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when they are on holiday, and when appropriate, referring them to other Age UK services such as benefit advice and local clubs. Since our first ‘No-one should have no-one’ Christmas campaign, the service ... people. For some of the people contacted through the programme, finding out they were eligible for benefits like pension credit or attendance allowance gave a real boost to their confidence and the financial
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information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email your story to stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information guide has been prepared by Age ... – even if they say they know what they’re doing! If you own your home and receive a means-tested benefit such as Pension Credit, you may be entitled to a free annual gas safety check from your energy supplier
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in stark contrast with the simplicity of the Care Act advocacy regulations. Older people would benefit most from a simple regulatory regime similar to that provided under the Care Act. The infrastructure ... a profession and risk hindering the sector’s own efforts to raise professional standards for the benefit of older people. The draft regulations contain several inaccurate assumptions, presumably transferred
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childfree lifestyle, delaying having children until it’s biologically too late, or the perceived costs and benefits of childbearing versus work and leisure activities.’5 ... . It produced compatible projections of public and private expenditure on pensions, disability benefits and care services under different reform scenarios for pensions and long‐term care funding und
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clear cut (particularly in the case of ‘extra care’ sheltered accommodation, for example). The key benefit of sheltered housing is independence in your own property, with assistance on-site when required ... Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Payment of each of the benefits will normally stop after four weeks (sooner if it is linked with a stay in hospital or an earlier
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care home placement in Wales for more information. Advice and information about services, welfare benefits, luncheon clubs etc – local authorities have certain duties in regard to providing information and ... [social services staff must] consider whether or not the person whose needs are being assessed would benefit from the presence of a carer, family member, friend or advocate”28. Where there is a carer During
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who keeps us informed (Rhondda Cynon Taf) • Thanks to Age Cymru for helping my relative to access benefits (Gwynedd) • No central noticeboard for community information (Vale of Glamorgan) • Don’t know where
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large number of free information guides and factsheets on a range of subjects, including money and benefits, health, social care and housing. Some resources, such as this factsheet, are produced ‘in-house’
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Households Below Average Income 2011/12. 22 Department for Work and Pensions (2012), Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-up. 23 Ein cyfrifiadau, yn seiliedig ar amcangyfrifon o’r boblogaeth a’r Adran
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owned their own home. Some commentators argue that this will put increasing pressure on housing benefit expenditure and social care, if retirement incomes do not keep up with rent levels. This briefing ... has made improvements to their property and unaffordable rents affected by restrictions in housing benefit. Older tenants who are getting no other support having to rely on families and even neighbours
