I completed the AA application without help on behalf of my mother who has Alzheimer’s and did not send in any supporting evidence although the officials did contact her GP to confirm the diagnosis. I did research online for how to word the descriptions of her needs which was very helpful. It is important to think about the worst days when thinking about needs and add a lot of detail about the small things you do to help which have become second nature to you like supervising getting dressed or linking arms when walking.
I found the questions incredibly repetitive and it took several goes to complete the form, I kept going back to it ( I was doing it on my laptop so it was east to edit the responses) and adding more detail. My mum was granted the higher amount as there were concerns about supervision overnight without any problems or queries.
Mum now lives in a care home as it became unsafe for her to continue living alone and because she is self funding, she is still entitled to the higher AA allowance.
July 23 Limerick (continuation of July 21)