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Domiciliary Care Allowance

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  • 16-01-2022 1:41pm
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    AislingM5
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi all, looking for some advice on Domiciliary Care Allowance. My daughter is currently receiving Domiciliary Care Allowance. She will be turning 16 in a few months time. When she turns 16 she has to apply for disability benefit. Has anyone been through this and what is the criteria. From what I have read the criteria is different for Domiciliary Care Allowance.

    Has anyone who was receiving Domiciliary Care Allowance and then been refused for disability benefit and if they were refused why. My daughters condition has not changed, I suppose the question I’m asking is what Would be the grounds for refusal of disability benefit if you were already receiving Domiciliary Care Allowance. Thanks in advance for any help and advice.


    Aisling



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    TooTired123
    Registered Users Posts: 2,232 ✭✭✭TooTired123


    Try not to overthink this. She needs to complete the disability allowance application form really as if it were the first time the department had heard of her.

    You were getting DCA for your child in recognition of that fact that you had a child who needed a lot more care then a child who didn’t have extra needs. Now that she’s 16 she is no longer a child so things have changed.

    When you are applying for DA what you are saying is that you're not available for any type of work because of ill health/disability. So that is the approach to take. Provide plenty of medical evidence that she wouldn’t be fit for full time work. What helps is evidence of regular medical appointments of any kind. A letter from her GP. A report from a specialist. A letter from herself (or written by you on her behalf) setting out a typical day and describing how she is very restricted by her disability in being available for work. I wish you the best of luck.



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