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Living with DyingArrow
Age 71-80
Interview 16  

Interview 16

Age at Interview: 75
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 73
Background: Brewer (retired), widower, 2 children
Brief outline:Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2001, followed by surgery, radiotherapy and hormone treatment.


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He was pleasantly surprised to find that he was eligible for Attendance Allowance, even though he lived alone.

 



The other thing that happened was that I'd had one or two MacMillan nurses and the first one who came was a lady and she said, “Do you get any financial help?” and I said, “Oh no, I don't. I don't think I qualify”. She said, “Do you get an Attendance Allowance?”  and I said, “Well, no, because nobody's attending me”. She said, “No, that is a bit of a misnomer really. You're entitled to apply for some money to help with the bills and get the garden done and I said, “Oh no, I don't... I'm pretty sure that I shan't... I don't qualify”.  

So she filled in a great form and signed it and she said, “I'll send this off and if you get a reply which says you don't qualify tell me and I'll reapply”. And I got it straight off. It's very useful money and it's not taxed and so that was quite an unexpected piece of help. Yeah.

So you didn't realise you, you were entitled to it?

No I didn't. No idea.  But it has been useful. I've got two nice ladies who come and do the garden. So that was nice.
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