Thousands of people over State Pension age with 10 common health conditions could be missing out on £470 per month

OVER 1 cardinal radical connected State Pension are missing retired connected other currency worthy hundreds of pounds a month.

Attendance allowance is simply a benefit for those with definite wellness conditions.

It's paid connected apical of the State Pension, which is presently worthy up to £221.20 per week.

Attendance Allowance is paid if you person a terrible disablement and request assistance from idiosyncratic other to look aft you.

It’s paid astatine 2 antithetic rates and however overmuch you'll get depends connected the level of attraction that you need.

To use you request to beryllium some implicit State Pension age (currently 66) and either physically oregon mentally disabled.

You get £72.65 per week if you request predominant assistance oregon changeless supervision during the day, oregon supervision astatine night.

You get a higher complaint of £108.55 a week if you request assistance oregon supervision passim some time and night, oregon if you’re terminally ill.

According to Policy successful Practice 1.1million radical are failing to assertion a corporate £5.2billion each year.

Payments are worthy up to £5,644.60 a twelvemonth – an magnitude that could boost your State Pension payments by arsenic overmuch arsenic 50%.

Which wellness conditions suffice for Attendance Allowance?

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) information shows that astatine the extremity of February 2024, immoderate 1.7 cardinal older radical were claiming Attendance Allowance.

The highest fig of radical claiming the payment are those surviving with arthritis.

Dementia and bosom illness are the adjacent astir communal conditions radical claiming the payment have.

Here are the 10 astir communal illnesses that pb radical to assertion Attendance Allowance, and the fig of radical claiming.

• Arthritis - 460,993
• Dementia - 167,366
• Heart Disease - 118,570
• Respiratory Conditions - 98,211
• Disease Of The Muscles, Bones oregon Joints - 81,914
• Cerebrovascular Disease -72,870
• Back Pain - 71,020
• Visual Disorders and Diseases - 49,677
• Parkinson’s - 42,695
• Neurological Conditions - 33,812

It is important to retrieve that adjacent if you bash not person 1 of the supra illnesses you could inactive beryllium entitled to claim.

It's besides worthy noting that conscionable due to the fact that you person 1 of these health conditions it doesn't mean you automatically qualify, arsenic it depends connected the severity.

You could beryllium eligible if the pursuing apply, according to the DWP.

• You person a carnal disablement (including sensory disability, for illustration blindness), a intelligence disablement (including learning difficulties), oregon both
• Your disablement is terrible capable for you to request assistance caring for yourself oregon idiosyncratic to supervise you, for your ain oregon idiosyncratic else’s safety
• You person needed that assistance for astatine slightest six months

You are inactive entitled to your State Pension arsenic accustomed if you assertion Attendance Allowance.

Claiming Attendance Allowance could besides mean that you suffice for much help, specified arsenic lodging benefit, pension recognition oregon a assembly taxation reduction.

You tin cheque if you suffice for Attendance Allowance and different assistance utilizing a benefits calculator. The Sun has 1 powered by Turn2Us.

In Scotland a caller payment called Pension Age Disability Payment is replacing Attendance Allowance.

You tin find retired much astatine www.mygov.scot/pension-age-disability-payment.

How bash I assertion Attendance Allowance?

You request to use by station and you tin download from the authorities website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/attendance-allowance-claim-form

Return it to: Attendance Allowance Unit, Mail Handling Site A, Wolverhampton WV98 2AD.

If you're incapable to people the signifier yourself, you tin telephone the helpline connected 0800 731 0122 and inquire for a transcript to beryllium sent to you.

You'll usually request your National Insurance number and impervious of ID similar a commencement certificate oregon passport.

If you deliberation you'll request assistance filling successful the form, you should get a friend, comparative oregon advisor to assistance you implicit it if possible.

There is assistance disposable from:

• Citizens Advice: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/ oregon 0800 144 8848 successful England and 0800 702 2020 successful Wales.
• AgeUK: www.ageuk.org.uk/services/age-uk-advice-line/ oregon 0800 678 1602
• CarersUK: www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/helpline-and-other-support/ 0808 808 7777