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applying for attendance alowance

hello from me hope to learn here , just in process of applying for attendance alowance for both me and my husband , wish us luc
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Please let us know if you need any help and good luck!
It took my wife 3 applications to get an award. The 'help' she had from a charity was poor beyond belief.
She is 75.
Warning, please be careful with using the CAB, their website offers advice on two matters that can only be described as poor.
I have brought this up before on this site and never actually received an answer that I could understand.
The CAB website (all that I can use as there are no useful advice agencies locally) states that you have to - have a disability or illness and need help or supervision throughout the day or at times during the night (even if you don’t currently get that help).
That definition in bold means (I am told) means that the need must be continual.
Is it continual throughout the day or only for parts of the day?
I haven't bothered to make a claim as I honestly don't know if my circumstances will fit that definition.