Attendance Allowance

shellieboo

margaretclare wrote: »

As I understand it, a person getting DLA before age 65 continues to get it afterwards, it doesn't have to change to AA. If you apply for the first time after age 65, however, AA is what's available, not DLA. The criteria are different for these 2, but if you were getting it before then it will carry on.

That said...

OP, you keep saying that you didn't know there was such a thing as a state retirement pension. With all due respect, which planet have you been living on? I've never met another person in the UK who didn't know that SRP exists, that you've been paying for it these many years in your National Insurance contributions, even if the age for receiving it has changed.

The point about your husband is that if you don't make these contributions for yourself then you can claim 60% of what he gets, when he reaches retirement age. Your former husband would only be relevant if you were divorced or widowed and hadn't remarried.

HTH

Ta,
I know now what you are saying is right. But when the government office in town say that I am right and I must claim the allowance instead of the DLA what else am I supposed to think? I can understand you if I hadnt asked them but I did and that is what they told me.
Oh I did know about the State Pension, everybody does dont they? What I didnt know was that I would still get one for the little bit of contributions I have paid in. It would be different if I worked 30 years or something but I didnt. No one wrote to me or telephoned me to tell me so I was thinking that I cant get one. This pension I should have been having for the past 6 years is mine and has nothing to do with what my husband paid in.He has only been receivig his State Pension for the past 3 years since he was 65. Does everybody even if they know that they havent paid much in claim for a pension expecting that they are going to get one? If they do that is very cheeky. Just the same as me going to the bank to expect to draw out a million pounds when I know that there is only 50p in the account.

kazzah60

shellie
there is a service called the pension forcast service ( I think it is still called that) whereby ANYONE who has paid any NI contributions or has claimed CHILD BENEFIT of another eligible benefit such as CARERS ALLOWANCE can contact the Pensions office and obtain a forecast of how much pension they are eligible for and when it becomes payable

Not sure if you or others in similar positions would know that receipt of child benefit or Carers allowance also covers a bit of your NI contribution and is counted towards a state retirement pension

krisskross

shellieboo wrote: »

Ta,
I know now what you are saying is right. But when the government office in town say that I am right and I must claim the allowance instead of the DLA what else am I supposed to think? I can understand you if I hadnt asked them but I did and that is what they told me.
Oh I did know about the State Pension, everybody does dont they? What I didnt know was that I would still get one for the little bit of contributions I have paid in. It would be different if I worked 30 years or something but I didnt. No one wrote to me or telephoned me to tell me so I was thinking that I cant get one. This pension I should have been having for the past 6 years is mine and has nothing to do with what my husband paid in.He has only been receivig his State Pension for the past 3 years since he was 65. Does everybody even if they know that they havent paid much in claim for a pension expecting that they are going to get one? If they do that is very cheeky. Just the same as me going to the bank to expect to draw out a million pounds when I know that there is only 50p in the account.

If you are claiming a pension on the basis of your husband's contributions then it wouldn't have been payable until he was 65. So perhaps you haven't lost as much as you first thought. To lose anything is a shame though.

shellieboo

krisskross wrote: »

If you are claiming a pension on the basis of your husband's contributions then it wouldn't have been payable until he was 65. So perhaps you haven't lost as much as you first thought. To lose anything is a shame though.

Ta,
No this pension thing has nothing to do with my husband or my ex husband. They are saying that it is because I paid in myself and had credits made for me that I should have been claiming in my own name for the last 6 years. The pension people say that they would have paid it to me but didnt because I didnt know anything about it

shellieboo

kazzah60 wrote: »

shellie
there is a service called the pension forcast service ( I think it is still called that) whereby ANYONE who has paid any NI contributions or has claimed CHILD BENEFIT of another eligible benefit such as CARERS ALLOWANCE can contact the Pensions office and obtain a forecast of how much pension they are eligible for and when it becomes payable

Not sure if you or others in similar positions would know that receipt of child benefit or Carers allowance also covers a bit of your NI contribution and is counted towards a state retirement pension

Ta,
Another government office? How do people know all about these offices? I really wonder if all this is really worth it. I had a from this morning something called a BR1 which is about 27 pages long. Do they honestly expect me to fill in this form to get money that they say is mine? I dont know whether to cry or laugh. I cant do that.

anmarj

shellieboo wrote: »

Ta,
I had a from this morning something called a BR1 which is about 27 pages long. Do they honestly expect me to fill in this form to get money that they say is mine? I dont know whether to cry or laugh. I cant do that.

Then contact ageuk and get their help. The form is needed for you to claim your State Pension, they can't do much without that form, or you can call the free phone number and do the claim over the phone, where the advisor will take all the details needed to get it processed. (0800 731 7898 Option 1)