{"id":303224,"date":"2025-12-07T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/303224\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T12:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:31:09","slug":"state-pensioners-with-common-condition-can-get-441-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/303224\/","title":{"rendered":"State pensioners with common condition can get \u00a3441 a month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many sufferers may not be aware they could get extra help\"ArthritisArthritis affects the joints causing swelling, inflammation and pain(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Pensioners living with a common condition may not be aware they could claim hundreds of pounds extra every month.<\/p>\n

Arthritis is the most common condition that pensioners claim Attendance Allowance for.<\/p>\n

Over half a million over-65s receive the benefit because of the condition.<\/p>\n

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Attendance Allowance is worth either \u00a373.90 or \u00a3110.40 each week.<\/p>\n

It’s not means tested so it doesn’t matter how much savings or income someone has.<\/p>\n

Attendance Allowance helps with additional costs if you have a physical or mental disability or illness severe enough to make self-care difficult. You don’t need to have a carer to apply.<\/p>\n

Those on the lower rate get receive \u00a3295.60 each pay period, while the higher amount is worth \u00a3441.40 a month, Daily Record reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Arthritis is the most common disabling condition – a term used by the DWP<\/a> to encompass a variety of health conditions.<\/p>\n

Sufferers typically experience stiffness, swelling, pain and inflammation in a joint.<\/p>\n

The condition is worth over a third (35 per cent) of all the 1.7 million claimants on Attendance Allowance.<\/p>\n

But many more people could claim, but may not be aware of the benefit.<\/p>\n

Across the UK, an estimated 20 million people suffer from arthritis or similar conditions – close to one in three of the population.<\/p>\n

Anyone living with arthritis, back pain, joint or muscle discomfort, or chronic pain could be eligible for DWP support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many sufferers may not be aware they could get extra helpArthritis affects the joints causing swelling, inflammation and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4225,2215,4176,104,5107,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-303224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-disability-benefits","10":"tag-dwp","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-nhs","13":"tag-pension","14":"tag-personal-finance","15":"tag-personalfinance","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}