Finances

• Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – for people aged under 65, who need help with their personal care and/or have problems with mobility. Two components for care and mobility. Not means tested.

• Attendance Allowance (AA) – for people aged over 65, who have a disability severe enough for them to need help or supervision caring for themselves.

• Carer’s Allowance (CA) – for someone aged over 16, caring for someone more than 35 hours per week (subject to the patient being cared receiving AA or higher care component of DLA).

Low Income Benefits include:

• Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA)

• Income Support (IS)

• Working Tax Credit (WTC)

• Pension Credit

• Housing Benefit

• Council Tax Benefit and Rate Relief

Help for one-off expenses:

• Community Care Grants

• Budgeting Loans

• Crisis Loans

Disabled Facilities Grants