Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment provide financial support for people who are severely short-sighted or have eye conditions.
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment can be worth up to £110.40 a week, but many older people miss out because of common misunderstandings about eligibility.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released the latest figures showing that nearly 1.7 million older people living in the UK were claiming Attendance Allowance at the end of August 2024.
STATE pension aged people may be able to get an Attendance Allowance when they need help with extra costs, if they have a disability severe enough that they need someone to help look after them.
More than 1.7 million people currently receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance, or Pension Age Disability Payment in Scotland.
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