Benefits
Benefits can support care, but they are not a care plan
Care-related benefits can help with the extra costs of disability, illness or caring responsibilities, but they do not replace a needs assessment or provider assessment.
This page focuses on general orientation, official source checking and the difference between benefits and social care funding.
Rates change, so the figures shown here are rendered from dated source records.
Keep benefits separate from care fees
Benefits such as Attendance Allowance may help with extra costs, but paying for care can involve separate local authority and NHS processes. The same person may need to think about both.
Before making decisions, check entitlement, care assessment routes and how income is treated in the relevant charging rules.
When to get help
- If a claim has been refused and the decision letter is unclear.
- If several benefits interact with each other.
- If the person has an appointee, deputy or attorney.
- If a care home move may change benefit entitlement.
- If income, savings or housing status is changing.
Current values used on this page
Attendance Allowance lower weekly rate
£76.70
Jurisdiction: UK. Effective from 2026-04-06. Checked 2026-06-25.
Attendance Allowance higher weekly rate
£114.60
Jurisdiction: UK. Effective from 2026-04-06. Checked 2026-06-25.
Sources checked
These sources support the factual and high-stakes parts of this page.
- Benefit and pension rates 2026 to 2027GOV.UK. Checked 2026-06-25. UK.
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