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Are you getting all you're entitled to?<br />
Thousands of Bristol people are still missing out on disability benefits!<br />
Disability living allowance (DLA)<br />
and attendance allowance (AA)<br />
are paid by the Department for<br />
Work and Pensions (DWP). They<br />
can be paid to people who are<br />
disabled or who have health<br />
problems. Some examples are:<br />
● people with long-term health<br />
problems<br />
● people with mental distress or<br />
illness<br />
● children who need extra care<br />
● people with physical<br />
impairments<br />
● people with learning<br />
difficulties.<br />
People under 65 (including<br />
disabled children)<br />
You may be able to claim<br />
disability living allowance (DLA)<br />
for yourself or your child.<br />
The amount you may get is<br />
between £19.55 and £125.00 a<br />
week, depending on how your<br />
health problems affect you or<br />
your child. You may be entitled<br />
to DLA if you can answer YES to<br />
ONE of these questions:<br />
■ Do you have problems<br />
looking after yourself, for<br />
example, bathing, getting in<br />
and out of bed, or dressing?<br />
■ Do you have problems seeing<br />
or hearing, and need help to<br />
communicate?<br />
■ Do you ideally need someone<br />
to make sure you’re safe?<br />
■ Do your health problems<br />
make it difficult for you to<br />
cook a main meal?<br />
■ Do you feel pain, or get tired<br />
very quickly, when you walk<br />
a short distance?<br />
■ If you can walk, do you<br />
ideally need someone with<br />
you to make sure you're safe,<br />
or show you the way?<br />
2013 changes to DLA<br />
People aged 65 and over<br />
You may be able to claim<br />
attendance allowance (AA). The<br />
amount you may get is either<br />
£49.30 or £73.60 a week,<br />
depending on how your health<br />
problems affect you. You may be<br />
entitled to AA if you can answer<br />
YES to ONE of these questions:<br />
■ Do you have problems with<br />
washing, bathing or getting<br />
dressed?<br />
■ Do you have problems seeing<br />
or hearing, and need help to<br />
communicate?<br />
■ Do you ideally need someone<br />
to make sure you are safe –<br />
maybe because of falls, giddy<br />
spells, fits or mental health<br />
problems?<br />
There are plans to gradually replace DLA with PIP (Personal<br />
Independence Payment) from 2013. At the time of writing the<br />
proposals are still going through Parliament. Despite similarities<br />
to DLA, it seems the test for PIP will be more strict. If you think<br />
you might qualify for DLA, it’s a good idea to claim now.
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