Advice Re. Attendance Allowance

[davidmarsden]

my wife gets a carers premium for looking after me.i have been told that now i am 65 years old i may be able to claim attendance allowance ( i am disabled and need halp in the day and also at night) do i/we have to stop claiming carers allowance before applying for attendance allowance or can i claim and if successful
the new payment would just supercede the old one.

[bednobs]

are you alredy getting PIP/DLA?
if so it is probably more lucrative to stay on that rather than if you get ny mobility component

[hc4361]

The information is not easy to get but this government website states that you can claim attendance allowance and your wife can claim carer's allowance. One doesn't cancel out the other.

https://www.gov.uk/attendance-allowance/overview

However, for your wife to be claiming carer's allowance you must be in receipt of DLA, PIP or Attendance Allowance. You cannot get Attendance Allowance and DLA or PIP.

You get PIP if you are under 65 when you first claim for your disability or ill health (it used be called Disability Living Allowance and some long term claimants still get this). If you are over 65 when you first claim you get Attendance Allowance.

[Goodsoulette]

Age UK are geared up to help and will even send someone to your home if needed. I often send people in their direction, they even help fill out the forms.