Reclaiming Attendance Allowance

tinkledom

margaretclare wrote: »

It's not always a choice. I know of people who have been flooded out of home, who've been unable to return home for weeks on end. Or whose homes were damaged as a result of fire and their insurance companies put them up in a hotel or B&B. It can happen to anyone.

Thanks but surely Attendance Allowance wouldn't be given on the basis of 'what happens if'?

cbrown372

tinkledom wrote: »

I would not disagree that life is far far easier now for both of us. However that doesn't pay the bills. We still have to live and with the Attendance Allowance we just about scrape through each month. Without it will mean a considerable reduction in living standards. Our weekly income will go down from £310 to £230.

tinkledom wrote: »

Thank you one and all. There seems to me to be some confusion on somebody that has care needs, receives Attendance Allowance because of them and how that money is spent and the reduction in care needs because of aids and adaptions at home.


Of course I will explain in the new claim form that the care needs are still there physically, she hasn't had a miraculous recovery, albeit that they do not now arise at home because of what we have done to the home. As an example she now doesn't need any help in getting into or out of the bath, she can do it herself. She doesn't now need any help with getting to, on and off the toilet, she can do that for herself now. She doesn't need any help to get into or out of the bed any longer, she can do that for herself.
I'll fill the form in as best I can explaining how with the adaptions etc she is now more or less like any normal person and can cope herself without help from me.

Make up your mind Andy, you can either pay the bills or not with or without the AA. Try being honest about it as you are suggesting others be, after all how many people do you know that use a walking stick outside the house but can manage without in the house?

tinkledom

cbrown372 wrote: »

Make up your mind Andy, you can either pay the bills or not with or without the AA. Try being honest about it as you are suggesting others be, after all how many people do you know that use a walking stick outside the house but can manage without in the house?

What does 'Andy' have to do with it?
I have already explained in the simplest of ways that even a goldfish could understand, so don't understand your problem. Being able to pay the bills or not has nothing to do with wanting or not wanting to claim Attendance Allowance.
Without the Attendance Allowance award we are now down by a considerable amount each week. Having that reduction doesn't mean that I should make another claim on my wife's behalf because of that loss. A claim should only be submitted if the claimant is reasonably satisfied that an award will or should be made. Personally I doubt my wife is entitled to Attendance Allowance given the fact that her care needs have been met by the adaptions made. May I suggest that you have a look at the Attendance allowance claim form which clearly asks about what care needs she has, how they have arisen and how could they be met.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/271750/aa1a.pdf

Indie_Kid

If you doubt your wife is entitled, why try and claim then? Oh silly me, it's extra money.

tinkledom

sh1305 wrote: »

If you doubt your wife is entitled, why try and claim then? Oh silly me, it's extra money.

Hence the reason why I posted this question on this forum. I don't think that she is entitled others have agreed with me, others have said that she might but on a lower rate and the rest saying it makes no odds she is entitled to receive the full payment.


I telephoned the DWP asking for a definitive answer, none was received other than they suspended the award. So, I'm none the wiser as to who is right. Does she claim, is she entitled, will it be re-awarded, I don't know? Maybe you could shed some light on the dilemma.

fed_up_and_stressed

tinkledom wrote: »

What does 'Andy' have to do with it?

Without the Attendance Allowance award we are now down by a considerable amount each week.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/271750/aa1a.pdf

Oh Andy come on ! You've been rumbled ! Surely you can use some of the 300k inheritence ..or perhaps the £100k a year you were on when you were working (but somehow didn't use to retirement plan) to pay for bills such as Flo's Mulberry handbags !!

tinkledom

fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »

Oh Andy come on ! You've been rumbled ! Surely you can use some of the 300k inheritence ..or perhaps the £100k a year you were on when you were working (but somehow didn't use to retirement plan) to pay for bills such as Flo's Mulberry handbags !!

Would you please explain what that is all about?

JimmyTheWig

tinkledom wrote: »

Of course I will explain in the new claim form that the care needs are still there physically, she hasn't had a miraculous recovery, albeit that they do not now arise at home because of what we have done to the home. As an example she now doesn't need any help in getting into or out of the bath, she can do it herself. She doesn't now need any help with getting to, on and off the toilet, she can do that for herself now. She doesn't need any help to get into or out of the bed any longer, she can do that for herself.
I'll fill the form in as best I can explaining how with the adaptions etc she is now more or less like any normal person and can cope herself without help from me.

Obviously you need to check out how you are supposed to fill these forms in, but you could argue the answer to the question "Does your wife need any help in getting into or out of the bath?" is "Yes, she either needs someone to help her or she needs a special chair to help her".

cbrown372

tinkledom wrote: »

I would not disagree that life is far far easier now for both of us. However that doesn't pay the bills. We still have to live and with the Attendance Allowance we just about scrape through each month. Without it will mean a considerable reduction in living standards. Our weekly income will go down from £310 to £230.

tinkledom wrote: »

For us (just the two of us) on benefits taking into account all of our income, we get well over £600 a week. Working, would see no increase in that figure unless the salary was well over £60,000 a year.

I'm so thrilled for you that in just a month you have more than doubled your weekly income, it must be such a relief to your dear wife.

tinkledom

cbrown372 wrote: »

I'm so thrilled for you that in just a month you have more than doubled your weekly income, it must be such a relief to your dear wife.

It depends on what I include as income and what I deduct as expenses doesn't it?


Comparing the two statements is a bit like saying that salt is the same as pepper as they come out of the same type of dispenser when on the table. That is unless you are more used to having an oil cloth or newspaper on it with a pint of opened sterilized milk, a bag of sugar, a Saxa salt container and ready ground pepper?


Total income from all sources is as I explained, the lower figure is what we have to live on