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Help! Overpayment of Attendance Allowance
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sleepless_saver wrote: »I think it's been the case since the introduction of free personal care back in ?2002. DWP then refused to transfer money to Scotland which would have been used for AA for this group because the UK government disapproved of the free personal care policy.
If someone doesn't receive the free personal care for whatever reason then they would keep the AA. e.g. if they had not been assessed by the local authority as needing residential care.
See:
http://www.firststopcareadvice.org.uk/finance/care-home/self-funding.aspx
http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/lessons-funding-long-term-care-scotland
Sorry for hijacking thread!
Gosh! They definitely did receive AA while getting personal care and were self-funding.Lost my soulmate so life is empty.
I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have -
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander0 -
Torry_Quine wrote: »Gosh! They definitely did receive AA while getting personal care and were self-funding.
Must have just slipped through the net then!0
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