Changes of circumstances
Once you have been awarded AA, you will receive the same rate of payment for the period of the award unless your circumstances change. It will only change if there is a relevant change in your circumstances, for example, if your care needs change.
Changes you should tell us about
You should tell the Disability Contact and Processing Unit:
- if your condition improves or worsens. This may affect your entitlement to AA. If your care needs increase, you may be able to move from the lower rate to the higher rate after 6 months. You can move to the higher rate straight away when the special rules for terminally ill people apply to you.
- if you spend time in a hospital or a care home. Please tell us as soon as you go into a hospital or a care home, a hospice or a similar place. Please include the dates you go in and will be coming out. We may need to suspend your benefit because the NHS or a local authority is providing for your needs.
- if you are going to leave the country. Please tell us which country you are going to, how long you will be staying there, and the address at which we can contact you.
- if you go into prison or are held in legal detention in connection with a criminal offence.
- if you change your address within Great Britain. This will not normally affect your entitlement to AA.
Please contact the Disability Contact and Processing Unit straight away if you think any of these apply to you. They will then be able to let you know if the change is likely to affect your entitlement to AA.