Attendance Allowance Claim Companion — Family Edition (Northern Ireland)

The 32-page Attendance Allowance form defeats a lot of good claims before they start.

This Companion walks through the Northern Ireland form (AA1 (ALT) v01/26) question by question, in plain language — what each question is actually asking, how the day-and-night tests work, and how to describe real needs factually and completely. It includes a printable workbook of 13 fact-capture sheets so everything is gathered before anyone writes on the form.

New in the Family Edition: a full opening section for sons, daughters, relatives and friends who are helping a parent or older relative claim — how to share the work, how to keep an observation log that catches what gets under-reported, what a helper can and can't do, and how to do all of it with the person, not around them. Claiming for yourself? The Companion is written to you throughout; the family section is simply there if someone is helping.

What it is: navigation and information — 53 pages, NI-specific (DfC, Disability and Carers Service, Appeals Service NI), with every question of the NI form covered.

What it is not: advice. It does not tell you whether you or your relative qualify, at what rate, or predict any outcome. Free advice services exist and are signposted throughout — including Make the Call (0800 232 1271), the Department for Communities' own free entitlement check, and Age NI (0808 808 7575). This Companion is the self-paced, do-it-together tool that sits alongside them.

Instant download · PDF Companion + printable Workbook · £19.99 · 14-day refund policy.

Refund policy: If this Companion isn't what you or your family needed, reply to your receipt email within 14 days of purchase and we'll refund you in full. No questions, no forms, no hard feelings — and the refund never affects any benefit claim, which is between the claimant and the Department for Communities.

From NI Benefits Navigator (nibenefitsnavigator.com) — reach us any time at hello@nibenefitsnavigator.com.