Attendance allowance - where do i start please?

The problem is that a lot of things can be very difficult/impossible but don't count as they do for younger applicants with PIP and DLA.


A garden is a luxury, but being unable to clean ,do washing or cook, all not considered, can cause a lot of distress. You could end up with dirty clothing and linen, a dirty unhygienic home (making you afraid to have visitors) and poor diet,because, although you can eat and know when to eat, you can't safely make a meal involving pans ( even a milk pan is heavy when filled with water), reaching up or bending down, cutting or stirring, so live on ready meals (often with too much salt or sugar and tasting awful) or sandwiches (assuming the filling doesn't need slicing).

Your heading is "Attendance Allowance - where do I start please?", and my answer is - with plenty of time, a lot of patience, and a drink of your choice!


The main thing is that a lot of the questions require answers that seem similar to what you've already said, in answer to another question, and people sometimes fail to complete the form.


Make sure, however much you're repeating yourself, that you give as much information as you possibly can, with supporting documentation if you have it, eg copies of letters from consultants etc, and list everything, no matter how trivial it might seem.


Good Luck!

I did it for my aunt, she has dementia, I found it quite straightforward and then went into Age UK and they looked over it, pointed out one thing I needed to change and heard from them very quickly. It isn't as daunting as it looks.