Payments are linked to receipt of means-tested benefits and not just paid to older people, and the Christmas Bonus is only £10 a year and goes to a range of benefit recipients. While no doubt there will be
pharmacy 26 12 Reporting unwanted side effects from medication – the ‘Yellow Card scheme’ 27 13 Palliative care (end of life care) 28 14 Specific NHS services for older people 29 14 ... you give up smoking. 12 Reporting unwanted side effects from medication – the ‘Yellow Card scheme’ The Yellow Card Scheme is administered by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
motivators to avoid going online: • The risk of fraud and lack of security - entering credit card or bank card details online was considered highly unsafe and something they personally wished to avoid. In ... need to leave the house “I don’t trust this PayPal business that they’ve got, I don’t want to use my card, I just give them money and they do it.” [Female, 55-65, DE, London] “It’s frightening if you don’t
toilet card so you don’t have to queue if you’re out and need to use a toilet quickly. You can order one by calling the Bladder and Bowel Community or visiting their website (page 38). The card states ... payable to Age UK, or I wish to make payment by (please tick): MasterCard Visa CAF CharityCard Card number Expiry date AGUK0081 If you’re able to, please complete the donation form below to make your
that they can work from home on a temporary or permanent basis. For all bank holidays outside the Christmas period, employees can work and take the time off at some other time to fit in with other commitments
about campaigns launched by wellmeaning charities to alleviate loneliness among ‘the elderly’ at Christmas? Yet... such campaigns inadvertently encourages us to see them almost exclusively through the prism
upset now ’cos she can’t remember things. It’s very frightening for Annie – she can’t remember Christmas, she can’t remember kids coming. [Daughter] came over from Germany, and [grandson]… but she can’t
and Child Tax Credit. War Disablement Pension. War widows and widowers special payments. Christmas bonus (paid to people receiving certain benefits). Income from savings – if you have interest
credit top-ups, having a discretionary fund added to their credit, or being sent a preloaded top-up card. • More broadly, any customer in financial distress will be supported by their supplier, which could
time spent standing in queues. It’s important that tickets are easily accessible using both cash and card options to ensure that buses don’t move over to cashless systems. There would be the need to consider