Attendance Allowance for Dementia & Alzheimer's

Dementia is one of the most common reasons for a successful Attendance Allowance claim. If you or a loved one over 66 is living with dementia and needs help or supervision during the day or night, you almost certainly qualify.

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How Dementia & Alzheimer's can qualify you

To get Attendance Allowance you need to show that your Dementia & Alzheimer's causes you to need help with personal care, supervision, or both — not just that you have the diagnosis. The DWP cares about the effect the condition has on your day-to-day life.

For people with Dementia & Alzheimer's, the kinds of needs that often qualify include:

  • Needing prompting or reminding to eat, drink, wash or take medication
  • Needing supervision because of risk of wandering, leaving the cooker on, or falls
  • Help with dressing because of confusion about clothing or sequence
  • Help at night because of disturbed sleep, disorientation or incontinence
  • Supervision because of agitation, distress or unsafe behaviour

Real-world examples we'd write on the form

The AA1 form rewards detail. A claim that just says "I have Dementia & Alzheimer's" will be turned down. A claim that describes the practical impact — what goes wrong, how often, who helps — gets paid. Here are the kinds of things we'd put down for someone with Dementia & Alzheimer's:

  • 'My husband needs reminding three or four times every morning to brush his teeth. If I don't watch him he'll put toothpaste on his razor.'
  • 'I can't leave Mum alone in the kitchen. She turned the gas hob on twice last month and forgot about it.'
  • 'Dad wakes up at 2am most nights thinking it's morning. I have to get up and settle him back, usually twice a night.'
  • 'My wife gets very anxious when I leave the room. I can't go to the shop without arranging for our daughter to sit with her.'

We do this part for you — most people find it hard to write about their own struggles, and our team know exactly what the DWP is looking for.

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