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People diagnosed with a severe mental impairment entitled to a 25% discount
A pensioner who suffers from dementia has won back £7,000 after she was wrongly billed for council tax. The 96-year-old suffered a stroke in 2008, causing dementia-like symptoms such as forgetfulness. People who have been diagnosed with a severe mental impairment, such as dementia, and live with one other adult are entitled to a 25 per cent council tax discount. Those who are diagnosed as severely mentally impaired and live alone should be given a 100 per cent discount, which is worth around £400 a year on average.But tens of thousands of people are missing out because they don’t know about it.
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