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Eligibility
This is for people who meet the following criteria:
people who are age 16 to state pension age (which in 2021 will be 65) and
people who have difficulties with daily living or getting around (or both) and
have had the physical or mental difficulty for at least 3 months and expect it to continue for at least 9 months. If a person is terminally ill these qualifying periods do not apply
Entitlement decisions
Social Security Scotland will make decisions about entitlement for DAWAP using the applicants account of their circumstances and existing supporting information, where possible.
Examples of supporting information include:
a social care needs assessment
a report from a community psychiatric nurse
information from a carer