Attendance Allowance (AA) is a benefit for people with care needs who:
* are 65 or over, and
* do not get Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
AA does not include a mobility component. However, if you are already getting a DLA mobility component when you become 65, you can carry on getting it. You can't make a new claim for DLA mobility component after the age of 65.
You can get Attendance Allowance (AA) if you are disabled, you have care needs and you are 65 or over. You must not be living permanently in hospital or accommodation funded by a local authority, for example, a local authority care home. You must have lived in the UK for six months in the last year, unless you are terminally ill when it does not matter how long you have lived here. You must be living in the UK when you claim AA and the UK must be your normal place of residence. You must not have any immigration controls on your stay here that would stop you getting the benefit.
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