Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance
| Steve Gale - Disability Information Service |
| Churston Room, Torquay Town Hall |
| 1st March 2012 10 -4pm |
| £40 |
Course Outline
- Disability Living Allowance/Attendance Allowance and its intended purpose
- Impact of DLA on other benefits / concessions
- Basic criteria for claims
- Good claims, bad claims and urban myths
- Obtaining relevant evidence / thinking about case law
- Completing the form / relevant facts / interview techniques
- The decision - is it appropriate?
- Challenging poor decisions / common problems / client care issues
- Basics of reconsiderations and appeals / case law
- Change of circumstances / employment issues / fraud issues