor should ask detailed questions to see how much your life varies from what a fit adult could do. Did s/he do that or just ask "Can you manage this, can you do that?"

mickamike404

A community care woman filled in the form for her,she spent about an hour
at it, so i reckon she know's the form, don;t know what the Doctor told them
but he said he put enough on, so we will go back to the community woman and
get her to appeal for us.

Regards Mike

Newly_retired

You can ask for a reconsideration i.e for it to be looked at again- you must do this within one month of the date of the decision letter. It would really help if you could supply additional information, and include a consultant's report.

KxMx

Appealing a benefits decision is extremley stressful I will be honest here, but when you're awarded the money it is well worth it.

andyandflo

KxMx wrote: »

Appealing a benefits decision is extremley stressful I will be honest here, but when you're awarded the money it is well worth it.

Stressful isn't the word!!! It's downright suicidal!!!

If you want to find out more, have a read on the Benefits Board about how people are coping waiting for an appeal that is taking upwards of 15 months to get there.

I and others like me have had enough after 6 months of waiting and have given up and cancelled the appeal!!!