Attendance Allowance
  • An overview of AA
  • Eligibility criteria
  • How much does it pay and how is it made up?
  • How to claim (including contact details)
  • What to do if you disagree with the assessment?
  • Recent developments

An A-Z of benefits for the elderly (Key Information Sheet)
  • Alphabetical list of benefits that elderly clients may be eligible to claim
  • Brief description of each benefit, eligibility rules, and other key information about each benefit

The Personal Independence Payment (Key Information Sheet)
  • An overview of PIP
  • Eligibility criteria
  • How much does it pay and how is it made up
  • How to claim (including contact details)
  • What to do if you disagree with the assessment
  • Recent developments

Pension Credit (Key Information Sheet)
  • How much does it pay and how is it made up
  • Eligibility criteria
  • How to claim
  • How to challenge a rejection of your claim

Benefits available to the elderly (Checklist)

A brief overview of the benefits that may be available to elderly clients, with relevant contact details for claiming

The new carer's allowance supplement (social security Scotland)
  • What is it?
  • How much does it pay?
  • How to claim
  • Its treatment for TAX
  • Further information