Chapter 5: Attendance allowance

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A. General points

1. What is attendance allowance?

Attendance allowance and other help – Box B.11

2. Do you qualify?

3. Qualifying period

4. How much do you get?

5. Does anything affect what you get?

6. If you go into hospital

7 If you go into a care home

Respite care – Box B.12

B. The disability test

8. The disability test

9. What is ‘attention’?

10. What is ‘continual supervision’?

11. Attention or supervision?

12. What is ‘watching over’?

13. Simpler methods

14. Renal dialysis

C. Claims, payments & appeals

15. How do you claim?

Completing the attendance allowance claim-form – Box B.13

16. Keeping a diary

Long-term diary – Box B.14

17. How your claim is assessed

18. The award

19. If you are not happy with the decision

20. How are you paid?

21. What if your condition changes?

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