the extension of the Household Support Fund by six months, this will not be enough to help older people struggling on low incomes. And it will do nothing to support with their costs next winter. The additional ... additional investment into the NHS is welcome but this will not begin to help tackle huge NHS and GP waiting lists and the nearly half a million older people waiting social for carei in England. Without
get the help they need at stations. We are not convinced that the proposed alternative arrangements will always offer suitable options, especially for those with disabilities and/or who do not use the latest ... 2023, 168 million involved a ticket office purchase. Many of those who buy their ticket in person will be older or disabled people, or those with complex enquiries. The ability to talk to, and buy a ticket
event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. The Local Government Finance Settlement normally published in December will also have an important bearing on local services. This briefing picks out the main points relevant ... despite this additional money the 1.4 million older people with some level of unmet need for care will have to continue to ‘make do’ and those older and disabled people who are lucky enough to be receiving
www.ageuk.org.uk/forlaterlife #forlaterlife What’s fair for older people – how will we pay for care? Chair: Jane Vass, Director of Policy and Research, Age UK Speakers: Simon Bottery, Senior Fellow ... how they will fund future care needs. Awareness is a key issue. Three Government interventions recently announced will help- i) midlife review ii) single financial guidance body (which will deliver the
on proposals to help with signposting to travel insurance for consumers with medical conditions to aid consumers 3 with pre-existing medical conditions who can struggle to access affordable travel insurance
this time the BBC will scrap the universal free TV licence for over 75s but will continue the concession for those in receipt of Pension Credit. This means that 3.7 million pensioners will now have to start ... ‘hit’ many older people will be able to take. - Linking the TV licence concession to Pension Credit may sound fair, but many people in very difficult financial circumstances will now be expected to buy
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independent financial adviser. It looks at options for paying for advice and has information on the Legal Aid scheme. There is information about independent financial advisers and what you need to think about ... 3 Law Centres 5 2.4 Independent advice services 5 2.5 Local authority advice services 5 2.6 Legal Aid 5 2.7 Pro bono advice services 6 2.8 Legal information on the internet 6 3 National and specialist