Dementia Web - Dementia Information Resource for Kent and Medway

DementiaWeb - Dementia Information Resource for Kent and Medway

Money You Can Get to Help

Available for Everyone

Some financial help is available for carers and people who have dementia, regardless of how much money they have as income or savings (i.e. it is not means tested). This includes:

Council Tax Reduction

Anyone with a severe mental impairment, including dementia, who lives alone and receives an appropriate disability benefit (such as attendance allowance, or the higher or middle care components of disability living allowance), is entitled to exemption from paying any council tax. If the same criteria apply but you live with one other adult, they can claim a 25% reduction on the council tax.

To contact your local council tax office:

• Medway Council 01634 332222
• Maidstone Borough Council 01622 602 000
• Shepway District Council 01303 853000
• Gravesham Borough Council 01474 56 44 22
• Ashford Borough Council 01233 331 111
• London Borough of Bexley Council 020 8303 7777
• Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council 01732 844522
• Kent County Council 0845 824 7247
• Dartford Borough Council 01322 343 434
• Sevenoaks District Council 01732 227 000
• Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 01892 526121

More details can be found in the Alzheimer's society factsheet Council tax.

Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance

Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance are non-means-tested and tax free benefits, relating to disability (e.g. dementia).

Attendance Allowance is for those who claim when they are aged 65 or over. Disability Living Allowance is for those who claim when they are aged under 65 (but can then continue to be paid whatever the individual's age).

Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance are both paid at different levels, depending on the person's level of mobility, and care needs. A medical is not normally required, but having help to fill in the claim form may be beneficial.

For more information choose from the following links:

DementiaWeb.org.uk : funded and managed by Guideposts Trust