Title:
Network 1000 - Finance and entitlement: Visually impaired people's take up of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
Author:
Graeme Douglas, Sue Pavey and Christine Corcoran.
Publisher:
Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research, University of Birmingham.
Year of publication:
2008.
Background
This report presents findings from Network 1000 Survey 2.
The data was collected during interviews with 884 visually impaired people between November 2006 and January 2007. All the participants were registered as either blind or partially sighted and lived in Great Britain.
Sampling and analysis accounted for the age distribution of the visually impaired population.
The findings presented in this report focus upon the Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
Key findings
The key findings in relation to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are as follows:
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An estimated 85 per cent of people aged between 18 and 64 who are registered visually impaired are currently receiving DLA.
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Therefore, an estimated 10,000 people registered visually impaired are currently not receiving the DLA but are eligible to apply.
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There is clear evidence that receiving advice is associated with successful application for DLA.
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Over a quarter of people had to appeal before they received their current rate of DLA.
The key findings in relation to Attendance Allowance are as follows:
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An estimated 64 per cent of people age 65 years and over who are registered visually impaired are currently receiving Attendance Allowance.
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Therefore, an estimated 73,000 people registered visually impaired are not currently receiving Attendance Allowance but are eligible to apply.
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Of those people who receive Attendance Allowance, the majority receive the lower rate.
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There is clear evidence that receiving advice is associated with successful application for Attendance Allowance.
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Over 20 per cent of people had to appeal before receiving their current rate of Attendance Allowance.
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