Advice please on attendance allowance

[nitram]

"...she needed me to go food shopping with her because she was, then, partially sighted, now blind..."

Actually that does not count, there is no need for the sufferer to do the shopping, anybody can do it on their behalf.

On the other hand if you had stopped somewhere for a coffee or, in the case of a sighted person, done some window shopping it would count. The enjoyment of these things is personal.

 

[LAP]

When the OT visited last week she was surprised my OH was not already getting AA. She cleared up a misunderstanding I held about it but I am still anxious about applying. I have read on other sites how very hard it is to qualify. Please dear TP friends tell me what your experience has been like - hopefully that will motivate me to start on the form. It's not that I am usually wary about forms but since my OH's rapid decline over the last 6 months, there seem so many new things to cope with that I am a bit over whelmed. Of course the broken nights and uncertain days don't help do they.
I know many of you are dealing with much more difficult situations than I am, and would like to thank you for what you share. I have not posted much but am often watching and with you in spirit, also thankful for your insider knowledge and sharing of skills and ideas.

I completed the form myself, took a few days sitting down and compiling my answers, before I transcribed everytning onto the forms.

I included a report from the psychiatrist when he was first assessed and another report when hubby was officially diagnosed with ad a year later. I had a reply 10 days later and was granted the full amount. I was stunned after reading lots of comments on this site previously. I told the truth and took the advice of a member on tis forum who said, think of the worst scenario.

 

[cragmaid]

"...she needed me to go food shopping with her because she was, then, partially sighted, now blind..."

Actually that does not count, there is no need for the sufferer to do the shopping, anybody can do it on their behalf.

These were things I put on the form.....Her claim was accepted.

 

[nitram]

"...she needed me to go food shopping with her because she was, then, partially sighted, now blind..."

"...Actually that does not count, there is no need for the sufferer to do the shopping, anybody can do it on their behalf.
On the other hand if you had stopped somewhere for a coffee or, in the case of a sighted person, done some window shopping it would count. The enjoyment of these things is personal...."

"...These were things I put on the form.....Her claim was accepted...."

Entering it on the form is a neutral statement, it does not in any way affect the claim and therefore does not help with the application whereas the inability to enjoy a cup of coffee or go window shopping without an escort does.