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Alternative Accommodation
Care Homes and Hospitals
When the person is in a publicly-funded care home or hospital at the point of transfer, the person’s PADP should be put into payment:
- from the date their PADP entitlement begins
- for a period of 28 days minus the period spent in the accommodation immediately prior to PADP entitlement, where Attendance Allowance was in payment (PADP regs, Sch 1, Part 3, para 12(c)(ii)).
Where a person was in a publicly-funded care home or hospital for more than 28 days immediately before the point of transfer, their PADP should be paid at a rate of £0 until they leave that accommodation.
Example: Case transferred less than 28 days after the person has entered a care home
Jim is 76 years old. He went into a care home during the transfer process. Jim had only been in the care home for fourteen days before the point of case transfer (not counting the day he went into the care home), so his Attendance Allowance was still in payment. On the date his PADP entitlement begins, his PADP must be put into payment for a further 14 days. If, after that time, he is still in the care home, he will be entitled to, but not paid, PADP until he leaves the care home
Example: Case transferred where the person has been in a care home for more than 28 days at the point of transfer
Elizabeth is 89 and has been in a care home for six months. At the point of transfer, her Attendance Allowance award has already been set to £0 because she has been in the accommodation for more than 28 days. After transfer, Elizabeth will retain an underlying entitlement to PADP, but her payment will continue to be £0 from the point of transfer, until she leaves the care home.
For more information, reference should be made to the ‘Effect of time spent in care homes and hospitals’ chapter.