✓ CareClaim
🇬🇧 For people of State Pension age and their carers

Prepare a clear, complete
Attendance Allowance application.

The form is long and easy to under-sell. CareClaim walks you through it one gentle step at a time, then turns your answers into a tidy draft pack you can check, print and post. In your words. At your pace.

Start your draftHow the benefit works
✓ Nothing is stored or sent anywhere✓ No decisions, no judgement✓ You keep and submit it yourself
£76.70
Lower rate, per week
Help needed by day or by night. That is £306.80 every 4 weeks.
£114.60
Higher rate, per week
Help needed day and night. That is £458.40 every 4 weeks.

Rates for the 2026/27 tax year, in force from 7 April 2026. Attendance Allowance is tax-free and is not means-tested.

Most people write too little, not too much

The claim form asks about your worst days, not your best. People play down how much they struggle, leave out the risks, and forget the things they have quietly stopped doing. CareClaim asks the right questions so nothing important gets missed, and helps you put it into clear, factual language.

How it works

Four calm steps. Stop and come back whenever you like.

1

Tell us who it is for

Applying for yourself, or helping someone else? We adjust every question and reword the draft to suit.

2

Answer gentle questions

Six everyday areas: washing, eating, medication, moving about, staying safe, and help at night.

3

We tidy your words

Your answers become clear, factual paragraphs in the style the form is looking for. You can edit anything.

4

Print your pack

A draft form summary, a supporting statement, and an evidence checklist. Check it, then post it yourself.

What you end up with

A pack you can read back to yourself and be proud of.

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Draft form answers

Section by section, matched to the six care areas the AA1 form covers, in plain formal wording.

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Supporting statement

A short narrative that ties the picture together, the single most useful thing to enclose.

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Evidence checklist

A tailored list of letters, lists and notes worth gathering to back up your claim.

Straight with you. Applying is free and you can do it yourself. The official form is at gov.uk and the helpline is 0800 731 0122. Free, expert help is available from Age UK and Citizens Advice. CareClaim is simply a friendlier way to gather your thoughts first. We never decide whether you qualify, we never say you will be approved, and we never send anything on your behalf.
For carers and family

Filling it in for someone else?

Choose carer mode and the whole tool changes with you. Questions ask what you have seen. The draft is written about them, not you, so it reads correctly when it reaches the form. Ideal for helping a parent, partner or someone who cannot manage the form alone.

Start on their behalf

You write:

“Mum forgets she has eaten and tries to make dinner again.”

CareClaim helps it read:

“She needs supervision and prompting around meals because of memory problems, with a risk of repeated attempts to cook without realising she has already eaten.”

Ready when you are

It takes about 20 minutes. There is no sign-up, and nothing you type ever leaves your device.

Start your draft