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Gifts in wills are vital to Age Cymru, and mean that years from now, people in later life will have someone to turn to if they’re feeling vulnerable, lonely and forgotten.
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pay because you’re on a low income, or because you have no money at all for some reason, you may be able to get financial help to cover that cost. What help you can get may depend on your circumstances ... Budgeting Advance if you receive Universal Credit). Alternatively, if you’re waiting for a decision on your benefit claim, you may be able to get a short-term advance . Budgeting Loans Budgeting Loans can
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Universal Credit and couples if one is over Pension Credit age October 2012 The Welfare Reform Act 2012 changes the way that couples are treated within the benefits system when one is over the qualifying age ... benefit support. This paper looks at the impact of the proposed reforms. Key points Couples where one partner has reached Pension Credit age and the other is younger could receive £100 less a week under
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is likely to increase demands on independent information and advice services. The Government should consider how it could support the advice sector. Couples where one has reached Pension Credit age ... draw more on their retirement savings to support a younger partner. They may also lose other support linked to Pension Credit such as Cold Weather Payments and the Warm Home Discount and miss out on protection
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arrangements will over time benefit older people needing care and older carers who are supporting their loved ones. We agree with the Auditor General’s recommendations within the north Wales report. However, we feel ... that while spending by local authorities on adult social services over the previous 5 years in Wales has remained broadly flat in real terms, spending per capita on older people has reduced by 13%.1 This
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income from their State Pension. It is therefore relatively uncommon for people to seek help from Age UK on the grounds that they have no money at all. 3. Our information and advice workers do however come ... they were told. However we are concerned at some of the reports we receive of misleading information. One Age UK adviser said that a client who had recently asked for a reconsideration of an Attendance Allowance
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accessing work and training. When people aged 50 are unemployed they tend to remain so for longer. Data on the number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Wales (the ‘Claimant Count’) shows that ... are unable to access adequate back-to-work support. Jobcentre Plus advisers tend not to be trained on the specific issues facing this age group, for example how to minimise the effects of age discrimination
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appropriate measures taken to ensure that they will be safe and cared for whilst they recover at home. One person told us: “You can be discharged the day after surgery even if you live alone. There was no discussion ... pandemic, and the pressures placed on the NHS through the pandemic have exacerbated an already inconsistent process. It is our perception that the changes and additional strain on the NHS have reduced meaningful
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Read information on what you can do to help a loved one.
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Day to be the hardest day of the year , and nearly 98,000 feeling more isolated on this one day, than any other. No one should feel forgotten. By donating to the Age Cymru Partnership (Age Cymru, Age Cymru ... loved one, affording household costs, getting care and support, or understanding what help there is in their local community. Your contribution, no matter the size, can have a significant impact on the lives
