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Streamlining the assessment of attendance allowance applications with social care assessment: an evaluation of two London pilots
- Author:
- HILTON John
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Under the auspices of the LinkAge Plus programme, the Department for Work and Pensions commissioned two London boroughs to pilot a joining up of the process of applying for Attendance Allowance with the assessment for social care support. 'Streamlined assessment' is based on the principle that customers should provide information only once to access more than one service and that there is scope to adopt a customer-centred approach to service provision. This evaluation looks at the experiences and learning from the pilots.
Impacts of AA and DLA on older people in Wales
- Author:
- LE WALES
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 74p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Despite a long history of provision of Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA), there has been little research into the role that these benefits play in meeting the needs of older people, or the impact the benefits have on the demand for social care and individuals’ ability to pay for personal care. This study draws on official data sources and on stakeholder consultations to review the current take‐up and use of income from two disability related benefits – Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – and explores links with the demand for social care. People in Wales aged over 65 who reported that they have physical and/or cognitive difficulties were about 15 times more likely than the rest of the older population to receive AA or DLA. However, around half of people with physical or cognitive difficulties did not receive AA or DLA. Barriers to take‐up that have been identified include a lack of awareness about benefits, an unwillingness to accept ‘disabled’ status and perceptions of arduous claims processes. The research uses this information to develop projections of the future demand for these payments under various policy scenarios, including the UK Coalition Government’s proposed reforms to DLA.
Quality of service: war pensions; mobility allowance; attendance allowance; invalid care allowance; minutes of evidence Monday 7 December 1992
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disability and poverty in later life
- Authors:
- HANCOCK Ruth, MORCIANO Marcello, PUDNEY Stephen
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores the relationship between disability and poverty among the older population. It provides an overview of the current system of disability support for older people which involves both nationally-administered disability benefits of Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance, and local systems of social care provision. It then looks at measuring poverty, emphasising the additional living costs that disabled people face, and the importance of taking disability costs into account when making assessments. The report considers three scenarios for the system of public support within the existing level of government spending which involve changes to levels of mean-testing and reach of support. It casts doubt on some of the suggestions that have been made for improving the targeting of public support for older disabled people. The report concludes that: effective targeting does not necessarily require an extension of means-testing; the present benefit and social care system is reasonably well-targeted, but falls far short of full support for the most severely disabled; there is a case for tailoring the structure of disability benefits more closely to the severity of disability; and there is a need for caution in considering proposals that would scrap national disability benefits in favour of an expansion of local authority social care funding. (Edited publisher abstract)
Projections of demand for and costs of social care for older people in England, 2010 to 2030, under current and alternative funding systems: report of research for the Commission on Funding of Care and Support
- Authors:
- WITTENBERG Raphael, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 34p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Using the Personal Social Services Research Unit’s (PSSRU) aggregate long-term care projections model and the University of East Anglia’s CARESIM dynamic micro-simulation model this report presents projections of demand for social care and disability benefits for older people (aged 65 and over) in England to 2030 and associated future expenditure. The projections cover both publicly and privately funded social care, including assessments, community-based services and residential care. Long-term health care and disability benefits relevant for care such as the attendance allowance (AA) and disability living allowance (DLA) care component are also included.
A world of difference: one million ways to a better life: five years on
- Author:
- HOUSING 21
- Publisher:
- Housing 21
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- Beaconsfield
For the past 8 years, Housing 21 has adopted a proactive approach in encouraging the uptake of benefits by older people, and in December 2003 published the report, One million ways to a better life. This report follows on from the earlier one. It starts with an overview of the evolving work of Housing 21’s specialist welfare benefits team, and goes on to consider the broader policy context including pensioner poverty initiatives, proposals to reform the social care system and the push to implement the personalisation agenda. This report considers the value of targeted benefits uptake work, particularly in the light of the current recession, and reviews broader government led initiatives over the past 5 years which have sought to address pensioner poverty and simplify access to the benefits system. It also outlines concerns should Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance be withdrawn. The report draws on the views of older people themselves in terms of the difference that extra income from entitlement benefits has made to their quality of life. It includes case studies and evidence from front-line staff and residents which demonstrate the positive contribution that disability benefits make to older people’s wellbeing.
Evaluation of disability living allowance and attendance allowance: a survey carried out on behalf of the Department of Social Security by the Social Policy Research Unit
- Authors:
- SAINSBURY Roy, HIRST Michael, LAWTON Dot
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 274p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research report presenting findings of a project evaluating the changes in benefits for disabled people, splitting benefits available into Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance. Asks whether the lower rate Disability Living Allowance, aimed at people with less severe care and mobility needs, is adequate to help people. Evaluates the quality of service provided to people who claim the benefits, ask for a review of their claim, or appeal against the decision.