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People who fall between a rock and a hard place
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.6.98, 1998, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how confusion between the Benefits Agency and the Department of Social Security has resulted in many pensioners losing out on benefits.
Low claims bonus
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.96, 1996, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Treasury is benefiting from the extremely low take-up of benefits among older people. Argues some of this bonus should be ploughed back into making sure people receive what they are entitled to, rather than pursuing alleged benefits fiddlers.
Are old age pensions for urban Africans family allowances? Implications for the reconstruction and development programme
- Authors:
- McKENDRICK B.W., SHINGWENYANA B.Z.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 31(3), August 1995, pp.288-235.
Seeks to provide factual data to support or refute family dependence on old age pensions in South Africa, by reporting on a survey showing the way in which a group of urban African old age pensioners use their ex gratia old age pensions. The purpose is to establish the extent to which children and other socially vulnerable people are supported by the old age pension of one family member. If this support is extensive, the provision of state old age pensions must be thought of as a means of protecting and nurturing children and family life, and not only as a way of assisting elderly people in financial need.
Overcoming obstacles to equity release
- Authors:
- TERRY Rachel, GIBSON Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 10(1), August 2007, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
More than two million older home owners have housing assets worth over £50,000, but incomes so low that they qualify for means-tested benefits. This article identifies the obstacles that deter asset-rich, income-poor home owners from drawing on their housing equity, and suggests ways of overcoming them. The focus is on paying for additional care at home, improvements and repairs. The article draws on a recent study undertaken for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
An end to the means?
- Author:
- YOUNG Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.1.05, 2005, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Pension credit has not been in operation for more than a year and it has helped many people over 60. However, there are sill aspects of the system that are unpopular. The recent interim report by the Pensions Commission puts the success of pension credit in a long-term perspective.
Proactive, targeted benefits advice for older people in general practice: a feasibility study
- Authors:
- TOEG Daniel, at al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 11(2), March 2003, pp.124-128.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Aimed to assess a welfare benefits and advice screening programme offered in a systematic and inclusive way to all patients aged 80 and over registered with an inner-city NHS group practice with 7 full-time GPs and a list of 12,000 of whom 280 were identified as 80 and over. Using a combination of telephone calls, surgery attendances and home visits, an advice worker contacted as many of these as possible. A wide range of advice and assistance of both a statutory and non-statutory nature was offered. Follow-up contacts and liaison with the patients' own GPs were arranged as necessary. Contact was made with 206. The adviser made 98 home visits, carried out 82 consultations in the surgery and did 109 telephone interviews. Findings indicate a total of £137,819 was gained in increased annual income amongst the screened patients and a further £11,433 was awarded in one-off payments. A wide range of other benefits and help, including referral to other services and organisations, was gained. Elderly patients within the practice were under-claiming benefits and had many previously unidentified needs. Adopting a proactive and inclusive approach to offering welfare and advice takes time and expense, but the resulting benefits make it worthwhile. Primary care is an effective base from which advice can be delivered and the development of closer working relationships between it and advice services can be an effective and efficient way of helping patients.
Fatal delay
- Author:
- NOSOWKA Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.1.03, 2003, p.40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the findings of recent research which found that terminally ill people are failing to receive benefits on time, despite rules designed to help.
Give Brown some credit
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.01.02, 2002, p.41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the new pension credit due for 2003 and find five million set to gain.
Worth waiting for?
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.01.02, 2002, p.46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at pensioners credit, which will be a reality from April 2003. The benefit is likely to have a big impact on the work of social services.
Winter fuel payments
- Author:
- SIMMONS David
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, 157, August 2000, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
In the wake of action in the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the government has changed the rules on winter fuel payments. This article describes the changes.