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Attendance Allowance

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FlatOutAgain · 24/09/2022 13:52

Hi, I am completing the AA form for my mum who has been diagnosed with Alzheimers.

Should I fill it out as if she is answering it, as in 'I feel like' or 'I need help with'

Or do I put it as 'My mum has...'

I am completing the form as I have PoA for Finance so it is my name/signature on the form

thank you very much

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Hmmph · 24/09/2022 14:04

It makes me so cross that there is a form to complete at all. When someone has got Alzheimer's of course they are going to need a lot of help.

FlipFlops4Me · 24/09/2022 14:01

I filled in DH's with a worst day scenario and am glad I did because gradually every day is now that worst day, and I can see things will get worse still.

FlipFlops4Me · 24/09/2022 14:00

There is a guide to completing the form on the government site, and it can be downloaded. Given that you have PoA and will be signing the form then I'd look it up in the guide. I don't have PoA but luckily we have a joint account so I can deal with the money anyway.

Hmmph · 24/09/2022 14:00

Forgot to say that as you are the PoA signing it, it's ok for you to write it from you. "She needs help with...".

Hmmph · 24/09/2022 13:58

I am also filling one out at the moment - you have my upmost sympathy.

I am writing more objectively. So I am writing "Needs help with xyz".

Make it worse care scenario. So her on her worst day and make sure you include and issues with eating, for example that she needs food buying and preparing for her and that she needs food identifying for her. According to Dementia UK this is the most important part of the form.

FlipFlops4Me · 24/09/2022 13:58

You fill it in as if you were your mother filling it in.

The only way you can fill it in on her behalf as in "mum needs this or that" is if you are registered with the department.

I filled in my DH after his stroke as if I were he, and he then had a go at signing it. I had included the fact that writing was a skill lost as a result of the stroke.

He got the AA.