DWP sending state pensioners with 48 health conditions free £5,644

The Department for Work and Pensions is sending state pensioners with 48 health conditions a free £5,644. Disabled pensioners could be missing out on up to THOUSANDS a year in help towards the costs of their care thanks to Attendance Allowance.

Attendance allowance is for people over pension age who need assistance with their care, due to a mental or physical disability, or terminal illness. The DWP benefit helps with extra costs for people who are state pension age or over and have care needs.

The benefit is available to those with a disability severe enough that they require someone else to help look after them. This could be getting help with daily activities, such as getting dressed or going to the toilet, the DWP has said.

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Health conditions supported by Attendance Allowance

Multiple Allergy Syndrome

Hearing Disorders

Cystic Fibrosis

Skin Disease

Psychosis

Psychoneurosis

Asthma

Learning Difficulties

Deaf/Blind

Malignant Disease

Back Pain

Metabolic Disease

Dementia

Cerebrovascular Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Multi System Disorders

Personality Disorder

Neurological Diseases

Total Parenteral Nutrition

Haemodialysis

Respiratory Disorders and Diseases

Renal Disorders

Severely Mentally impaired

Double Amputee

Major Trauma Other than Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia

Chronic Pain Syndromes

Epilepsy

Spondylosis

Blood Disorders

Heart Disease

Peripheral vascular Disease

Parkinsons Disease

Disease Of The Muscles, Bones or Joints

Motor Neurone Disease

Arthritis

Frailty

AIDS

Visual Disorders and Diseases

Bowel and Stomach Disease

Diabetes Mellitus

Trauma to Limbs

Hyperkinetic Syndrome

Behavioural Disorder

Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia

Multiple Sclerosis

Haemophilia

Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Infectious diseases: Viral disease - Coronavirus covid-19

You will need to apply for Pension Age Disability Payment instead of Attendance Allowance if you live in:

• Aberdeen City
• Argyll and Bute
• Highland
• Orkney Islands
• Shetland Islands

If you live in one of these areas and you already get Attendance Allowance, you do not need to apply for Pension Age Disability Payment. If you live in another part of Scotland, apply for Attendance Allowance.