DWP warns pensioners must report changes regarding their Attendance Allowance, or they could lose the payments altogether
The lower rate of Attendance Allowance is £73.90 a week (£3,842 a year)(Image: FG Trade via Getty Images)
State pensioners with certain conditions could see their Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) payments stop. The DWP has strict Attendance Allowance rules that older people need to be aware of, or they risk having their payments stopped.
The DWP emphasises that any changes in lifestyle or circumstances must be reported. The department warns: “You could be taken to court or have to pay a penalty if you give wrong information or do not report a change in your circumstances.”
Such changes could include changes in the level of assistance required, changes in your condition, or if you enter a hospital or care home. Other changes might involve a medical professional indicating you may have 12 months or less to live, or if you plan to leave the country for more than four weeks.
State pensioners with certain conditions could see their Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) payments halted(Image: LSOphoto via Getty Images)
Additional changes could occur if you go into prison, change your name, address or bank details, decide to stop receiving your benefit, or if your doctor’s details change. If your immigration status changes and you’re not a British citizen, this completes the list. The lower rate is £73.90 a week (£3,842 a year), reports Birmingham Live.
You’ll receive this if you require help or supervision during either the day or the night. The higher rate is £110.40 a week (£5,740 a year). You’ll receive this if you need help or supervision during both the day and the night, or if a medical professional has indicated you have 12 months or less to live.
Attendance Allowance supports conditions such as:
- Arthritis.
- Spondylosis.
- Back Pain – other / precise diagnosis not specified.
- Disease of the muscles, bones or joints.
- Trauma to limbs.
- Blindness.
- Deafness.
- Heart disease.
- Chest disease.
- Asthma.
- Cystic fibrosis.
- Cerebrovascular disease.
- Peripheral vascular disease.
- Epilepsy.
- Neurological diseases.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Parkinson’s.
- Motor neurone disease.
- Chronic pain syndromes.
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Metabolic disease.
- Traumatic paraplegia/tetraplegia.
- Major trauma other than traumatic paraplegia/tetraplegia.
- Learning difficulties.
- Psychosis.
- Psychoneurosis.
- Personality disorder.
- Dementia.
- Behavioural disorder.
- Alcohol and drug abuse.
- Hyperkinetic syndrome.
- Renal disorders.
- Inflammatory dowel disease.
- Bowel and stomach disease.
- Blood disorders.
- Haemophilia.
- Multi system disorders.
- Multiple allergy syndrome.
- Skin disease.
- Malignant disease.
- Severely mentally impaired.
- Double amputee.
- Deaf/Blind.
- Haemodialysis.
- Frailty.
- Total parenteral nutrition.
- AIDS.