Attendance allowance/disability living allowance and care home residents
41.Attendance allowance and disability living allowance are paid as a contribution towards the extra living costs of severely disabled people. People in care homes will normally have their disability-related needs (except mobility needs) met by the services provided by the home. To pay attendance allowance or the care component of disability living allowance when the costs of a person’s care home accommodation (including board and personal care) are being met, in full or part, out of public funds – usually by a local authority – would amount to duplicate provision from public funds. Hence, in these circumstances, payment of attendance allowance and the care component of disability living allowance may be withdrawn once a person has been resident in a care home for more than four weeks. Section 60 amends the scope of this power.