Hospital Admission - Constant Attendance Allowance

How hospital admission affects you or your partner.

Customer

After four weeks:

Constant Attendance Allowance is not normally payable from the payday following the 28th day the beneficiary is in hospital.

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

When Constant Attendance Allowance is paid to a War Pensioner the decision whether the payment should continue after four weeks rests with the Veterans Agency.

• Contact the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency

If the customer also qualifies for Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance in addition to Constant Attendance Allowance the weekly rate of Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance is not affected by a period of hospital in-patient treatment.

Other Information:

If another person is receiving Carer's Allowance because they are caring for the disabled person they must also notify Carer's Allowance Branch that the disabled person has gone into hospital because payment of Carer's Allowance will also be affected.

If the disabled person is admitted into hospital for a short period Carer's Allowance will remain in payment for the same period that Constant Attendance Allowance is in payment.

Payment of Carer's Allowance is suspended from and including the first pay day following admission to hospital of the disabled person if the admission is permanent at the outset.

• Contact Industrial Injuries Branch (contacts section)

Partner

This benefit is not affected by the partners admission to hospital.