(From the accompanying course booklet supplied to participants on our Benefits for Older People course)-
'Attendance Allowance(like Disability Living Allowance and PIP) can be viewed as helping fulfil the social model of disability. It is payment of bene t by the Government, as a right, in recognition that disabled people have extra expenses as a result of the way society is set up for able bodied people. It is to try to create a more level footing. For this reason it is not means tested, is a universal benefit, does not matter if a claimant works and it is paid to the individual. Attendance Allowance is for those aged 65 and over when they first claim'
'Positives about Attendance Allowance-
• A community care bene t aimed at helping people remain in their own homes rather than perhaps enter residential or nursing home care
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Doesn’t matter if you have other income, bene t or savings
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Can increase State Pension Credit and / or Housing Bene t and Local Council tax Support through premiums and additional amounts that might form part of the calculation of these benefits
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Doesn’t matter if you work
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Can still get if you do or don’t have care
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Can still get if you do or don’t get help from social services'
The course looks at how to claim , caselaw, what to write on forms and issues for carers ' benefits.
Book now for our updated Benefits for Older People course course.