DWP confirms 10 well being situations that might get you as much as £458 a month

Attendance Allowance is a profit that helps these of State Pension age with further prices if they’ve a incapacity or a well being situation extreme sufficient that they want somebody to assist take care of them. It’s paid at two totally different charges, with the quantity you get relying on the extent of care your situation requires.

Figures from the DWP present that on the finish of August 2025, greater than 1.7 million older individuals had been receiving Attendance Allowance. These entitled to the profit obtain both £76.70 or £114.60 per week. The cash is issued each 4 weeks, which interprets to a complete of £306.40 or £458.40 each fee interval.

There are various situations that might make you eligible for the Attendance Allowance profit. Nevertheless, figures have proven that arthritis is the most typical situation for which pensioners obtain the allowance. DWP figures present that greater than half one million of the 1.7 million individuals who obtain Attendance Allowance get it due to arthritis.

Under are the ten situations that account for 75% of these receiving Attendance Allowance. Nevertheless, you will need to keep in mind that the checklist isn’t a guidelines for these claiming Attendance Allowance, however reasonably is meant to assist individuals perceive which situations are supported, the Every day File experiences.

You may get Attendance Allowance should you’ve reached State Pension age and the next apply:

be in Nice Britain while you declare – there are some exceptions, similar to members and members of the family of the armed forces
have been in Nice Britain for at the least 2 of the final 3 years (this doesn’t apply should you’re a refugee or have humanitarian safety standing)
be habitually resident within the UK, Eire, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands
not be topic to immigration management (until you’re a sponsored immigrant)
not get Incapacity Residing Allowance (DLA), Private Independence Fee (PIP), Grownup Incapacity Fee (ADP), Scottish Grownup Incapacity Residing Allowance (SADLA) or Armed Forces Independence Fee (AFIP)

In case you’re in a care house

You can’t normally get Attendance Allowance should you stay in a care house and your care is paid for by your native authority. You may nonetheless declare Attendance Allowance should you pay for all of your care house prices your self.