Severe disability premium

squeakybear

I am new here so apologies if this has been covered before.

I claim Pension Credit and Attendance Allowance. I have seen on other sites that I could claim Severe Disability Allowance to top up the PC. However the government website is a bit confusing. It does mention this but not how to apply for it and on another part it says Disability Premiums are for those under PC age.

In addition to this some advice is that you have to live alone, other advice says you can claim it if you live with someone and they are acclaiming AA or other disability benefit. However to make things more complicated if you are living with someone but are not a couple you probably need specialist advice. Confused. Yes I am! The benefit system in England is a minefield.

I live with my ex partner but we were never married. We share a house but are not a couple, haven’t been for 20 years. We both have health issues which means we can’t really live alone. He claims AA but not PC.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. I tried calling the Pension Credit line but it kept ringing out

mix_dage

@squeakybear

You could try doing a benefit calculation age concerns link below

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/money-legal/benefits-entitlements/benefits-calculator/

The pension credit helpline doesn’t give advice. If age concern can't help, try your local CAB

https://advicelocal.uk/

They have a telephone advice line.

Best wishes

Holly_Scope

Welcome @squeakybear! 😊 I can see @mix_dage has given you some great advice and links so I won't add much more for now other than the welcome! Hope you get on ok with the benefits calculator. And if you do want to talk it through there's Advicelocal, but also Citizen's Advice - Citizens Advice.

Please let us know if you need anything else at any point.

Best wishes,