Overview
- Birmingham Live reports that a disability forum has set out 12 conditions often linked to successful Attendance Allowance claims, including falls.
- The DWP says there is no official medical list and assesses whether someone needs help with washing, dressing, taking medicine, preparing meals, or supervision to stay safe.
- The higher rate is £114.60 a week, paid to people who need help day and night or who qualify under special end‑of‑life rules, and the lower rate is about £76.
- Nine bone and joint conditions account for many awards, with reports citing around 500,000 claims for arthritis and further large totals for muscle, bone and joint disease, back pain, trauma to limbs, spondylosis, frailty and double amputation.
- Claimants are told to report changes such as hospital or care‑home stays, a change in care needs, or a prognosis of 12 months or less, and one case cited shows a 79‑year‑old now receiving £110.40 a week to pay for extra support.