Attendance allowance.

[Toddlerteaplease]

My friend is 79 and I'm a nurse if home. I've been told that he can claim
Attendance allowance. Is this correct? Will the home be claiming that on his behalf? Not sure why he needs it.

I assume you mean he is in a nursing home ?

If he pays his own fees he can claim it. If the local authority pay the fees he can’t.

I am not sure if the home will help with the form but him or his family will have to request it and fill it in mostly.

Like pp says, if he is privately funded he can claim it and it can go towards his fees.,

He pays part of his fees.

What part does he pay, is he self funding

www.carehome.co.uk/advice/attendance-allowance-in-care-homes

I have a relative in a Care Home,entirely self funding and claimed AA.
I printed out the form and filled in what I could ,I do have POA ,then passed onto Home with all pages marked that they needed to complete.
They forwarded to DWP.Claim was successful and payment backdated.

He pays £1400 a month towards his fees. I believe it costs £792 a week.

All he can do is get someone to fill out the form, are you a nurse yourself.

I thought that if you are in residential care you can only claim if you pay the full fee. If the local authority contribute at all your payment stops.

It's a waste of time filling the form in if he's not eligible.

@FleasInMyKnees yes but I'm
A paediatric nurse. So this is completely out of my experience'

@Knotaknitter

I thought that if you are in residential care you can only claim if you pay the full fee. If the local authority contribute at all your payment stops.

It's a waste of time filling the form in if he's not eligible.

Yes, that’s my understanding too

@Toddlerteaplease

He pays £1400 a month towards his fees. I believe it costs £792 a week.

He pays client contribution to his care home it sounds, he isn't self funding it. If he was self funding he can claim AA . If your friend is being funded by the local authority (everyone who is pays towards it under charging policy unless under s117 aftercare services) then he cannot claim AA. It's explained in the link.