If the answer to all or any of these is yes, then you could be entitled to the
Care component of DLA or Attendance Allowance—although AA does not include
difficulties you have with cooking.
You can also get DLA or AA because your mental health puts you (or others) at
risk in some way—e.g.
· You self harm
· You feel suicidal
· You have an eating disorder
· You can get aggressive
· The way you are makes other people react aggressively to you
· Your concentration is very poor—e.g. you don’t make sure that fires are safely
out… leave cigarettes burning etc.
· You have ideas or thoughts that frighten you into behaviour which could be
dangerous
· You wander off
· You put yourself in situations where others could take advantage of you
· When you become more unwell it happens very quickly
· When you become unwell you try to hide it from others
The DWP term these ‘Supervision’ needs
How much DLA or AA you will get depends on how much of the day/ night you have
difficulties, and what sort of difficulties they are...
