Attendants allowance for my dad?

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Just looking for some thoughts on the following.

I am thinking of applying for an attendants allowance for my dad.

He is 90, and lives alone in the family home. We have tried to get him to move, but he won't. Up until the last 6 months he has been a really active person.

However, the past 6 months have been very challenging for him. He was told he had cancer of the bladder and had an operation to have cancerous growths removed. It turned out they were not, but it took its toll on him. He didn't sleep for 6 weeks, getting up to go to the bathroom hourly.

Along side this he has been waiting for a knee operation on one leg, and suffering with gout on the other. He couldn't walk.

He is now 2 weeks post knee op and doing OK. He is staying with me for a bit, then will return home when he is back independent again.

I think he would benefit from the AA to pay for help in his home.

What are the chances? What do I need to provide as part of a claim?

Thanks for your help.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge

You should definitely apply. The advice is to answer the questions as though it is your dad’s ’worst day’ and what things are like then. My dad is of a similar age and his tendency was to downplay everything even though it’s massively clear he had huge struggles. He described the severe osteoarthritis in his hip as ‘a bit of pain but I cope’ when actually he was using a wheelchair because of it. I helped him reword that to paint a true picture of what was really going on!

Hope it works out well. It’s a great little boost to income and can help him pay for extra help to keep him I dependent. My dad uses his for a cleaner and also a service to do his washing.