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<blockquote data-quote="Spiral" data-source="post: 80207" data-attributes="member: 19371"><p>To get Disability Living Allowance you need some kind of care or supervision. Age has nothing to do with it so long as you are over 2 and under 65.</p><p></p><p>The basic test for DLA is can you make yourself a meal from scratch? If you strggle to do that it is worth applying - even if you don't actually recive this care. The key thing is that you need the care.</p><p></p><p>DLA is paid at 3 levels - low, medium and high. The high rate is for peole who require care during the night. There is also the mobility component - that is paid a low and high rates.</p><p></p><p>The form takes about 2 hours to complete and you have to be very careful about the wording. i always tell people to get somenoe from an organisation like Welfare Rights or teh CAB or a carers project or Age Concern (for people over 55) to help them fill it in. Unless, of course, you can fast track because of terminal illness :? </p><p></p><p>If you use the DWP form filling service they simply write down what you say and this can mean that you don't get the benefit if you are borderline. This service is okay if you have a very obvious physical disability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiral, post: 80207, member: 19371"] To get Disability Living Allowance you need some kind of care or supervision. Age has nothing to do with it so long as you are over 2 and under 65. The basic test for DLA is can you make yourself a meal from scratch? If you strggle to do that it is worth applying - even if you don't actually recive this care. The key thing is that you need the care. DLA is paid at 3 levels - low, medium and high. The high rate is for peole who require care during the night. There is also the mobility component - that is paid a low and high rates. The form takes about 2 hours to complete and you have to be very careful about the wording. i always tell people to get somenoe from an organisation like Welfare Rights or teh CAB or a carers project or Age Concern (for people over 55) to help them fill it in. Unless, of course, you can fast track because of terminal illness :? If you use the DWP form filling service they simply write down what you say and this can mean that you don't get the benefit if you are borderline. This service is okay if you have a very obvious physical disability. [/QUOTE]
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