SA29. Your social security insurance, benefits and healthcare rights in the European Economic Area
Benefits
18. Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Disability Living Allowance
If you get any of these allowances and you go to live in another EEA country, you will usually not be able to go on getting them. Going to visit another EEA country may also affect your UK allowance. If you are planning to go to another EEA country, either to live or to visit, you should write to the office that pays your allowance to find out more. See also leaflet GL29 “Going abroad and social security benefits”.
If the EEA country you go to live in has a benefit like one of the UK allowances, any time you spent working as a self-employed person or for an employer in the UK, or any time you lived here, may help you to be able to claim the foreign benefit.
You should also note that similar rules apply if you claim a UK allowance in the UK. Any periods spent working in another EEA country as a self-employed person or for an employer, or any time you lived there, may help you to satisfy the rules in this country for getting a UK allowance.