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Helping people to work: easy read
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government has introduced benefit reforms that permit the disabled, single mothers and older people claimants to try out work, and to return to protected levels of benefit more easily if a job doesn’t work out. For those who are considered more work ready such changes make a real difference. This easy read book sets out their rights and obligations. However, fears persist among claimants that they may fall outside of the protection afforded by such rules or that their continued incapacity might be drawn into question if they try out work.
Independence and well-being of older people: baseline report: a social portrait of ageing in the UK
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The implications of an ageing society are wide reaching. As well as ensuring financial security, it is equally important to promote wider well-being and independence for older people, both before and after retirement. Older people continue to contribute to the economy, society and their local communities and to enjoy active lives. Income is not the only factor – and often not the main factor – in ensuring a happy and fulfilling later life. Housing, health, care, transport and social contacts all play a crucial part in enabling older people to live life to the full. A set of indicators of older people’s independence and well-being that have been selected and cover five domains a) Independence in supportive communitiesp; b) Healthy active living; c) Fairness in work and later life; d) Material well-being; and e) Support and care.