Hi. I am a carer for my husband and also pay the Local Authority for carers to attend 4 times a day.

Lasagne · February 3

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Lasagne · February 3

Hi. I am a carer for my husband and also pay the Local Authority for carers to attend 4 times a day. I have recently been awarded Attendance Allowance. The Council have now asessed my husbands care costs and taken into account my attendance allowance. I have been told that AA is not means tested

Jimm_Alumni · February 3

Hi @Lasagne, welcome to the community 🙂

As social care is done on a Local Authority basis they will have their own criteria when it comes to assessing income. This can include some benefits such as Attendance Allowance, PIP, and DLA. Attendance Allowance is not means-tested, but that does not mean that in some cases it cannot count as income. When something is not means-tested it means for that particular benefit they do not test your income or finances. Social care is not means-tested, and some of the Local Authorities include some benefits in that means-testing.

You can read more here: How to get social care services | Disability charity Scope UK

Lasagne · February 3

Thank you. I just could not understand that they have took in to account all of my attendance allowance when I am now in need of care which seems odd to me.

poppy123456 · February 4

Hmm I don't believe they should have taken YOUR AA into consideration for the financial assessment for your husband. That AA is for you and not for your husband.

If it was a financial assessment for yourself then yes they can take AA into consideration because that's what it's there for.

You can ask them to look at the decision again and they will.

Lasagne · February 4

Thank you. I have done so waiting for a response.

Hi. I am a carer for my husband and also pay the Local Authority for carers to attend 4 times a day.

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