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a child or children and were living with your partner when they died, then you can claim BSP. On 9 February 2023 the law changed, extending BSP to cohabiting partners (provided the claimant has a ... doesn't apply to bereaved partners who don't have children. Contact the DWP Bereavement Service helpline on 0800 731 0464 to make a claim. The deadline to have your claim fully backdated if your
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Mental wellbeing and independence for older people Consultation on draft NICE quality standard (QS10008) Ref: 2216 Date: July 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this ... National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing a quality standard on mental wellbeing (including social and emotional wellbeing) and independence for older people, which
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people who are paying for their own care, building in flexibility across the system so that savings in one sector (NHS) can be shared across the other (social care). In the meantime, the need for an immediate ... is now inescapable. It may also be possible to use infrastructure spending to relieve the pressure on health and care services, for example by looking afresh at new models of housing, integrated transport
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reach state pension age. This pivotal event can have a major impact on household finances as households rely less on earnings and more on their pension income. This research briefing explores the changes ... changes to work and income that happen around state pension age - with a particular focus on households that move into and out of low income. The briefing ends with some important conclusions about pension planning
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Consultation Response Public consultation on the Draft Age Supplement to the Services, Public Functions and Associations Statutory Code of Practice Ref: 514 Date: May 2014 All rights reserved ... is unlawful to treat someone. Although most provisions in the Act came into effect in 2010, the ban on age discrimination in services, public functions and associations did not come into force until October
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new force combining Age Concern and Help the Aged. With almost 120 years of combined history to draw on, we are bringing together our talents, services and solutions to do more to enrich the lives of people ... available on how to age well and what to do to ensure a healthier and wealthier later life. Much of this advice is based on sound evidence, but much is confusing and often contradictory – what’s good for
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the Aged (registered charity number 272786), and their trading and other associated companies merged on 1 April 2009. Together they have formed the Age UK Group, dedicated to improving the lives of people ... Acknowledgements 3 Foreword 4 Introduction 6 Policy context 6 Recommendations 8 Executive summary 10 1 What is flexible working? 14 1.1 Trends in flexible working 15 1.2 Why older workers want flexibility
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information service is generally less effective than one that also provides advice, because many people will need support to fully understand and act on the information provided. • Good-quality, accurate ... Definitions Definitions of information, advice and related terms have been agreed as part of joint work on quality standards for advice by the main advice networks. The definitions are accepted across the advice
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and gives information about older people living on a low income: the extent of poverty in later life, changes over time and who is at greatest risk. What do we mean by poverty? We consider people to ... after housing costs: we generally use the after housing costs figures because this is what people are left to live on after meeting their essential accommodation costs. 2 A wide range of information about
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factsheet covers what deprivation of liberty means, the required procedure for authorisation, the procedures and protections required once someone has been deprived of their liberty, and what can be done if ... Further information about mental capacity is in factsheet 22, Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period March 2024 to February
