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arrangements. You can also give special permission for your attorney to make decisions about life-saving treatment. Under this type of LPA, the person you nominate can only make decisions on your behalf ... so it’s usually best to get an LPA in place. If you receive benefits, the Department for Work and Pensions can appoint someone known as an ‘appointee’ to manage them for you if you’ve lost mental capacity
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to the whole NHS Wales budget.6 The number of carers claiming carers allowance (for those under pensions age who care for someone for more than 35 hours a week) has doubled since 20037. Carers UK conducted ... their own commissioning functions, but these have become more centralised in efforts to produce cost savings and standardise commissioning practices. Unless additional efforts are put into ensuring that commissioning
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Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance 13 5.2 Pension Credit 14 6 When temporary care becomes permanent 15 7 Rehabilitation – intermediate care, reablement ... couple (whether married or unmarried) the local authority must disregard any Income Support or Pension Credit awarded to pay for home commitments and should consider the needs of the person at home in setting
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_________________________________________________________________________ D2. Do you receive Pension Credit? (Select one option) e Yes e No, I’ve applied but I’m not eligible e No, I’ve never applied e ... it but will try applying now e I’ve never heard of it and won’t apply More than £200m worth of pension credit goes unclaimed in Wales each year. If you’ve been turned down before, it may still be worth
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ask if you want it to remember the password. You have the choice if you want it to or not. It can save time to use this function, but it will only work on your own computer. If you use a password manager ... More and more people are discovering that it’s quick and convenient, and can even lead to some savings. If you make purchases or bank online, make sure you protect your financial information. Use a website
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Finding a tradesperson with the right skills and approach for your job requirements can save you money, time and frustration. Be wary of traders who knock on your front door unexpectedly looking to get
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Pressurising you to sign over your house or property. Taking money, cashing a cheque or using credit or debit cards without your permission. Pressurising you into changing a will. Someone else ... 167 168 sudden changes in bank account or banking practice,169 and unexplained withdrawals from a savings account,170 changes in third party involvement can point to potential abuse. For instance, not
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UK believes there is still a gap around helping 50+ jobseekers get back in to employment. State Pension age rises will make this issue more acute. It will mean more people are needing to look for work ... approaching State Pension age return to work, then a great many people could be affected. It is important this is looked at as part of the process of reviewing future State Pension age rises.i The Work
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greater geographical dispersal, demands of the workplace (likely to increase with rising State Pension age) and a reliance on older carers, often experiencing poor health themselves, all impact on the ... carers who had left work reported that they would no longer be able to save for a pension and 49% that they would be unable to save to meet their own future care needs6. Many carers rely on social security
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chief executive, Victoria Lloyd explains: “Many older people have become used to accessing their pension or benefits from their local post office or high street bank, enabling them to draw down cash to
