Attendance Allowance Through Kinly

Thanks Colls - the only positive post regarding Kinly
we are going to go through the form first before deciding. lots of positive suggestions.

My brother had not considered that he might be eligible for AA until I suggested it. A company, I think it was probably Kinley helped him enormously and over the phone. They have a vested interest in you getting it as they get the first month's I think. For him it was worth it with clear appointments to fill in the form - it took a couple of hours on the phone iirc.
I generally agree that doing things like this yourself is best, but the company he used have a very good record of claims being accepted so will suit some people.

I completed my own for Arthritis and it was accepted. Use Grok or ChatGPT to advise you of the best way to fill it in.

Thank you all so much for your help and advice. Obviously Kinly is not recommended, I think I clicked on that randomly when all the other websites came up for my query.
Monica I may well take up your offer after the form arrives and we have had a good look through it.

I was an advisor with Age Uk for many years doing these forms regulalriy. The advie on how to fill the orm and avoid paid sites is right.

My 'trick ' uestion sed to be the first uestion 'Do you need help getting in and out of bed. The usual answer was I mange or I am Ok. to which my reply was, so you still leap out of bed like 20 year old.

Then someone would say, 'Oh no' and it would start. After they had woken up and sat up in bed they could do nothing for about 5 minutes because they were breathless, then getting up reuired holding onto the bedside table and bed head, and so on and so on

Going to the toilet starts in the chair you were sitting in when the need arose and ends there after you have been.

I am always willing to help through PM's

There is information on eligibility for AA on the Gov.uk website. I completed a form for my dad, it was a long form but not difficult to do if you take your time with it. Read it through first, get the information you need such as GP details, medical info, bank account number etc and you should be fine. I found it much easier to do than applying for his Blue Badge.

As others have said, Age UK are very helpful too. You don't need to pay for someone to fill it in.

I filled in an AA form using a YouTube video to guide me through each step. Was very helpful and was awarded the higher rate for my husband who had a massive stroke over a year ago.
Kittylester is right and it says as much on the YouTube vid. For instance don’t just say ‘yes’ the person can get up for the toilet in the night, does she need to hold onto furniture in order to steady herself or sit for a while to get her breath or use a stick etc.
Is time consuming and tedious and as others have said there are also agencies that can help for free.

Citizens Advice will also hep.

Is there a particular condition requiring AA. if so, the charity for that condition may help too.

It is important to talk about the very worst day sge has experienced. It is very easy to say 'oh but I can manage that'.

Thanks for helpful replies, it's for a neighbour who has no one to help . I'd never heard of them, thought there must be a cost as they're nothing to do with government .

I used Age UK to help me when my H had Alzheimer’s and they were incredibly helpful.
I got AA for him at the higher rate, just make an appointment for them to come to you.

AgeUk will help you do this and our local one has help booklet particularly for people living with dementia.

Thank you for that reply , confirms my thoughts

Kindly is an organisation that charges extortionate amounts of money to fill in your AA form.
Age concern and other organisations will do this FOC.
Do not get involved with them.