Attendance allowance for dementia

WillowCat

nicter wrote: »

Not sure if you are aware but any household where a person with diagnosed dementia lives gets a reduction in council tax

Not quite true. Dementia can be diagnosed at an early stage, but it's only when a doctor decides that the person is 'severely mentally impaired' that they are disregarded from council tax.

By disregarded, the council tax is calculated on the remaining number of people in the house. So if there were already three adults, then no deduction will be made. If there were two adults then the single person discount (25%) would kick in, if they lived alone then no council tax would be payable.

teddysmum

You have to satisfy different descriptors for AA than for PIP or DLA and there is no allowance or travelling out of the home. (Pensioners should expect to be housebound).


AA looks more difficult to get as, for instance to get the other two benefits finding preparing a meal is counted as a need ,but for AA regardless of whether you are unable prepare a meal ,they are only interested if you need help eating a meal.(Oddly many who can eat cannot safely prepare.)