Hospital admission - Attendance Allowance

How hospital admission affects you or your partner if you are in receipt of Attendance Allowance.

Customer

After 4 weeks:

Attendance Allowance is not payable from the payday following the 28th day the customer is in hospital.

• Read more on Attendance Allowance (people with disabilities section)

Other Information:

If another person is receiving Carer's Allowance because they are caring for the disabled person they must also notify the Disability and Carers Service that the disabled person has gone into hospital.

• Read more on Carer's Allowance (caring for someone section)

If the disabled person is admitted into hospital for a short period Carer's Allowance will remain in payment for the same period that Attendance Allowance is in payment, so long as hospitalisation of either the carer or the disabled person has not exceeded 12 weeks in the last 26 weeks. Holidays and/or respite care of up to 4 weeks will affect the 12 week rule.

If the admission to hospital is permanent at the outset payment of Carer's Allowance will cease from the next payday.

• Contact Disability and Carers Service

Partner

This benefit is not affected by the partner's admission to hospital.