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good place. I don’t want pills, I want company. I’m struggling to keep going. Jane 84, Cardiff I lost my husband two years ago from bowel cancer. He passed away 10 weeks after his diagnosis. The only ... is my main form of company and I have it on almost all day. Nancy 62, Swansea Many years ago, I lost my daughter when she was 15 and I experienced a lot of isolation and anger when she died. You need
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information about your: • Savings • Income, including your partner’s income • Existing benefits and pensions (including anyone living with you) • Outgoings such as rent/mortgage • Council Tax details A One-Stop-Shop ... Older Carers in Wales 11 Financial support Attendance Allowance Someone who is over State Pension age (currently 66 for both men and women) may be entitled to Attendance Allowance if they need extra
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People’s Alliance (COPA), Welsh Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales worked in partnership to understand the experiences of the Covid-19 ... long-term financial situation. For older people on low fixed incomes, relying solely on their State Pension and benefits, the long-term future is still bleak as there are no more cuts they can make to their
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WP has still underperformed.i Early days yet – things might improve The Department for Work and Pensions (in charge of the WP) argues that it’s still early days for the scheme and it takes time to achieve ... Rather worryingly, among 60+ women the job success figures dips below 1 per cent. As the female State Pension age rises throughout this decade improving this rate will be crucial to enable more women to work
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information about your: • Savings • Income, including your partner’s income • Existing benefits and pensions (including anyone living with you) • Outgoings such as rent/mortgage • Council Tax details A One-Stop-Shop ... Older Carers in Wales 11 Financial support Attendance Allowance Someone who is over State Pension age (currently 66 for both men and women) may be entitled to Attendance Allowance if they need extra
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case for them in relation to (most often) a public authority such as the Department for Work and Pensions, local authority or health authority. Others include some element of I&A within their work. However ... people. Income, benefits and welfare reform Although poverty among older pensioners has fallen over the last decade, 1.7 million pensioners are living in poverty.6 This is despite the fact that up to £5.5 billion
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older people, particularly in rural and deprived urban communities. For the 5.5 million people of pensionable age in the UK using its services, the social value of the post office was estimated to be between ... financial services. Of those responding to the survey, 44% used the post office to collect their pension, 43% for access to cash and 56% used it to pay their bills. Retaining Post Office value The Post
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People’s Alliance (COPA), Welsh Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales, which was carried out during March and April 2022 focusing on older
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2 D. Abrams, T. Eilola and H. Swift, Attitudes to Age in Britain 2008–9, Department for Work and Pensions, 2009 3 N. Lievesley, The Future Ageing of the Ethnic Minority Population of England and Wales, ... reportedly received strong support from voters over the age of 65. “One magazine even suggested that the pensioners’ right to vote should be taken away, just as their driver’s licenses are, after they reach certain
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these entitlements. More generally, around £3.7 billion of benefits go unclaimed by people of state pension age each year (Agenda for Later Life, Age UK, 2015). This is especially important given the fact ... fact that ONS Households Below Average Income data for 2015/16 suggests that 1.9 million pensioners are now living below the poverty line. Having intermediate care professionals signpost to advocacy services
