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appointments such as utility companies, and keep this by your phone. Financial support • Make sure you claim all the financial support you can to help with heating bills. Your local Age Cymru can advise you ... the Winter Fuel Payment helpline (see page 26) to ensure that you don’t miss out. If you receive Pension Credit, or certain other benefits, you’re automatically paid a Cold Weather Payment when the temperature
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are many variations on a simple definition of age friendly, such as that developed in Canada which states: “In an age friendly community, the policies, services and structures related to the physical and ... would be able to contribute and participate in their communities in the way they chose to do so. All forms of discrimination against older people would be removed and older people would have equal respect
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frightening, but so too is the brazen approach shown by the perpetrators of much more traditional forms of the Caroline Abrahams Charity Director offence – such as the fake doorstep tradesman who asks for ... savings. Recent reforms to private pensions make it likely that people retiring will be targeted by fraudsters who know that they can now draw all their pensions in cash. There is an urgent need for
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government is consulting on its proposals to restructure the Money Advice Service (MAS), Pension Wise and The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS). These proposals follow numerous earlier consultations and reviews ... mid-life career review at about age 50; (b) at-retirement pensions guidance; and (c) a further guidance session in later life. Both the new pensions guidance body and the money guidance body must remain
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Personal hygiene and comfort 32 Additional support and benefits Social care and NHS services 33 Claiming benefits 35 Dementia and incontinence 36 Useful organisations 37 4 What this guide is about People ... order one by calling the Bladder and Bowel Community or visiting their website (page 38). The card states clearly that the holder has a medical condition which means they need to use the toilet urgently
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great deal of information about low income among different households in the UK. Unless otherwise stated we use a definition of relative poverty whereby people are considered to be in poverty if they live ... Self-reported measures - people are asked how well off they consider themselves. 3 Levels of pensioner poverty in the UK and changes over time Using the definition set out above (that is, income of
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likely that some unfair dismissal claims would be re-submitted under an alternative jurisdiction, there is no evidence available as to how common this would be or whether claims being classified differently ... that no-fault dismissals would have very little benefit to employers. As the consultation paper states, only 0.4 per cent of all employers consider regulations around dismissal and discipline as the primary
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people will be eligible to sign up to priority services register including those in receipt of State Pension, and those who are disabled or have a long-term medical condition. Even if you’re not eligible ... Cymru Advice. Last year we dealt with more than 34,000 enquiries and helped older people in Wales claim more than £7.5 million in benefits and entitlements. This Christmas, will you donate to Age Cymru
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disabled people are in employment compared to 80% of the non-disabled population, among those under State Pension age. This consultation looks at how the Government commitment to halve this gap can be achieved ... be relevant for helping people back to work. This should happen as soon as possible in a benefits claim. Work Coaches need a detailed understanding of the range of barriers presented, as well as those
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UK nationals living and/or working in the EU would continue to have protection from other member states’ discrimination against them. Specific areas of EU law or practice that Age UK would be keen to ... example, the Government has previously proposed capping the right to compensation on discrimination claims, which is currently forbidden under EU law. We would want to see the right to full compensation continue
